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Oakland Firefighter Plays Victim Card Until Police Release Video
PJ Media ^ | September 13, 2014 | Jack Dunphy

Posted on 09/13/2014 2:41:30 PM PDT by jazusamo

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To: jazusamo

Lot of idiots here had already judged the cop guilty.


21 posted on 09/13/2014 3:28:01 PM PDT by wideawake
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To: jazusamo

As time goes by there will be far less complaints against the police for “racist” actions. This will be the inevitable outcome as more police departments adopt body cam policies and more people discover they cannot so easily lie about police behavior as they have in the past.


22 posted on 09/13/2014 3:29:42 PM PDT by YHAOS
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To: JRandomFreeper

I said this on another thread as well. The reason police have been getting a lot of hate from the government and media is because Obama and Holder first have to discredit the police in the eyes of the black community, and white community. Once that is complete and the police have been vilified by the left, you’ll start hearing about a national police force. Which will be made up mostly of black racists. They will kill 2 birds with one stone: A police force loyal to the President, and tons of “jobs” for unemployed blacks(which will be why the media and all leftists will praise this solution). Then they will take the guns.

Look for more “false flag” type attacks on police. Michael Brown had said on his facebook a day or so before he died something implying that he would be viewed as a martyr.

It may not be Obama that does it, but they are paving the way for someone much much worse. We haven’t seen nothing yet, that is why it is very important to stop the left now. Get conservatives into media positions, education positions, and government now. If it’s still possible. But I don’t think it is. I think we have passed the point of no return.


23 posted on 09/13/2014 3:30:58 PM PDT by FreedomStar3028 (Somebody has to step forward and do what is right because it is right, otherwise no one will follow.)
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To: lee martell
I probably missed the explanation, but if all he is doing is ‘securing’ the station, wouldn’t it have been best to turn the lights on for that large room? Or maybe the three of them just arrived before the officer did.

Note that the police tech who came first haven't turned the lights on either. Perhaps he didn't know where the switches are. But a more likely explanation is that the camera that the cop was wearing is not very good in low light. Note that it kept sending the picture in color, though most security cameras switch to grayscale below a certain lighting threshold. Human eyes are better than many security cameras, and they are certainly better than this camera. Note that the picture outside the station - which is a city street with lights - is also unusably dark; but most people find that streetlights are adequate for walking around.

This means that while there wasn't enough light for the camera, there probably was just enough light for humans to walk around. The police tech may have been forced to wander around in darkness because he didn't know where the switches are, and the firefighter didn't need the overhead lights because he knew the facility well enough - especially if he told his kids to stay by the doors.

24 posted on 09/13/2014 3:31:15 PM PDT by Greysard
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To: wideawake

It looks and sounds to me like the cop couldn’t have handled it much better.

I saw an article about this shortly after it took place and it was written to make the cop look guilty.


25 posted on 09/13/2014 3:34:19 PM PDT by jazusamo (Sometimes I think that this is an era when sanity has become controversial: Thomas Sowell)
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To: wideawake
Lot of idiots here had already judged the cop guilty.

I twice went thru all 20 posts prior to yours and found no such evidence of your accusation.......

What did I miss????????

Lots of old timers now getting weird.........

26 posted on 09/13/2014 3:36:22 PM PDT by Hot Tabasco (Don't harsh my buzz bro......)
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To: FreedomStar3028
Anyone that has completely given up can slip into the garage and start the lawnmower with the garage door closed.

I'm not there yet.

There won't be a 'national' police force.

State legislatures won't allow that much infringement into their phony baloney jobs.

Great thing the founders did, setting one branch of government against the other so all are useless.

/johnny

27 posted on 09/13/2014 3:36:31 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: Greysard
Ummm easier explanation is that the camera has a harsh IR spectrum filter that only allows less than an octave of visible light spectrum into the camera.

Occam's razor....

