... but only after shooting his dog.
I saw this over the weekend online. Pretty funny. He’s lucky the Cop engaged him for as long as he did. It doesn’t say how he stopped him. I assume he flagged him down as if he needed help.
The guy carries a .25? Geeze.
You know, if you shoot someone with a .25, and they find out about it, they’re going to be pee-o’d at you.
The Medford, OR Police Department cops never make it down a city block without violating at least one law.
I have never seen them drive legally.
This is much like Tacoma, WA and several other cities in which I have lived or visited.
Cops are just the most well armed gang in town, collecting revenue for the welfare state by jacking up average citizens attempting to legally go about their day.
When not shooting dogs and people running away.
It’s important to note that “police”, as such, did not exist at the founding of the United States. Sheriffs had existed since the mid-17th Century, and the laws were carried out by them and the local militia.
In 1789 the U.S. Marshals Service was established, followed by other federal services such as the U.S. Parks Police (1791), and U.S. Mint Police (1792). The first city police services were established in Philadelphia in 1751.
The U.S. Secret Service was founded in 1865 and was for some time the main investigative body for the federal government.
But this means that many of the rules that still exist for the police have evolved from Common Law origins, as well as the hierarchy under which they operate. For example, Sheriffs being superior to local police.
Thus, local police can still be seen in some lights as a “uniformed” militia. However, that does not mean that they are the exclusive militia.
Importantly, it is a big jump in authority from a local police department to a Sheriff’s office. In a manner of speaking, as the POTUS is chief executive for the nation, and state governors are chief executives for their states, Sheriffs are the chief executive of their counties.
It is vital to be aware of this relationship as well, as a Sheriff can deputize the adult citizens of his county, and as such, they would be on a legal par with local police.
In effect, the citizenry are the enforcers of the law, and police are just a convenience. They act as a day and night watch, they collect evidence of crimes, and they doggedly pursue criminals. But to stop crime and uphold the law, they are very dependent on the citizenry.
I know a Federal LEO who was driving an unmarked car while searching for a guy. A local small town cop decided he wanted to ask him what he was doing so he pulled him over.
He asked for his identification and the officer showed it to him. The cop knew his stop was illegal but the officer just let it go. It did scare the guy tho.