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Roadside adventures with small-town cops in Electra, Texas
Dallas News ^ | February 28, 2014 | Rodger Jones

Posted on 03/03/2014 8:44:18 AM PST by Altariel

Here’s a YouTube that the Electra, Texas, convention and visitors bureau probably would like to see disappear from the firmament.

It shows what can happen when cops with a bad attitude come up behind you at night and end up accusing you of the bad attitude.

You can end up driving off with a couple of bogus tickets. Or, if you’re like the guy who produced the video, you can stand your ground and beat them at their own game.

Ask yourself how you would handle something like this. You can imagine these two cops were the overgrown bully-boys who had their way with the underclassmen in the high school locker room. Then someone gave them badges and guns.

The most chilling words you’ll hear in this episode came from the now-former city attorney, Todd Greenwood, who conceded there are hazards of getting caught up in a small town. Especially for outsiders. “Ever hear of the movie Deliverance?” he asked the out-of-towner. Creepy.

Later, Greenwood said: “What’s written in the Constitution is one thing, and the real practice is another, and you’re not in the same kind of protection as you have in Allen and Plano and Richardson and places like that.”

(Excerpt) Read more at dallasmorningviewsblog.dallasnews.com ...


TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: donutwatch; electra; texas
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1 posted on 03/03/2014 8:44:18 AM PST by Altariel
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To: Altariel

I think all US cars should have dashcams


2 posted on 03/03/2014 8:45:33 AM PST by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans!)
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To: Altariel

The cops were completely justified and any freeper here who thinks otherwwise should go back to DUmmie land...

(I am being sracastic and getting in the first bootlicker freeper comment before the actual bootlickers make an appearence)


3 posted on 03/03/2014 8:48:04 AM PST by GraceG
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To: Altariel

Save for later


4 posted on 03/03/2014 8:50:50 AM PST by Tenacious 1 (My whimsical litany of satyric prose and avarice pontification of wisdom demonstrates my concinnity.)
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To: GeronL

[ I think all US cars should have dashcams ]

Just as all americans are supposed to have the freedom of speech, we also have the inherent “right to record” as an inherent right.

Record pronounced like the “world record” and not “VCR record” type.

It was in the old days called “testimony” as the founders did not foresee devices that could record light and sound. And it was so universal back then there was nothing put inthe constiution except that the government cannot force you to use your own testimony against yourself.


5 posted on 03/03/2014 8:51:53 AM PST by GraceG
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To: GraceG

Why ya’ll always rippin on the PO-lice? Most are good.... .... because of a few bad apples......yadda, yadda, yadda....

(like that?)

Lol


6 posted on 03/03/2014 8:53:20 AM PST by Tenacious 1 (My whimsical litany of satyric prose and avarice pontification of wisdom demonstrates my concinnity.)
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To: Altariel

Article is behind a subscription wall.
Could you please post a link to the Youtube video?
Thanks.


7 posted on 03/03/2014 8:54:26 AM PST by LegendHasIt
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To: GraceG

“The cops were completely justified and any freeper here who thinks otherwwise should go back to DUmmie land...

(I am being sracastic and getting in the first bootlicker freeper comment before the actual bootlickers make an appearence)

Did you beat the first badge lapper or just the boot lickers?

;-)


8 posted on 03/03/2014 8:55:10 AM PST by GladesGuru (Islam Delenda Est - because of what Islam is and because of what Muslims do.)
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To: GraceG

They [cops] always are. The crappy attitude kicks in when you object to them filling you full of lead or beating your brains out.


9 posted on 03/03/2014 8:55:13 AM PST by sport
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To: Altariel

“Small-Town” “Police(cops)” are “good” for 3 “Things”:
1. Revenue “Generation(Speed/Stop Sign TRAPS)”
2. Trying to “score” Local High School “Chicks”
3. Trying to find “new” places to SLEEP thier “shift” “Away”

Oh and I forget GETTING FREE FOOD ANY way they can.

“Small-Town(and some not so small town)” “police” are by in large WORTHLESS as TITS on a Boar Hog!


10 posted on 03/03/2014 8:56:24 AM PST by US Navy Vet (Go Packers! Go Rockies! Go Boston Bruins! See, I'm "Diverse"!)
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To: GraceG

I wasn’t aware there were any lickers and lappers left. Even the former LEOs here are pissed at the current crop of Billy-Club Bullies.


11 posted on 03/03/2014 8:59:58 AM PST by Cyber Liberty (H.L. Mencken: "The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.")
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To: LegendHasIt; All

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emmoJvpSGyw


12 posted on 03/03/2014 9:00:33 AM PST by Altariel ("Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!")
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To: Altariel

Texas is very misunderstood here!

They do have the very worst thugs in the country in their small fiefdoms.
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13 posted on 03/03/2014 9:02:08 AM PST by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: Altariel

Thank you very much!


14 posted on 03/03/2014 9:02:18 AM PST by LegendHasIt
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Getting The Rest To Donate Shouldn't Be Like This.......


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15 posted on 03/03/2014 9:02:50 AM PST by DJ MacWoW (The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
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To: Altariel

““Ever hear of the movie Deliverance?” he asked the out-of-towner.”

Out-of-towner should have then said to the cop, “Oh! You were the one playing the banjo, weren’t you?”


16 posted on 03/03/2014 9:06:23 AM PST by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra ( Ya can't pick up a turd by the clean end!)
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To: GraceG

But, but, but.. did the officers go home safe that night? /s


17 posted on 03/03/2014 9:06:53 AM PST by momtothree
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To: Altariel

It’s been well known since the 60’s that it’s best to not draw any attention to ourself when traveling in Texas.


18 posted on 03/03/2014 9:09:38 AM PST by SaxxonWoods (....Let It Burn...)
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To: SaxxonWoods

Texans will come to regret ceding their liberty to government employees.

This nonsense should have been nipped in the bud back then.


19 posted on 03/03/2014 9:11:46 AM PST by Altariel ("Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!")
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To: GeronL

> I think all US cars should have dashcams

The NSA thinks so too as long there are both foward and rear facing cameras


20 posted on 03/03/2014 9:15:42 AM PST by jsanders2001
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