I don't get it, when did pigs go from protecting and serving to acting as if they have small dick syndrome?
Maybe you should stop breaking the law
I have no strong feelings either way. Some cops are good, others not so good.
Maybe you should stop breaking the law
:lol I expected this... This isn't the case. :yuck
Maybe you should stop breaking the law
:lol I expected this... This isn't the case. :yuck
Then what is the case? Typically people don't feel this strongly unless something personal happens to them.
I have no beef with cops, the majority are doing a good job that is often thankless due to those who fuck it up for the rest. The ones that patrol my neighborhood are awesome and show up immediately whenever I've called.
Cop: Hey, why are you checking out that car?
lordmaji: This is my car and I'm going to have a tire replaced.
Cop: ...Yeah right...
*edited*Cop: Hey, why are you checking out that car?
lordmaji: This is my car and I'm going to have a tire replaced.
Cop: ...Yeah right...
meh, vocal inflections pissed me off.
vocal inflections happened
Anyone who says police have never done anything for them are fucking idiots. If there were no police, there would be nothing to prevent me from silently coming into your house in the middle of the night, raping your wife, murdering you, and stealing your shit. How do you not understand that?
First, my money's squarely on The Business. Secondly, that means at the very least the police are keeping you from living in a constant state of paranoia and spending all your disposable income on protection.
First, my money's squarely on The Business. Secondly, that means at the very least the police are keeping you from living in a constant state of paranoia and spending all your disposable income on protection.
nowhere does it imply that i believe the police are keeping me from living in a constant state of paranoia-i was simply playing along with the business based on what he had depicted so in that sense, it would be irrational to not be overprotective. put all the money you want on him, but if he's damn certain that in the state of "anarchy" which our society would erupt into if we were to wake up tomorrow and there was no police force protecting me from the seemingly countless number of people much like the business whose moral compass had disappeared along with any rational thought which had prevented them all along from being the ravaging beasts which nature had intended them on being, then he and along with everyone else would be risking their life as much as i’d be risking mine for staying in such an environment, hence the risk-reward assessment. if anything, with no police force to enact any of the laws our society have put in place, and assumingly the public doesn’t band together to protect their own neighborhoods and communities, there is a greater risk than before for not only me but anyone who crosses my path given that i could simply point my gun to his head for breaking into my house and suffer no repercussions other than the emotional turmoil i’d go through for having just killed a man as well as what i’d be signaling to my immediate neighbors, but i’m pretty certain they’d understand and would be supportive. there are very few people who can kill a man and walk away from it being unscathed so it isn’t exactly cheap even in a society with no laws. though, i do hope my wife is going to be that hot for him to willingly bet his own life on trying to rape her.
also, i’d never put money on someone who spent his entire military career behind a computer desk and installed telephone wires for the men who actively put their lives at risk day in and out during the height of the iraqi conflict. what a fucking pussy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Fn0mrdmXZI
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Oh sure, make this thread when I'm on three weeks' vacation, road tripping across America, and only Internet access through hotel wifi on my phone.
Jerks.
Oh sure, make this thread when I'm on three weeks' vacation, road tripping across America, and only Internet access through hotel wifi on my phone.
Jerks.
this is the safest time for us to do it. We don't want our heads smashed into a wall or our face karate chopped.
Oh sure, make this thread when I'm on three weeks' vacation, road tripping across America, and only Internet access through hotel wifi on my phone.
Jerks.
this is the safest time for us to do it. We don't want our heads smashed into a wall or our face karate chopped.
Oh sure, make this thread when I'm on three weeks' vacation, road tripping across America, and only Internet access through hotel wifi on my phone.
Jerks.
this is the safest time for us to do it. We don't want our heads smashed into a wall or our face karate chopped.
Or even worse, lectured :P
Oh sure, make this thread when I'm on three weeks' vacation, road tripping across America, and only Internet access through hotel wifi on my phone.
Jerks.
this is the safest time for us to do it. We don't want our heads smashed into a wall or our face karate chopped.
Don't be so sure, BlackMage. I'm in Cali right now, Imma find you.
fine with 'em, but i'm also white :smug
Can't live with them, can't live without them!
Oh sure, make this thread when I'm on three weeks' vacation, road tripping across America, and only Internet access through hotel wifi on my phone.