/johnny

28 posted on 09/13/2014 3:38:53 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
I thought we had all agreed that it is racist to release evidence against a black person when they file a grievance against a white person?

You are correct sir, we did. We just don't give a rat's a$$ about it.

29 posted on 09/13/2014 3:40:55 PM PDT by Mark17 (If I have a son, I am going to name him Bill, George, Sue, anything but Barack Hussein Obama)
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To: JRandomFreeper
Any false accusation should require the accuser to serve the sentence the accused would have... but that's just me.

It's not just you. BTW, I also went Galt, one year ago, today.

30 posted on 09/13/2014 3:45:20 PM PDT by Mark17 (If I have a son, I am going to name him Bill, George, Sue, anything but Barack Hussein Obama)
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To: JRandomFreeper

I have not given up. But if things keep going like they are, the country is lost. I see the way things are going, and the leftist agenda has been accelerated to ridiculous speed.

You’re assuming they will follow the law. But as you can clearly see, the democrats don’t follow the law. They get away with breaking it.


31 posted on 09/13/2014 3:48:55 PM PDT by FreedomStar3028 (Somebody has to step forward and do what is right because it is right, otherwise no one will follow.)
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To: lee martell

How about a father putting his sons in danger by entering a dark, unsecured fire station in an area with such a high crime rate?


32 posted on 09/13/2014 3:51:25 PM PDT by raybbr (Obamacare needs a death panel.)
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To: raybbr
He's got at least one spare son.

The trick is to never make dad decide which one is the spare....

/johnny

33 posted on 09/13/2014 3:52:51 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: wideawake

“”Lot of idiots here had already judged the cop guilty.”””

Really? I must have missed those posts.


34 posted on 09/13/2014 3:52:53 PM PDT by raybbr (Obamacare needs a death panel.)
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To: jazusamo

thanks for posting!!! I just saw it at PJ Media. Interesting how this black firefighter got his sons lying for him. Now that is downright evil to corrupt you sons like this.....

All to cash in because we know the next step was hiring a lawyer. Were they robbing the fire station? I can’t tell from the article


35 posted on 09/13/2014 3:52:53 PM PDT by dennisw (The first principle is to find out who you are then you can achieve anything -- Buddhist monk)
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To: FreedomStar3028
No, I assume they will follow raw power. The States aren't going to give up local police control for some national police.

There will be pushback on that, just because one set of corrupt bastards won't let another set of corrupt bastards get away with it.

/johnny

36 posted on 09/13/2014 3:54:50 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: wideawake
Knee jerk much?

Seems like most posters are happy to know which cop is true to his word, doesn't lie, and has proof that is true.

I look forward to rewarding good LEOs, and crushing the criminal element among them.

This guy seems like he passed the test.

/johnny

37 posted on 09/13/2014 3:57:43 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: jazusamo
When I commented on the original non-story posted on Free Republic it was obvious that the firefighter had made a big deal out of nothing. The story was then run by the local media without first checking with the police for the rest of the story.

If I was his Captain or Lieutenant he would be on probation until he personally apologized to the police officer and sent a letter to any of the media people he had talked to explaining how there was no racial component to the incident.

38 posted on 09/13/2014 3:58:48 PM PDT by eggman (End the Obama occupation of the White House!)
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To: dennisw

I can’t tell either but from experience it only takes a very short period of time to secure a station, especially if you’re familiar with it.

I don’t believe though that he rip off fellow firefighters.


39 posted on 09/13/2014 4:06:04 PM PDT by jazusamo (Sometimes I think that this is an era when sanity has become controversial: Thomas Sowell)
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To: eggman

Thanks for linking the FR post, I hadn’t seen that.

It seems to me disciplinary action is warranted, police and fire usually cooperate smoothly due to being at many incidents together.


40 posted on 09/13/2014 4:12:11 PM PDT by jazusamo (Sometimes I think that this is an era when sanity has become controversial: Thomas Sowell)
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