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Old 11-06-2006, 08:44 PM   #21
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Cops are not the fucking Almighty. Almost every single one I've met is a dick. A few are nice and actually concerned with people's welfare. Most, in my experience, are not.

I hate this fake patriotism bullshit in this country, aka don't knock cops or the military. "They keep us safe." Fuck them.
And I hate that anyone who defends cops is automatically a "fake patriot" or some shit like that. I also hate it that "every cop you've met" is a dick so that means every cop is a dick. I'm going out on a limb here and guess you're not meeting cops on the best of terms, so of course they're not immediately going to be your buddy. I know a few cops. Some are dicks but most are just guys doing a job, absolutely sick of having assholes with phone cameras make their life difficult.

There was absolutely nothing wrong with that encounter...the guy didn't comply, he kept his hands in his pockets (ok, he took one out at a time and then put them back in...whatever), he put the cop and others in the parking lot in a situation that may have been dangerous. The cop did the best thing possible. He ended the encounter without drawing a gun.

I notice through this whole thing you haven't said what you think the cop *should* have done. So?
 
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Old 11-06-2006, 09:23 PM   #22
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Originally Posted by 7960 View Post
And I hate that anyone who defends cops is automatically a "fake patriot" or some shit like that. I also hate it that "every cop you've met" is a dick so that means every cop is a dick. I'm going out on a limb here and guess you're not meeting cops on the best of terms, so of course they're not immediately going to be your buddy. I know a few cops. Some are dicks but most are just guys doing a job, absolutely sick of having assholes with phone cameras make their life difficult.

There was absolutely nothing wrong with that encounter...the guy didn't comply, he kept his hands in his pockets (ok, he took one out at a time and then put them back in...whatever), he put the cop and others in the parking lot in a situation that may have been dangerous. The cop did the best thing possible. He ended the encounter without drawing a gun.

I notice through this whole thing you haven't said what you think the cop *should* have done. So?

I have several friends that are cops. They're my friends but they're still dicks.

And I have had a few "run ins" with cops for speeding. The worst encounter I've ever had was when a group of cops pulled me over for "running a red light" when it was yellow and they had me pulled over for an hour and half. They wrote me a ticket for running the light, searched my vehicle and myself for drugs, and then gave me a arraignment court date I had to attend because I had forgotten to wear my glasses. I don't have horrible eyesight, but these were cops that were dicks and wanted to write me up for anything.



I'm not a law enforcement officer, so I don't know what he *should have done. I only know that based on watching that video, it seemed to me that the cop was using force that he didn't need to.
 
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Old 11-06-2006, 09:33 PM   #23
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I have several friends that are cops. They're my friends but they're still dicks.

And I have had a few "run ins" with cops for speeding. The worst encounter I've ever had was when a group of cops pulled me over for "running a red light" when it was yellow and they had me pulled over for an hour and half. They wrote me a ticket for running the light, searched my vehicle and myself for drugs, and then gave me a arraignment court date I had to attend because I had forgotten to wear my glasses. I don't have horrible eyesight, but these were cops that were dicks and wanted to write me up for anything.



I'm not a law enforcement officer, so I don't know what he *should have done. I only know that based on watching that video, it seemed to me that the cop was using force that he didn't need to.
now I understand...when you break the law you expect to be let off, and when someone is disobeying a cop he should immediately be given the benefit of the doubt......... gotcha
 
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Old 11-06-2006, 10:00 PM   #24
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Originally Posted by 7960 View Post
now I understand...when you break the law you expect to be let off, and when someone is disobeying a cop he should immediately be given the benefit of the doubt......... gotcha


Your hypocrisy is hilarious.

You were the one that started a whole thread bitching about an asshole cop that pulled you over.
 
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Old 11-06-2006, 11:57 PM   #25
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Your hypocrisy is hilarious.

You were the one that started a whole thread bitching about an asshole cop that pulled you over.
Mediocre attempt to divert the discussion........

1. when he asked for my license I asked why *ONCE* then gave it unlike this guy.
2. I also wasn't breaking any laws, like you.
3. I didn't say the cop was an asshole (I said douchebag )
 
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Old 11-07-2006, 12:21 AM   #26
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Originally Posted by lew View Post
Cops are not the fucking Almighty. Almost every single one I've met is a dick. A few are nice and actually concerned with people's welfare. Most, in my experience, are not.

