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To: wastedyears
Where are the ‘good cops’ being turned in/reported by ‘good cops’? Oh yeah, that doesn’t happen because the ‘good cops’ would get shunned and bullied by all the rest for daring to try to do something about the ‘bad cops’.
Yet regular people get in trouble for not reporting a crime in certain places.

OK - like I said, apparently you think all cops are bad. Congratulations.

Years ago, I had a friend - let's call him Tyrone. He was a young guy, and he loved 'Black Culture' and wrote rap music, even though he was as white as Joe Biden's backside. Not a bad guy, but definitely an emotion-based individual. There was a lot of drama in his life, at that time, including fairly regular visits to court (nothing serious, mostly traffic/vehicle related stuff).

We were talking one day, and he went on a rant about the latest media-fueled 'outrage' (probably the Ferguson fiasco). Tyrone told me how rotten all cops were, how they were all out-of-control, and just looking for a chance to gun down some poor sap, for no reason at all (standard 'defund the police' spiel). And then he told me (paraphrasing), "I know my rights, and the next time I get pulled over, I'm not going to be pushed around by any lousy cop!"

That's when I started laughing! When I finally caught my breath, I asked Tyrone (pardon the language), "What are you, f*cking crazy? You just told me every cop out there is a homicidal thug, just waiting for a chance to pull the trigger - and you're planning to argue, and resist arrest? HE HAS A GUN! DO WHAT HE F*CKING TELLS YOU! If one of your rapper friends pulls a gun on you, and wants your wallet, you going to argue with him, too? Tell him about your rights? What are you, a f*cking moron?"

Which highlights an important point; if you think cops rank right up there with Super Man, you should (and probably will) obey all orders and avoid confrontation. And if you think all cops are thugs in uniforms, just waiting for a chance to murder someone, then - guess what? - you should ALSO obey all orders and avoid confrontation. Because the cop has a gun.

My friend Tyrone remained unconvinced. He must have figured that, if he told the cops about his rights, and insisted that they do things his way, they would suddenly stop, and say "Gosh, you're right, Mr. Citizen! I apologize for being an out-of-control, homicidal thug, and now recognize, thanks to your explanation, that I need to reform my ways!"

Frankly, Tyrone was dumb as a rock (plus he was on meds for schizophrenia, and doing 'recreationals' on the side). Haven't heard from him in years, and don't know if he's even still alive...

156 posted on 04/11/2021 5:37:48 PM PDT by Who is John Galt? (Joe & Jill went up the hill to screw the country over...)
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To: Who is John Galt?
Audit The Audit

A great YouTube channel going over interactions between police and people. There are lots of videos of people standing up for themselves and then going on their way; there are videos of people standing up for themselves, still getting arrested, then suing the police. There are also videos of people doing stupid things and getting arrested.

172 posted on 04/11/2021 9:14:06 PM PDT by wastedyears (The left would kill every single one of us and our families if they knew they could get away with it)
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