Jerks.
I generally support the police, but am never happy to have a person with a firearm in my near vicinity.
got side swiped by a bigass van tonight on my way home from work, ringed the 'po and a cruiser came by within 4 minutes, cited the driver and copied his info for me, even let me borrow his pen. also had a good conversation with the kid who hit me. told the officer i appreciated him coming out, which he seemed to not give a shit about (my thanks that is)
all in all yay police, you just have to know your rights and you will be fineI generally support the police, but am never happy to have a person with a firearm in my near vicinity.
you only feel that way because of your own inexperience, they're just tools, man.
First it's "yay police" and then you call them tools?
got side swiped by a bigass van tonight on my way home from work, ringed the 'po and a cruiser came by within 4 minutes, cited the driver and copied his info for me, even let me borrow his pen. also had a good conversation with the kid who hit me. told the officer i appreciated him coming out, which he seemed to not give a shit about (my thanks that is)
all in all yay police, you just have to know your rights and you will be fineI generally support the police, but am never happy to have a person with a firearm in my near vicinity.
you only feel that way because of your own inexperience, they're just tools, man.
First it's "yay police" and then you call them tools?
I'm black, 26 and never been pulled over in my life so they're good in my book. lol
I try to always give people the benefit of the doubt until proven otherwise. Sure there are asshole cops but there are assholes in EVERY profession. I say "hi" to them whenever I pass by one, and they say "hi" back so I "personally" have no reason to hate them.
Drew may be right. Then again, I know how easy it is to die from that particular tool.
Drew is right. You drive on a road everyday where you are inches from death constantly. You aren't scared because you are licensed, trained, driver who understands the risks. It's the same with guns.
OK, can you confine your "people getting fucking shot for real" fetish GIFs to the NSFW thread?
OK, can you confine your "people getting fucking shot for real" fetish GIFs to the NSFW thread?
can you confine your browsing of frivolous websites to when you're not at work?
Dear Thor:
Life; you're doing it wrong.
Orange County District Attorney Tony Rackauckas gave a detailed account of the events during a press conference on September 21, 2011. Using digital audio recording devices carried by the officers, surveillance video from a pole camera at the Fullerton Transportation Center, and other evidence, Rackauckas provided evidence that Thomas did comply with orders from Officer Ramos, who had put on latex gloves and asked Thomas "Now see my fists? They are getting ready to fuck you up."[19] Rackauckas went on to describe how Thomas begged for his life, before being beaten to death.[20] This case goes down as one of the few police brutality incidents where malicious intent on the part of the police officers, compliance on the part of the victim, and lack of any dangerous threat to police or civilians, are clearly demonstrated by video testimonial.
It is a thankless job; however, as a society we have, over the past 50+ years, tended to try to apply law and order to problems that don't merit it IMO, especially drug addiction. Change the stupid laws, treat it as a medical issue, and decriminalize possession. Use police as an open hand, not a closed fist, then maybe these sort of things wouldn't be an issue.
I don't think this is a bottom-to-the-top issue [police force hires bad people] so much as it is a top-to-the-bottom issue [people who control the police force use it for matters that don't warrant police action, pushing quotas, "tough on crime" policies, ect]. Bad-apple cops can eventually be weeded out or minimized, but not if the guys in charge don't see what all the fuss is about.Yes, the seemingly endless number of bad apples are attracted to it and hired more because of the culture, with a different police culture they'd gravitate to some other job. Like criminal.
Sure, it attracts bullies. I was just arguing with what I considered unfair generalizing. I've been toying with the idea of law enforcement and got a little defensive, I suppose. :(
Yes, the seemingly endless number of bad apples are attracted to it and hired more because of the culture, with a different police culture they'd gravitate to some other job. Like criminal.
Tell cops they're in a war, outfit them as if they're in an actual war, organize them as if they're in a war, hold them to a separate standard from their fellow citizens where they're essentially unpunished while their "bad deeds" are lofted onto the taxpayers to pay for, encourage "us vs them" mentalities and it's not too shocking that people on sites like PoliceOne talk about citizens as if they're the enemies and that they're "on the front lines" while SWAT teams are deployed as if they're a military force without the restrictive rules of engagement.
And don't get me started on asset forfeiture!
