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RE: How are the Cops like where you live?
February 14, 2017 at 10:29 pm
Most of them are perfectly fine people and professionals. Of course, only the bad ones make it to youtube videos. And even those videos a lot of times are out of context where you don't see the whole story.
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RE: How are the Cops like where you live?
February 14, 2017 at 10:33 pm
(February 14, 2017 at 10:29 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: Most of them are perfectly fine people and professionals. Of course, only the bad ones make it to youtube videos. And even those videos a lot of times are out of context where you don't see the whole story.
Actually there's videos of some really amazing cops.
@ 1:00 in the man rips the window out with his bare hands like the terminator.
Are you ready for the fire? We are firemen. WE ARE FIREMEN! The heat doesn’t bother us. We live in the heat. We train in the heat. It tells us that we’re ready, we’re at home, we’re where we’re supposed to be. Flames don’t intimidate us. What do we do? We control the flame. We control them. We move the flames where we want to. And then we extinguish them.
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RE: How are the Cops like where you live?
February 14, 2017 at 11:09 pm
I was pulled over 2 summers ago for a broken tail light, which I believe was just a pretext for pulling me over. I had an older car that was a little dented and dinged up.
The officer was a younger fellow, probably in his early 30s. He checked my license (clean) and let me off with a warning, not even a ticket. I'm pretty certain I was judged on my light skin, blue eyes and, pardon me for sounding crass, but it was a very hot summer day - over 100F - and I was dressed...appropriately for hot weather.
I didn't choose at that moment to let him know that I'm a godless heathen and that I believe The Man - meaning governmental authorities including the police must always be questioned and kept in check. 
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RE: How are the Cops like where you live?
February 15, 2017 at 12:00 am
(This post was last modified: February 15, 2017 at 12:02 am by ErGingerbreadMandude.)
There's a LOT of truth in this video:
I've mostly only heard bad things about US cops. For example, I knew someone that went to the US for a visit that got arrested by the cops for wearing a traditional dress, he apparently got beat up in custody too and nobody gave a shit because well he wasn't white. A lot of people need to be informed about their rights. Especially when cops are masters in abusing people that aren't properly aware of their rights. My friend got harassed by a cop and got threatened with jail time because of his haircut. Yup, you heard me right, because of his haircut.
Cops are far away from "heroes" they are made out to be.
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RE: How are the Cops like where you live?
February 15, 2017 at 12:54 am
Invisible.
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RE: How are the Cops like where you live?
February 15, 2017 at 1:37 am
mlmooney89 Wrote:Woooow Hammy was right about you.
I'm much worse tbh :V
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RE: How are the Cops like where you live?
February 15, 2017 at 3:03 pm
(February 15, 2017 at 12:00 am)pool the great Wrote: For example, I knew someone that went to the US for a visit that got arrested by the cops for wearing a traditional dress, he apparently got beat up in custody too and nobody gave a shit because well he wasn't white.
He wasn't suspected of doing anything else?
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RE: How are the Cops like where you live?
February 15, 2017 at 3:47 pm
(February 15, 2017 at 12:00 am)pool the great Wrote: There's a LOT of truth in this video:
I've mostly only heard bad things about US cops. For example, I knew someone that went to the US for a visit that got arrested by the cops for wearing a traditional dress, he apparently got beat up in custody too and nobody gave a shit because well he wasn't white. A lot of people need to be informed about their rights. Especially when cops are masters in abusing people that aren't properly aware of their rights. My friend got harassed by a cop and got threatened with jail time because of his haircut. Yup, you heard me right, because of his haircut.
Cops are far away from "heroes" they are made out to be. "I've mostly only heard bad things about US cops. "
That's the Internet Lynch Mob in action.
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RE: How are the Cops like where you live?
February 15, 2017 at 4:20 pm
I'm not going to say there aren't great cops out there, but I have never had a good run in with the police. Most of those instances I hadn't done anything wrong. I was only naughty on a couple of occasions. 
I got arrested for knocking someone out who threatened me with a knife. That guy was taken to hospital in an ambulance with no police escort and I was taken to the cells. I now simply refuse to talk to any officer that approaches me. I'll talk to them if I need to, otherwise, they can let me to get on with my day.
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RE: How are the Cops like where you live?
February 15, 2017 at 4:40 pm
(February 15, 2017 at 4:20 pm)frankiej Wrote: I'm not going to say there aren't great cops out there, but I have never had a good run in with the police. Most of those instances I hadn't done anything wrong. I was only naughty on a couple of occasions.
I got arrested for knocking someone out who threatened me with a knife. That guy was taken to hospital in an ambulance with no police escort and I was taken to the cells. I now simply refuse to talk to any officer that approaches me. I'll talk to them if I need to, otherwise, they can let me to get on with my day.
So, you start with a bad attitude and don't want any trouble. Gotcha.
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