I hate this fake patriotism bullshit in this country, aka don't knock cops or the military. "They keep us safe." Fuck them.
I have no problem with this attitude as long as you agree to not call the cops when you need them.
 
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Originally Posted by lew View Post
And I have had a few "run ins" with cops for speeding. The worst encounter I've ever had was when a group of cops pulled me over for "running a red light" when it was yellow and they had me pulled over for an hour and half. They wrote me a ticket for running the light, searched my vehicle and myself for drugs, and then gave me a arraignment court date I had to attend because I had forgotten to wear my glasses. I don't have horrible eyesight, but these were cops that were dicks and wanted to write me up for anything.
so you were breaking the law and are pissed that you were expected to follow it

You driving around with poor vision makes me feel safe, let me guess you now drive with glasses on more frequently
 
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How about calling the cops because someone was threatening me in/out of school, only to find out that this person's family is friendly with the local gestapo, so I'm suddenly the one told to stop harrassing THEM?

Much more recently: How about being pulled over an avg of FOUR times a month for a whole summer by the same cop and made to sit on the side of the road for 30 minutes while he ran my info and tried to find something wrong with me or my vehicle? I was never ticketed once (clean record), but since (apparently) no record was made of the stops, my complaints fell on deaf ears.

How about asking for help from a nearby cop due to car troubles and he complains right to my face that my 'issues' are causing HIM to do extra paperwork that night? Then he starts calling me names...wonderful, and my taxes pay his salary.

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I live in a sleepy, ritzy town with almost zero crime. They do nothing but drive around in their sports cars/H2s and waste taxpayer dollars harassing harmless teenagers and 5-over speeders. Of course, this just raises the kids' ire and induces the disrespect the cops are looking for so they can continue bullying. Most of these cops were the idiot football players in my hs class who bullied constantly.. now they get badges and guns to bully people around with..just great. I can't imagine the situation's any better in towns with harder crime, so no wonder many people distrust cops by default. It seems like every time society gives someone a pretty uniform, a badge, and a bit of authority, he thinks that this gives him permission to manhandle people at the slightest provocation. I'm not saying all cops/depts are like this but, hey, this is what I got, multiple times, for ignoring the stereotype and actually trusting that these guys would help.

If that officer truely thought that punk was a threat to his safety, he should've just warned, then tazered him. There was no need to crush his larynx and then manhandle him to the ground like that. Using jackie chan moves on people's necks is a surefire way to CAUSE an injury, not prevent one. Doing that put BOTH lives at risk because if that kid was even remotely sober and/or fired up, he could've easily dodged that move and retaliated. From what it looked like, that kid was stoned off his rocker and completely harmless. Too bad we can't see the full footage.
 
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Old 11-07-2006, 09:58 AM   #29
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How about calling the cops because someone was threatening me in/out of school, only to find out that this person's family is friendly with the local gestapo, so I'm suddenly the one told to stop harrassing THEM?

Much more recently: How about being pulled over an avg of FOUR times a month for a whole summer by the same cop and made to sit on the side of the road for 30 minutes while he ran my info and tried to find something wrong with me or my vehicle? I was never ticketed once (clean record), but since (apparently) no record was made of the stops, my complaints fell on deaf ears.

How about asking for help from a nearby cop due to car troubles and he complains right to my face that my 'issues' are causing HIM to do extra paperwork that night? Then he starts calling me names...wonderful, and my taxes pay his salary.

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I live in a sleepy, ritzy town with almost zero crime. They do nothing but drive around in their sports cars/H2s and waste taxpayer dollars harassing harmless teenagers and 5-over speeders. Of course, this just raises the kids' ire and induces the disrespect the cops are looking for so they can continue bullying. Most of these cops were the idiot football players in my hs class who bullied constantly.. now they get badges and guns to bully people around with..just great. I can't imagine the situation's any better in towns with harder crime, so no wonder many people distrust cops by default. It seems like every time society gives someone a pretty uniform, a badge, and a bit of authority, he thinks that this gives him permission to manhandle people at the slightest provocation. I'm not saying all cops/depts are like this but, hey, this is what I got, multiple times, for ignoring the stereotype and actually trusting that these guys would help.

