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In the Line of Duty
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RE: In the Line of Duty
(May 16, 2015 at 11:51 pm)Saxmoof Wrote: True, I should've said "if you want to make the case that most cops are good... etc."

That's what I meant, lazy phrasing

But when people defending cops say "not all cops are bad" which is the argument i was parroting - they're not saying that they're all bad apart from this one good one i managed to find that lives near me, they're saying that most are good and that it's just a few bad apples we should not focus on so much - that's what's debatable

Fair enough, and well-spoken -- forgive my tendency to pedantry.

As far as "bad", I'd agree that those cops who sit silent while another cop does something illegal definitely have dirty hands. And that's too many of them.

"Most"? Definitely debatable.

Judging from my personal run-ins with police not related to me (and there's been a few and then some), most are decent guys in the situations we were in -- mainly traffic tickets, no violent crimes, no drugs. I've had enough cops be assholes to me even under those circumstances that I know a good proportion of them are either badge-heavy, jaded by continual run-ins with dipshits, or looking for a game to run. But I've also had them let me go without paperwork when they had me dead-to-rights.

I don't really care for the either-or thing that happens with public opinions about policing, and I sure as hell don't care for generalizations.

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In the Line of Duty - by A Theist - May 12, 2015 at 4:41 pm
RE: In the Line of Duty - by polar bear - May 12, 2015 at 4:57 pm
RE: In the Line of Duty - by A Theist - May 12, 2015 at 6:32 pm
RE: In the Line of Duty - by Minimalist - May 12, 2015 at 7:33 pm
RE: In the Line of Duty - by AFTT47 - May 12, 2015 at 7:37 pm
RE: In the Line of Duty - by A Theist - May 13, 2015 at 3:44 am
RE: In the Line of Duty - by Whateverist - May 12, 2015 at 7:55 pm
RE: In the Line of Duty - by Catholic_Lady - February 11, 2018 at 12:54 pm
RE: In the Line of Duty - by Chad32 - May 12, 2015 at 5:31 pm
RE: In the Line of Duty - by Pyrrho - May 12, 2015 at 5:57 pm
RE: In the Line of Duty - by Jericho - May 12, 2015 at 6:20 pm
In the Line of Duty - by KUSA - May 12, 2015 at 6:34 pm
RE: In the Line of Duty - by A Theist - May 12, 2015 at 7:20 pm
RE: In the Line of Duty - by polar bear - May 12, 2015 at 7:20 pm
RE: In the Line of Duty - by Jericho - May 12, 2015 at 11:47 pm
RE: In the Line of Duty - by AFTT47 - May 13, 2015 at 10:26 am
RE: In the Line of Duty - by Mister Agenda - May 22, 2015 at 11:14 pm
RE: In the Line of Duty - by Cato - May 13, 2015 at 12:33 pm
RE: In the Line of Duty - by Whateverist - May 12, 2015 at 11:53 pm
RE: In the Line of Duty - by Faith No More - May 13, 2015 at 12:56 pm
RE: In the Line of Duty - by nihilistcat - May 13, 2015 at 1:33 pm
RE: In the Line of Duty - by AFTT47 - May 13, 2015 at 2:19 pm
RE: In the Line of Duty - by Minimalist - May 13, 2015 at 2:25 pm
RE: In the Line of Duty - by A Theist - May 13, 2015 at 3:28 pm
RE: In the Line of Duty - by Cato - May 14, 2015 at 5:52 pm
RE: In the Line of Duty - by A Theist - May 14, 2015 at 6:02 pm
RE: In the Line of Duty - by Cato - May 14, 2015 at 8:13 pm
RE: In the Line of Duty - by A Theist - May 15, 2015 at 3:28 am
RE: In the Line of Duty - by Cato - May 15, 2015 at 10:19 am
RE: In the Line of Duty - by dahrling - May 14, 2015 at 6:09 pm
RE: In the Line of Duty - by AFTT47 - May 14, 2015 at 6:15 pm
RE: In the Line of Duty - by dahrling - May 14, 2015 at 6:18 pm
RE: In the Line of Duty - by nihilistcat - May 13, 2015 at 9:24 pm
RE: In the Line of Duty - by A Theist - May 14, 2015 at 3:14 am
RE: In the Line of Duty - by A Theist - May 14, 2015 at 4:57 am
RE: In the Line of Duty - by Jericho - May 14, 2015 at 6:56 am
RE: In the Line of Duty - by Pyrrho - May 14, 2015 at 8:58 am
RE: In the Line of Duty - by A Theist - May 14, 2015 at 2:59 pm
RE: In the Line of Duty - by dahrling - May 14, 2015 at 5:24 pm
