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“Why did you shoot me? I was reading a book”: The new warrior cop is out of control
Salon ^
| 7-7-2013
| Radley Balko
Posted on 07/09/2013 5:34:35 AM PDT by Renfield
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To: Renfield
Many here don't like SALON, but this article is well worth reading in its entirety and filing. The police in many areas behave much more aggressively than when confronting very large mobs in the 60’s. Bill Ayres types and the various ‘peace’ rioters generally seemed to be a step ahead of the police and at least on equal terms in many riots and street battles. Now average Americans are routinely treated like the subjects of some Third World thug state.
To: Renfield
After overhearing the men wagering, Baucum befriended Culosi as a cover to begin investigating him. During the next several months, he talked Culosi into raising the stakes of what Culosi thought were just more fun wagers between friends to make watching sports more interesting. Eventually Culosi and Baucum bet more than $2,000 in a single day. Asshat's never heard of "entrapment". Moron. Create a crime so you can arrest the other guy for it. Wait....I thought LEO's were supposed to be FIGHTING crime, not generating it.
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posted on
07/09/2013 8:14:16 AM PDT
by
Still Thinking
(Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
To: spetznaz
I hate big government no matter which innocent citizens big government is targeting at the moment. Twelve years ago on this site, I argued that parts of the Patriot Act gave too much power to the government:
To: Registered
Keep in mind that the new laws definition of domestic terrorism is so broad, as we shall see in future columns, that entirely innocent people can be swept into this surveillance dragnet.
President Hillary would like to know which of you have friends in the NRA, or the pro-life movement, so your communications can be monitored by the CIA, for the children.
I guess were all OK with Echelon, Know Your Customer, and National ID cards now as well. If you have nothing to hide...
This Patriot Act stinks to high heaven. If you dont think this will eventually (if not currently) be used to stifle political dissent in this country, you are mistaken.
15 posted on 11/28/2001 7:05:56 AM by dead
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posted on
07/09/2013 8:19:15 AM PDT
by
dead
(I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
To: dead
When I buy a lottery ticket I’ll be sure to ask you which numbers I should pick. That post is eerily accurate.
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posted on
07/09/2013 8:31:14 AM PDT
by
spetznaz
(Nuclear-tipped Ballistic Missiles: The Ultimate Phallic Symbol)
To: Renfield
Real heroes.
One sometimes reflects with dismay that the individual sense of shame is dying out in America.
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posted on
07/09/2013 10:47:13 AM PDT
by
Jack Hammer
(American)
To: miss marmelstein
A very good friend of mine was swatted because of local politics. He went against the left wing city council, and while its too long a story, he ended up with cops on his roof and at his front door, guns drawn. Miracle he wasnt killed. A perfectly decent man who almost had his life destroyed.Did the incident even make page 59 in the local rag? Was there any kind of lawsuit afterward? Might this incident have taken place in a town on the outskirts of a major US city?
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posted on
07/09/2013 10:53:14 AM PDT
by
USS Johnston
(Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be bought at the price of chains & slavery? - Patrick Henry)
To: USS Johnston
No lawsuit. It happened about 60 miles outside NYC.
To: miss marmelstein
No lawsuit. It happened about 60 miles outside NYC.Wow.
The questions are: "Who exactly encouraged LE to have a chip on their shoulder the size of a sequoia?" The DHS?
Are We The People purposely ordered to be targeted as future exercises? Are incidents created out of trivial matters a matter of spreading the word that random Brownshirt intimidation and abuse of civil rights WILL be conducted often -- with impunity? Is the citizenry purposely being conditioned and/or baited?
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posted on
07/09/2013 11:31:50 AM PDT
by
USS Johnston
(Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be bought at the price of chains & slavery? - Patrick Henry)
To: USS Johnston
Is the citizenry purposely being conditioned and/or baited? Nope. As Mr. Balko put it, "Partisan reaction to aggressive police actions against opponents tends to fall somewhere between indifference and schadenfreude."
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posted on
07/10/2013 5:05:57 AM PDT
by
papertyger
(Blessed are the flexible for they shall not be broken....)
To: Strategerist
Bingo.
Everybody is a dirt bag to somebody. When immorality rules, it just depends on who is in charge to determine a target.
Since rule of law doesn’t matter any more, the 4th and the 5th routinely subverted and the 5th laughed at:
Good reason to under-fund and frustrate gubment. No power can be granted to men without that power being used for evil. With tears in their eyes the cops don’t have enough money to buy new boots. Good. Let them eat their boots.
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posted on
07/12/2013 1:33:41 PM PDT
by
DariusBane
(Liberty and Risk. Flip sides of the same coin. So how much risk will YOU accept?)
To: Renfield
The ultra liberal Salon is late to the story. Non the less, they are welcome to our side. We can stand their stench if the will help us return our country to where the police protect and serve.
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posted on
07/12/2013 2:45:24 PM PDT
by
Drango
(A liberal's compassion is limited only by the size of someone else's wallet.)
To: Renfield
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posted on
07/13/2013 11:07:16 AM PDT
by
cyn
(Benghazi.)
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