EDIT: My being an anarchist doesn't really, or at least shouldn't, defend or excuse police or state misconduct. (Nevermind if it's just an insult/jab. :lol)
That's fair and understandable, I know of what you speak. But I want to point out that I did not exactly condemn you or even the "bad apples" as much as I did the culture. Which to be fair isn't properly termed "police culture" but something else, it's in prosecutors and other state officials as well since they're the ones declaring the war in the first place. So maybe something more like "state culture" (:weebay) is appropriate to not single out just police.
And I think that "culture" harms not just the citizens who are victims, but things like using SWAT for drug warrants or most anything else at night unnecessarily puts the police in danger as well. It helps to promote a culture of violence in which police treat citizens as enemies so citizens start acting like enemies and vice versa. Citizens shouldn't fear interacting with police and police shouldn't fear interacting with citizens. It seems more and more like that's the current state of things however.
PoliceOne is still pretty disgusting.
Don't trust Gawker in relation to police related news stories. They released a news story about a month ago in relation to police shooting and killing an unarmed teenager after he swiped his pops' truck, and his dad reported it. They made it seem like he was innocent and it totally was unjustified. Not that I'm justifying murder, but...if you watch the actual dispatch video, the kid drove completely recklessly. He drove in the wrong side of the road at high speeds, ran straight through college campus stands which could have easily housed people, he drove on the side walk, and more. The police tried more than once to try and make him stop, but he kept going. He ended up ramming a police car, and that's when they got out and shot him.
Then you read the Gawker article and they totally are biased towards their side of events.
This story too reeks of "something isn't right, there needs to be more information". Story short, don't immediately trust ANY online source pertaining to so-called police brutality. At least at first. Look at ALL sources before you follow through and believe a police hating rag.
I'd like to note for the record that I don't hate cops. Or state officials or politicians. Or other criminals.
Like I said. ::):teehee
Don't trust Gawker in relation to police related news stories. They released a news story about a month ago in relation to police shooting and killing an unarmed teenager after he swiped his pops' truck, and his dad reported it. They made it seem like he was innocent and it totally was unjustified. Not that I'm justifying murder, but...if you watch the actual dispatch video, the kid drove completely recklessly. He drove in the wrong side of the road at high speeds, ran straight through college campus stands which could have easily housed people, he drove on the side walk, and more. The police tried more than once to try and make him stop, but he kept going. He ended up ramming a police car, and that's when they got out and shot him.
Then you read the Gawker article and they totally are biased towards their side of events.
This story too reeks of "something isn't right, there needs to be more information". Story short, don't immediately trust ANY online source pertaining to so-called police brutality. At least at first. Look at ALL sources before you follow through and believe a police hating rag.
Also, this is remarkably mature and tempered.
Who are you, and what have you done with Himuro? ;)
Biz, you saying the police force doesn't attract bullies? Of course it does, just as academia attracts pedants, and it'd be weird if it didn't.
Sure, it attracts bullies. I was just arguing with what I considered unfair generalizing. I've been toying with the idea of law enforcement and got a little defensive, I suppose. :(
Hmm, I've only had a handful of run-ins with police, all rural/small-town stuff. The most noteworthy was at 10 years old riding bitch with father in law on motorcycle. We get flashed, and dad decides to go on small chase eventually pulling into a service road. FIL throws something into bushes* right away, gets pepper sprayed due to resisting arrest and I catch a little bit of the spray on my arms and face. Cop wasn't mean to me at all, and I very clearly remember on the witness stand he was very upset I was involved in that situation. I actually kind of want to find out who this dude is, but I'm sure that is impossible.
*I lightbulbed in my 20s that this was some kind of drug pipe, dunno what drug tho (probably meth). Amusingly, I was coached by my mother not to mention that this happened on the witness stand. Thanks mom.
I will say the Canadian police I encountered 3-4 times (hey, it was oktoberfest, shit gets messy) were all polite and fair, even though my friend was being a total dick.
Do I think the badge can give assholes impunity to act like, well, assholes? Sure.
Biz, you saying the police force doesn't attract bullies? Of course it does, just as academia attracts pedants, and it'd be weird if it didn't.
Sure, it attracts bullies. I was just arguing with what I considered unfair generalizing. I've been toying with the idea of law enforcement and got a little defensive, I suppose. :(
Well, QED.