If that officer truely thought that punk was a threat to his safety, he should've just warned, then tazered him. There was no need to crush his larynx and then manhandle him to the ground like that. Using jackie chan moves on people's necks is a surefire way to CAUSE an injury, not prevent one. Doing that put BOTH lives at risk because if that kid was even remotely sober and/or fired up, he could've easily dodged that move and retaliated. From what it looked like, that kid was stoned off his rocker and completely harmless. Too bad we can't see the full footage.
Right about now NWA court is in full effect.
Judge Dre presiding in the case of NWA versus the police department.
Prosecuting attourneys are MC Ren Ice Cube and Eazy muthafuckin E.
Order order order. Ice Cube take the muthafuckin stand.
Do you swear to tell the truth the whole truth
and nothin but the truth so help your black ass?

Why don't you tell everybody what the fuck you gotta say?

Fuck tha police
Comin straight from the underground
Young nigga got it bad cuz I'm brown
And not the other color so police think
They have the authority to kill a minority

Fuck that shit, cuz I ain't tha one
For a punk muthafucka with a badge and a gun
To be beatin on, and throwin in jail
We could go toe to toe in the middle of a cell

Fuckin with me cuz I'm a teenager
With a little bit of gold and a pager
Searchin my car, lookin for the product
Thinkin every nigga is sellin narcotics

You'd rather see me in the pen
Then me and Lorenzo rollin in the Benzo
Beat tha police outta shape
And when I'm finished, bring the yellow tape
To tape off the scene of the slaughter
Still can't swallow bread and water

I don't know if they fags or what
Search a nigga down and grabbin his nuts
And on the other hand, without a gun they can't get none
But don't let it be a black and a white one
Cuz they slam ya down to the street top
Black police showin out for the white cop

Ice Cube will swarm
On any muthafucka in a blue uniform
Just cuz I'm from the CPT, punk police are afraid of me
A young nigga on a warpath
And when I'm finished, it's gonna be a bloodbath
Of cops, dyin in LA
Yo Dre, I got somethin to say

Fuck the police (4X)
M. C. Ren, will you please give your testimony to the jury about this fucked up incident.>

Fuck tha police and Ren said it with authority
because the niggaz on the street is a majority.
A gang, is with whoever I'm stepping
and the motherfuckin' weapon
is kept in a stash box, for the so-called law
wishin' Ren was a nigga that they never saw

Lights start flashin behind me
But they're scared of a nigga so they mace me to blind me
But that shit don't work, I just laugh
Because it gives em a hint not to step in my path

To the police I'm sayin fuck you punk
Readin my rights and shit, it's all junk
Pullin out a silly club, so you stand
With a fake assed badge and a gun in your hand

But take off the gun so you can see what's up
And we'll go at it punk, I'ma fuck you up

Make ya think I'm a kick your ass
But drop your gat, and Ren's gonna blast
I'm sneaky as fuck when it comes to crime
But I'm a smoke em now, and not next time

Smoke any muthafucka that sweats me
Or any assho that threatens me
I'm a sniper with a hell of a scope
Takin out a cop or two, they can't cope with me

The muthafuckin villian that's mad
With potential to get bad as fuck
So I'm a turn it around
Put in my clip, yo, and this is the sound
Ya, somethin like that, but it all depends on the size of the gat

Takin out a police would make my day
But a nigga like Ren don't give a fuck to say

Fuck the police (4X)

Police, open now. We have a warrant for Eazy-E's arrest.
Get down and put your hands up where I can see em.
Just shut the fuck up and get your muthafuckin ass on the floor.
[huh?]>

and tell the jury how you feel abou this bullshit.>

I'm tired of the muthafuckin jackin
Sweatin my gang while I'm chillin in the shackin
Shining tha light in my face, and for what
Maybe it's because I kick so much butt

I kick ass, or maybe cuz I blast
On a stupid assed nigga when I'm playin with the trigga
Of any Uzi or an AK
Cuz the police always got somethin stupid to say

They put up my picture with silence
Cuz my identity by itself causes violence
The E with the criminal behavior
Yeah, I'm a gansta, but still I got flavor

Without a gun and a badge, what do ya got?
A sucka in a uniform waitin to get shot,
By me, or another nigga.
and with a gat it don't matter if he's smarter or bigger
[MC Ren: Sidle him, kid, he's from the old school, fool]

