Posted on 10/20/2010 1:51:32 AM PDT by GonzoII
But these are Maryland State Troopers, the same paragons that Gov. Willie Don Schaefer used to intimidate opponents.
The hats? It's a Buford T. Justice thang...
Money usually buys the Sheriffs around here. We had one that actually tried to do his job. The bootleggers and dope pushers took a big hit. The local media either found or made up things to ridicule him. He didn’t get reelected. Now, they are in business big time.
Negative consequences have to be felt by the individual that caused them to happen, or they never learn.
These 'troopers' should be stripped of every single dime including their homes, bank accounts, pensions, and the loose change in their couches.
Then it's time for an 18USC242 prosecution for willfull deprivation of Civil Rights under false color of authority. I want to see these thugs bedded down with Tyrone for the next decade or so.
That'll send a message.
The hell they aren't. The only police officers that won't use this type of tactic are the ones that aren't mad at you. Find me a single cop that won't ratchet up the charges based entirely on how much grief you give them, and I'll eat your hat.
Just remember, the primary job of a sheepdog is to keep the sheep in line, not defend them from the wolves.
“Failure to obey a Lawful order seems to be used a lot”
So is “following to close” as a reason to pull over a car.
I have met several police officers who could politely be described as disappointing, but the majority are genuinely good people. One coached me through the correct responses to give after I defended myself against several attackers who were all injured in their attack on me, and I was very grateful for his help. Others have helped me or others who were in need in other situations. Few are the type to strip search young girls for prurient reasons or to punish them. You may not have met many decent police officers, but they are out there in large numbers.
How much grief did you give the cop that pulled you over?
Google search “youtube don’t talk to the police”...
Yes, they will lie to you in order to get you to incriminate yourself. This is one of the more innocuous things exposed.
Don’t get me wrong. I don’t deny there are good people who happen to be in law enforcement. There are people who won’t steal a pen from work, either.
My point is the practice of law enforcement is very like the craft of journalism. Despite some good people, the current standards and practice of the profession turns its practitioners into a very specific kind of criminal. The problem with police is the average citizen has no defense or recourse against these crimes, committed under color of law, unless the offending officer happens to be so egregiously stupid as to get irrefutably caught.
Just as free speech only needs protecting when its offensive, so cops are only “good” when they are good to those they “can” get away with treating badly.
Geesh! I had no idea you personally knew all the police officers in the United States in such a personal way! Based on your expert advice then, I stand corrected. LOL
It is dishonest to make the claim that all police officers and all police departments are abusive of citizens. They are not. It is honest to say that the problem police officers and departments have become so numerous at this point, a nation-wide professional, administrative, legal and political action is necessary to stop the abusers.
They need to be retrained because homeland security has screwed everything up and they need to understand they will be head-chopped if they violate the rights of citizens or fail to report or punish the violation of rights.
It would be helpful if conservative police officers - especially reitred ones - who remember the integrity of the profession prior to 911 would study the problems and lead us in advocating for change. Otherwise it will be the race baiters who go after them. And in their love for criminality, mindlessness and hatred, they will get officers killed.
None.
Have you quit abusing neighborhood children, yet?
Never did. You?
Just as it is dishonest to imply that I made such a universally sweeping and easily refutable claim.
Nevertheless, it is completely boneheaded to miss the argument's center of gravity, and treat the exception as the rule.
I'm not the poster you asked, but here's one I found on the top link of many in a google search for "face the truth pro-life tour maryland arrests".
Not to ive any slack to the police officers, but it seems that people are assuming that male officers gave the strip searches.
I am assuming that jail matrons did so. Am I wrong?
Maryland Officials Drop Charges Against Pro-Life Advocates on Abortion Protest
http://www.lifenews.com/state3450.html
Yes I have watched that.
Police have institutional masters. Don’t confuse them with the local friendly protector of society. They are what they are. The institutions have been built over the last 100 years by short sighted people. They are very very powerful, and you should fear them.
Dude, that’s a civil right violation...the same thing happened to those guys down in Mississippi who ended up buried in the mud near the dam in ‘64.
I was born in 1969. I was unaware of that very disturbing story.
Again, I don’t see that it’s a great idea to give police such broad powers. Out of fear of crime Americans have demanded an aggressive, well funded, well equipped, highly paid, plentiful police force, blessed them with a code book so large that it can’t be fit into the back seat of a squad car and broad discretionary powers.
How is any of this a good idea?
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