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North Little Rock, AR cops stand by and watch as convenience store is robbed!
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette ^
| 31 AUG 02
| BY JIM BROOKS
Posted on 08/31/2002 9:15:32 AM PDT by DCBryan1
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To: Diddle E. Squat
Thanks... But this will be my last post in this thread...
To: DCBryan1
Cops stand by while store is robbed? So, what else is new?
Consider the following:
INS stands by while terrorists flood borders!!
America stands by while DemoSlime pervert American political system!!
Californians stand by while Sacramento gradually erodes their right to keep and bear arms!!!
Parents stand by while government schools force-feed children a steady diet of humanism, atheism, and abject stupidity!!
Taxpayers stand by while their hard-earned tax dollars are wasted on multi-generational welfare deadbeats who will never be asked to behave like responsible adults!!!
Humans stand by while the whole freaking course of human nature is dictated by sub-humans, and there ain't a thing we can do about it!!!
THE END IS NEAR.
To: Diddle E. Squat
They didn't need to risk the clerk's life when an arrest for violating parole could have been made outside the store BEFORE entering.Simple, really, not tough at all.
To: DCBryan1
Good story! parsy.
To: hoosierham
While I appreciate your vigilance, I disagree with your characterization of the incident. And I'm also not impressed with your trashing of others who disagree. Your hyperbolic posts leave the impression of an overreactive hothead. While there are always going to be bad officers, my impression is that most are pretty level-headed and disciplined. That is one reason that until proven otherwise, for now I'll take their judgement over yours. But hey, that's just one man's opinion.
My point still remains, if your arguments in this case are correct, why do you have to stoop to comparing others to Nazi's? Afraid your arguments won't stand on their own merits?
To: hoosierham
Oops, I just replied before reading this response of yours. Thanks for stating your point directly.
To: marajade
I don't blame you. You've stated your case well, I don't think anything more can be said that would change minds that are already made up. Good job of hanging in their for this long.
To: hoosierham
They conspired to put him in harm's way, and in so doing, are WORSE than the punk robber.
Was this loony rant an accident or did you write that on purpose? The only one who conspired to put anyone in harms way was the man who pulled the weapon on the clerk. Us conservatives are big on personal responsibility rather than countenancing whiney liberal excuses. It's much as with the robber who claims in his defense: "It's all the fault of the police! They shoulda stopped me from robbing the store!" Do you feel comfortable wearing such a ragged liberal hairshirt?
To: hoosierham
I've been the one responding to prowler calls, stopping suspicious vehicles persons in the dead of night ,ALONE, with my .38. I salute you AND all of the honest police officers out there doing there job as it is meant to be, and I appreciate the work you do. I myself only have a problem with those who hide behind a mask and/or put themselves above the law...
To: Cultural Jihad
"It's all the fault of the police! They shoulda stopped me from robbing the store!" Do you feel comfortable wearing such a ragged liberal hairshirt? Er, from what I've read on this thread, hoosierham IS a police officer. So what's your beef CJ?
To: parsifal
Hey parsy:
Something I dont like talking about much, but still believe I would have been hurt/killed if I didnt take the appropriate steps. I still ask myself "what if, what if, what if??" all the time. The girlfriend at the time is okay, but never goes out unless armed.
To: FormerLurker
If the clerk sues anyone over this it should be against the ACLU which has been working tirelessly for decades fighting for the rights of criminals to subvert society by tying the hands of law enforcement.
To: marajade
you wrote:
"But you CAN blow away a criminal with a gun in your face."
Are you talking about the victim or the police? The police certainly couldn't ....
What point am I missing?
uh ... remember that unfortunate incident in maryland recently where federal leo shot a completely innocent of any crime eagle scout in the face? (no criminal. no gun in your face.)
high fives all around.
good shoot! good shoot!
laugh while the kid suffers on the ground for an hour before medical care summoned.
what? do you live in a cave?
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08/31/2002 4:39:37 PM PDT
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johnboy
To: hoosierham
To be fair, as I reread your posts, it appears that I myself overreacted to a few phrases, and read too much into your statements, lumping them in with some more extreme statements of others. I apologize for reacting to swiftly and mischaracterizing your post.
To: Diddle E. Squat
I was attacking PRIDE, as in "I'm proud to be a part of ?"; and I am NOT convinced of the need for SWAT as they are generally set up.
SWAT teams and their militaristic style begs for the Nazi comparison, especially since in the event of shooting/killing/literally scaring to death (heart attacks) of innocent citizens due to raiding the wrong house, we do not see/hear of officers prosecuted/fired/disciplined and restitution insofar as restitution is possible. Indeed, there is usually an arrogance which many find disturbing in those sworn "to protect and serve". Cincinnati is feeling the effects of that arrogance because of police failures to come clean in the questionable shooting.Few things erode public confidence like dishonest cops.
I admit to becoming incensed whenever I hear/see anyone falling into the police vs. civilian mindset; I strongly believe we are ALL citizens and certain artificial class distinctions ought not be tolerated.I felt the same way behind the badge.
Before anyone trots out the tired "but police risk their life every day" whine, I must point out the store clerk has a much greater chance of being killed at work. Police work statistically is several notches down from being the most risky job.
To: Diddle E. Squat
'to'='too'
To: Cultural Jihad
If the clerk sues anyone over this it should be against the ACLU which has been working tirelessly for decades fighting for the rights of criminals to subvert society by tying the hands of law enforcement. How do you figure the ACLU had anything to do with the decision to allow a civilian to be used as bait for an armed robbery?
To: DCBryan1
"Pass me another donut Fred, looks like they're still haggling over a carton of smokes."
To: Cultural Jihad
Well, the police had been told the parolee was intending to rob the store, the police had been told he was armed,the store management was apparently aware of this ,or at least had a policy of going along with such use of the clerk as bait, so YES, I stand by my statement. And my grounds for saying the police/store management are WORSE than the punk is that the clerk has every expectation that the police/store mgmt will not knowingly expose him to KNOWN dangers.(Especially in light of all the workplace regulations,EPA,OSHA,Right-to-know,etc).
Every customer is an unknown in the eyes of the clerk; a tiny fraction are a danger, a larger fraction will shoplift,most will pay and go.But the police and mgmt are not supposed to be a danger.
To: Diddle E. Squat
it appears that I myself overreacted to a few phrases, and read too much into your statements, lumping them in with some more extreme statements of others. And exactly which statements would those be?
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