And as you all know, E's here to rule
Whenever I'm rollin, keep lookin in the mirror
And there's no cue, yo, so I can hear a
Dumb muthafucka with a gun

And if I'm rollin off the 8, he'll be tha one
That I take out, and then get away
And while I'm drivin off laughin
This is what I'll say

Fuck the police (4X)

The jury has found you guilty of bein a redneck,
whitebread, chickenshit muthafucka.
Wait, that's a lie. That's a goddamn lie.
I want justice! I want justice!
Fuck you, you black muthafucka!>

Fuck the police (3X)
 
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Old 11-07-2006, 09:58 AM   #30
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Mediocre attempt to divert the discussion........

1. when he asked for my license I asked why *ONCE* then gave it unlike this guy.
2. I also wasn't breaking any laws, like you.
3. I didn't say the cop was an asshole (I said douchebag )


Originally Posted by 7960
m: (me, irritated, but I reached for my wallet) "I'd just like to know why you're pulling me over"
(the pipes on my motorcycle aren't exactly legal so I didn't want to give him a reason to look for stuff)
 
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Old 11-07-2006, 10:00 AM   #31
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I have no problem with this attitude as long as you agree to not call the cops when you need them.


I have never called the police for anything. And I would be perfectly happy with getting rid of taxes so that I don't have to fund them. Private police ftw. But that's a discussion for another time...
 
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Old 11-07-2006, 10:00 AM   #32
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If that officer truely thought that punk was a threat to his safety, he should've just warned, then tazered him. There was no need to crush his larynx and then manhandle him to the ground like that. Using jackie chan moves on people's necks is a surefire way to CAUSE an injury, not prevent one. Doing that put BOTH lives at risk because if that kid was even remotely sober and/or fired up, he could've easily dodged that move and retaliated. From what it looked like, that kid was stoned off his rocker and completely harmless. Too bad we can't see the full footage.
People die from being tazered. One just died this weekend. Show me where this guys larynx was crushed please so I can change my mind and say the cop did over react
 
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Old 11-07-2006, 10:03 AM   #33
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Originally Posted by kinggovernor View Post
so you were breaking the law and are pissed that you were expected to follow it

You driving around with poor vision makes me feel safe, let me guess you now drive with glasses on more frequently

When I went to court, the judge and the DA both said that it was a ridiculous law and threw the case out. So, even those in the system thought it was retarded and the cop was a dick.

And I wasn't pulled over for not driving with glasses. I was pulled over for running a red light - which I didn't.

And the cops did an illegal drug search of my vehicle. The whole thing was fucked up.
 
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Old 11-07-2006, 11:44 AM   #34
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There's no way he could have known without getting on the ground to inspect them. Using that as a reason to pull me over would be like saying he pulled you over because you had illegally downloaded songs on a CD in your car... impossible to know until *after* getting pulled over.
 
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Old 11-07-2006, 12:04 PM   #35
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There's no way he could have known without getting on the ground to inspect them. Using that as a reason to pull me over would be like saying he pulled you over because you had illegally downloaded songs on a CD in your car... impossible to know until *after* getting pulled over.

Sorta like how they searched my vehicles for drugs and asked me about glasses? They couldn't have known that without pulling me over.


And I didn't run the red light. Again, these were dick cops who wanted to cause me trouble, probably only because I had 20" wheels on my Explorer and they thought I was a drug dealer.
 
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Old 11-07-2006, 03:20 PM   #36
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People die from being tazered. One just died this weekend. Show me where this guys larynx was crushed please so I can change my mind and say the cop did over react
Well, everyone's telling me they're safe whenever I bring them up, so my point stands however. going for the throat like that was stupid.
 
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Well, everyone's telling me they're safe whenever I bring them up.......
Because they are. Every person who "DIED FROM A TASER!!! " has always had some other factor. A bad heart, high on drugs, I believe one even ran into the street and got hit by a car and people said "if cops hadn't tasered him he would't have run... TASER KILLED HIM!! "

People died and had long-term complications from batons, too. Fewer die and/or are hurt by taser.

Taser >>>>>.. baton and >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> gun.
 
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Old 11-07-2006, 03:29 PM   #38
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