RE: In the Line of Duty - by AFTT47 - May 14, 2015 at 6:05 pm
RE: In the Line of Duty - by Jericho - May 14, 2015 at 2:36 pm
RE: In the Line of Duty - by Pyrrho - May 14, 2015 at 2:52 pm
RE: In the Line of Duty - by LastPoet - May 14, 2015 at 3:54 pm
RE: In the Line of Duty - by Jericho - May 14, 2015 at 4:02 pm
RE: In the Line of Duty - by A Theist - May 14, 2015 at 5:44 pm
RE: In the Line of Duty - by Brakeman - May 14, 2015 at 6:57 pm
RE: In the Line of Duty - by dahrling - May 14, 2015 at 7:16 pm
RE: In the Line of Duty - by Dystopia - May 14, 2015 at 8:09 pm
RE: In the Line of Duty - by AFTT47 - May 14, 2015 at 8:00 pm
RE: In the Line of Duty - by dahrling - May 14, 2015 at 8:38 pm
RE: In the Line of Duty - by Jericho - May 14, 2015 at 9:35 pm
RE: In the Line of Duty - by Saxmoof - May 15, 2015 at 5:07 pm
RE: In the Line of Duty - by Thumpalumpacus - May 16, 2015 at 11:52 am
RE: In the Line of Duty - by A Theist - May 16, 2015 at 6:56 am
RE: In the Line of Duty - by nihilistcat - May 16, 2015 at 10:26 am
RE: In the Line of Duty - by Whateverist - May 16, 2015 at 10:43 am
RE: In the Line of Duty - by Pyrrho - May 16, 2015 at 12:26 pm
RE: In the Line of Duty - by nihilistcat - May 16, 2015 at 9:19 pm
RE: In the Line of Duty - by Saxmoof - May 16, 2015 at 11:51 pm
RE: In the Line of Duty - by Thumpalumpacus - May 17, 2015 at 4:11 am
RE: In the Line of Duty - by Brakeman - May 22, 2015 at 7:30 am
RE: In the Line of Duty - by Saxmoof - May 18, 2015 at 6:00 am
RE: In the Line of Duty - by Thumpalumpacus - May 18, 2015 at 11:52 am
RE: In the Line of Duty - by A Theist - May 22, 2015 at 2:27 am
RE: In the Line of Duty - by nihilistcat - May 22, 2015 at 7:47 pm
RE: In the Line of Duty - by Brakeman - May 22, 2015 at 10:44 pm
RE: In the Line of Duty - by nihilistcat - May 23, 2015 at 11:37 am
RE: In the Line of Duty - by Whateverist - May 23, 2015 at 12:32 am
RE: In the Line of Duty - by A Theist - May 23, 2015 at 7:51 am
RE: In the Line of Duty - by Saxmoof - May 23, 2015 at 2:42 am
RE: In the Line of Duty - by A Theist - February 11, 2018 at 10:10 am
RE: In the Line of Duty - by downbeatplumb - February 11, 2018 at 10:53 am
RE: In the Line of Duty - by Minimalist - February 11, 2018 at 11:48 am
RE: In the Line of Duty - by A Theist - February 11, 2018 at 1:17 pm
RE: In the Line of Duty - by LastPoet - February 11, 2018 at 12:42 pm
RE: In the Line of Duty - by LastPoet - February 11, 2018 at 12:43 pm
RE: In the Line of Duty - by LastPoet - February 11, 2018 at 12:45 pm
RE: In the Line of Duty - by LastPoet - February 11, 2018 at 1:47 pm
RE: In the Line of Duty - by Wyrd of Gawd - February 11, 2018 at 5:48 pm
RE: In the Line of Duty - by A Theist - February 11, 2018 at 8:43 pm
RE: In the Line of Duty - by Wyrd of Gawd - February 12, 2018 at 4:41 am
RE: In the Line of Duty - by A Theist - February 12, 2018 at 9:02 am
RE: In the Line of Duty - by John V - February 12, 2018 at 10:26 am
RE: In the Line of Duty - by Wyrd of Gawd - February 12, 2018 at 7:30 pm
RE: In the Line of Duty - by downbeatplumb - February 12, 2018 at 1:59 pm
RE: In the Line of Duty - by A Theist - February 12, 2018 at 3:25 pm
RE: In the Line of Duty - by downbeatplumb - February 13, 2018 at 2:55 pm
RE: In the Line of Duty - by A Theist - February 13, 2018 at 3:39 pm
RE: In the Line of Duty - by Fireball - February 11, 2018 at 9:29 pm
RE: In the Line of Duty - by Minimalist - February 11, 2018 at 9:40 pm
RE: In the Line of Duty - by Silver - February 12, 2018 at 10:19 am
RE: In the Line of Duty - by A Theist - February 12, 2018 at 10:35 am
RE: In the Line of Duty - by A Theist - February 12, 2018 at 12:50 pm
RE: In the Line of Duty - by Catholic_Lady - February 12, 2018 at 7:33 pm
RE: In the Line of Duty - by Amarok - February 12, 2018 at 7:46 pm
RE: In the Line of Duty - by Amarok - February 12, 2018 at 9:13 pm
RE: In the Line of Duty - by A Theist - February 13, 2018 at 11:22 am
RE: In the Line of Duty - by Wyrd of Gawd - February 13, 2018 at 7:48 pm
RE: In the Line of Duty - by Amarok - February 13, 2018 at 8:03 pm

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