To: Tspud1
"I could have told him right then that I was a journalist. But instead you decided to lie, thus wasting their time and getting you this crappy story.
I pointedly asked whether I had been detained because I was African American or whether I looked Middle Eastern.
Liberalism 101 - Play the race card play it often, play it loud.
This guy is real lucky he ran into some very nice officers, who did their job in a professional manner. A lot of Policemen would have ran his sorry ass downtown in a proverbial NY minute for being such a smart ass. And they would have been justified in doing so
Washigton Police should bill the Post for the time this jerk wasted.
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03/25/2003 3:51:06 PM PST by
Michael.SF.
(A nod is as good as a wink, to a blind horse.)
To: Michael.SF.
"A lot of Policemen would have ran his sorry ass downtown in a proverbial NY minute for being such a smart ass. And they would have been justified in doing so."
Justified? Hardly! Time to bone up on your Constitutional Law, my friend. Last time I looked being a "smart ass" is not against the law. Anyway, his questions in response to his questions didn't seem particularly smart-assy. But some folks think that anything short of groveling before the glorious police is acting like a smart ass.
They work for us, and we have the right to ask cops why they are requesting I.D. or asking us questions, and we have the right to expect a polite, prompt, and truthful answer to our questions.
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