I didn't respond because, quite frankly, it's not worth it. It's not worth responding on any of the cop-bashing threads that pop up around here daily. Some are warranted, most are not. And I'm always the first one to say when a bad cop should be fired/jailed/etc...
But the fact is that you guys don't know what it's like to patrol a bad area. You don't deal with victims of violent crime. These criminals are animals. I wonder how often you deal with people like that. But you read a biased article and you're suddenly experts.
The guy who complains about being stopped under suspicion of committing a recent crime is the SAME guy who will be on camera asking where the police were when drug dealers were shooting up his neighborhood. This is a war that is literally un-win-able. We can only try to contain it.
The fact is that these stops, however inconvenient, are lawful. The Commissioner knows it. The Mayor knows it. The lawyers and judges know it. They also know the mayhem that will occur if stop and frisk is halted. Is the line between lawful and unlawful blurred sometimes? Probably. But cops who are fervently searching for an active shooter or armed robber are just doing what they are taught to do.
As for disorderly conduct summonses, read the law. It is so broad, and it was written that way for a reason. Blame the lawyers and judges, not the cops who utilize it as a tool to control volatile situations. Situations where you would probably pray for a cop if you were faced with.
You can call me whatever you want. I've heard it before, many times. It doesn't faze me because I know the real story. I serve my city and my country. And I sleep well at night.
"He and his colleagues ought not be surprised that when they treat an entire population as animals, that population and other observers will begin to reciprocate."
You don’t care because you can go out and kick some civilians to the curb to blow off steam.