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To: Tin-Legions
If the legislature passes a law requiring blacks to ride in the back of public transportation or for Jews to wear yellow stars, will police simply complain "We gotta enforce these stupid laws" then too?

I'm waiting on word from the Seattle PD after passing the exams and interview. But I can tell you this, there are some laws or orders I would not follow for the supreme law of the land is the US Constitution, not the dictates of a group of ignorant legislators or activist judges. Also, I might write tickets for real traffic violations, but I am damn sure not going to write tickets for people sitting on crates or on their stoop or whatever garbage is going on in NY.

They going to fire all cops? Why don't all cops simply disregard a "taxation" order like that?
60 posted on 06/06/2003 1:02:03 AM PDT by Skywalk
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To: Skywalk
All good points that I hope to stand by, also. Remember, few people have read or understand the Constitution in any way. Until you are a sworn judge, you will find it hard to tell people that you know more about it as a cop than any judge or legislator (even though you might). And you may get in a PD that hires properly educated persons, and trains them well to act on their own good sense. Most PD's do nowadays, but there is always a few who can't sort criminal intent from honest mistake, and just are out to rack up a high "score" of tickets.

However you stated: "They going to fire all cops? Why don't all cops simply disregard a "taxation" order like that?"

No, they will just fire you.

Take care and good luck. Hope you do well. TL

62 posted on 06/06/2003 2:47:50 AM PDT by Tin-Legions
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