Posted on 01/21/2014 8:49:29 PM PST by DariusBane
And has been happening for decades.
I did a 30 minute radio interview show with the (then) Superintendent of the Delaware State Police. At the start of the program I owned up to the fact my kid brother was a rookie on NYPD and both my father and grandfather were also retired from NYPD. My first question to the Super was "Why are cops no longer looked at in the manner of that old Saturday Evening Post cover of the cop and kid at the counter with ice cream?"
That was 1984.
Here’s what’s happening. We hate our government. We understand our government is repressing us. The cops are the visible representatives of our government. So we hate them.
It’s a sickness. Our country is sick.
I don’t have a solution.
I am with Mears. Reciprocal respect.
I remember posting that picture a few times when the first Transformers movie was still recent in peoples’ minds.
― Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
I'm the sister, daughter, and granddaughter of cops and I'm the first to find fault with a bad cop because I was taught that by my grandfather, father, and brother.
I hate bad cops, and I consider even an over sense of self to be a bad cop. Thankfully I've only encountered that once and it was dealt with.
Prosecutors and City Attorneys come first on the list. Cops after.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wXkI4t7nuc
I’ll give you a big AMEN on that!
The local COP had an officer run him to the local airport with lights and noise to make his plane. He is no longer here.
You were very fortunate to be in a position to do something about your circumstance. Had you found yourself born a black girl in a ghetto you would just have to take the abuse and simmer in helpless rage.
58 for me. But I know it’s not the same for everyone. I used to think that it was a regional thing, that a city or state or part of the country, say New Orleans or Tacoma WA has problems until they make a concerted effort to clean themselves up and in Tacomas case, the fish was rotting from the head.
I’ve been lucky enough to live in places where law enforcement is pretty clean, and pretty competent. I was raped in a small Rocky Mountain city in 1990(if I had had a weapon it would have turned out a lot differently but that’s another story) Police and firefighters there had a reputation for being partiers and not taking life too seriously. But of course I had to call. And I was very much in favor of prosecuting the guy. These city cops were wonderful—professional, enlightened, respectful, compassionate. I was so proud of them. In the emergency room one told me “you know only 5% of these guys go to prison”. I understand that be was preparing me for the worst. But the guy did get convicted and sentenced to 60 years. It turns out that he was a career criminal and they were already aware of him. I don’t really know the point of this story, except that people can surprise you. And think about carrying a weapon.
60 years. He got off easy.
I’m glad to hear that. I would like to think that most Leos are good joes.
20 years for sexual intercourse w/o consent, 20 for robbery, 20 on the repeat felony offender statute. He was up for parole in 2007 but I don’t know if be got it. His entry into prison was also delayed because of a riot they had there in which 5 inmates were killed, mostly snitches, and in very gruesome ways, I guess.I will stop babbling before people guess what state it happened in.
And you and I pay their salaries and for their military grade weaponry, vehicles, and community tanks / SWAT vehicles
Tpi of the tip of the iceberg:
http://hawaiicorruption.wordpress.com/
Ex-fireman gets prison, sold drugs at station
July 11, 2012
By LILA FUJIMOTO - Staff Writer (lfujimoto@mauinews.com) , The Maui News
http://www.mauinews.com/page/content.detail/id/562828/Ex-fireman-gets-prison—sold-drugs-at-station.html
$37 Million Oversight By The Hawaii State Government? Yeah Right!
by admin
http://www.kauaistyle.com/government/37-million-over-site-by-the-hawaii-state-governemtn-yeah-right/
Hawaii Police Brutality and Police Misconduct
http://www.policecrimes.com/police_brutality/Hawaii_police.html
Corrupt, from Start to Finish
By Thomas
http://hawaiinewsdaily.com/2011/01/corrupt-from-start-to-finish/
Add to that the century plus old black market in official birth certificates by Hawaiian officials, such as the one sold to Dr. Sun-Yat-Sen when he was a refugee in the Territory of Hawaii.
The military has pride in discipline and double jeopardy.
Cops resort to the “not all cops are bad” weak trust meme excuse.
Do the math.
The corruption is gamed to protect politician Judges and DAs from corruption probes with crocodile tears to boot.
“Lots of posters here seem to be working hard for this breadown.”
The breakdown of this relationship is happening without our input. Cops are increasingly militarized with a us verses them attitude. Most cops take the job because of their ego and they like being on a power trip.
> This is the first I have heard of cops selling weed. A link or two to some convictions or arrests for this would be nice.
Lookup the New Orleans PD then. Burglary rings, looting, theft, selling drugs, etc... And I’m not talking about the perps either. I’m talking about the police. And their officers consist of a very large number of Amish.
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