Waldo cops say they've been under ticket quota by Chief Mike Szabo

WPTV - West Palm Beach ^ | August 27, 2014 | AP

[JRandomFreeper]

He's making a false equivalence, and falsely limiting the choices to either/or.

It's rhetorical BS and wouldn't be allowed in junior high school debates.

/johnny

[JW1949]

If you actually have any real principles and responsibility in your life, you work to change bad laws and not just break them because they don’t fit you....

[JRandomFreeper]

Bullcrap.

Jesus didn't try to sway the Roman senate, he broke the law.

Sell your statist BS elsewhere.

/johnny

[JW1949]

It really means little to me what you accept or reject...I will continue to do what I, personally, feel is the right thing to do and don’t concern myself with how you feel....

[JRandomFreeper]

Didn't say anything about feelings, hero.

False attribution.

Another thing that would get you kicked out of junior high school debating.

/johnny

[JW1949]

Excuse me, I care little about what you accept or reject....
Does that clarify it for you now????

[Half Vast Conspiracy]

I wonder what drove these cops to suddenly become “honest”. I’ll assume that they each complied for some period.

[JW1949]

Someone earlier suggested that one or more of them had a beef against the chief and decided to bring it down on him...Could be...

[JRandomFreeper]

Your post about "laws are laws and must be followed" clarified everything I ever needed to know about you.

You are a statist, with little regard for your position as lawmaker and sovereign in these United States.

You are a sniveling follower.

/johnny

[Half Vast Conspiracy]

The problem is, as you can see up thread, this place has been a known speed trap for years. All current officers signed up knowing full well what they were getting into.

[JW1949]

I am a 2 tour veteran of Vietnam and a patriotic conservative who wishes nothing but a return to the heights the United States enjoyed during the Reagan administration and you sir, are a worthless son of a bitch...

[JRandomFreeper]

I spent a few cycles deployed myself, hero. I have scars on my body to prove it. I've done the bag drag.

You are a statist.

Own it.

And don't rely on your vet status like it was a trump card. That's just sad.

/johnny

[JW1949]

You are dismissed.....

[JRandomFreeper]

Not hardly. You called me a worthless SOB.

I won't shut up. I won't be polite. I won't comply. And I damn sure don't follow orders anymore.

/johnny

[Half Vast Conspiracy]

Up until that time they were perfectly happy to go along with the plan.

Exactly.

[Still Thinking]

Oh great, all the places I used to blow through on the way from JAX to Gainesville. At least I slowed down (some) as I went through the towns straddling the highway where the speed limit plunges to 45.

[EricT.]

So, what *is* the speed limit in Waldo? No, I’m not defending them, and yes, I do have a fast car.

Last time I went through I think it was 35. The road can easily handle 55.

[MrEdd]

My guess is that one or more of these officers have another beef with the chief. Either they did not get the raises (what they thought their cut should be) or some other issue so they threw him under the bus. Up until that time they were perfectly happy to go along with the plan.

So your personal position is that there are zero honest cops anywhere?

You sir, are one of the folks who give ammo to the idiots who insist that the police are never at fault. Same stupidity, opposite ends of the spectrum.

I will continue to evaluate each incident based on the information available and make individual judgments.

[Half Vast Conspiracy]

How cute. You took a comment about this specific incident, generalized it, hit a fellow Freeper over the head with it, then patted yourself on the back for not generalizing.