Crooked COPS

CaligulaPolk
CaligulaPolk Posts: 1,650
edited July 2009 in The Clubhouse
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this is why i dont trust cops
I am 100% BORN DEAF and No I am not kidding! :D Why am I here? My wife's hearing! :p

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  • snow
    snow Posts: 4,337
    edited July 2009
    Oh please thats a pretty sorry reason to place all cops in a category of distrust. Sure there are crooked cops as there are crooked clergy teachers politicans houswifes truckdrivers computer techs dentists you name it, people are people some are more honest then others period irregardless of there job.



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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited July 2009
    Yeah, using these kinds of things as an excuse not to trust "cops" is like saying you don't trust your wife cuz you read about one woman cheating, or you don't trust a restaurant cuz you read about one health violation at a restaurant.
    If you will it, dude, it is no dream.
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  • jimmydep
    jimmydep Posts: 1,305
    edited July 2009
    Many of my closest freinds are officers of the law.....and are of the highest moral fiber...they are always ready to help a fellow human being.

    I'm a better person just for knowing them....


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  • AudioGenics
    AudioGenics Posts: 2,567
    edited July 2009
    we need to trust in the law and those that are proven dishonest will be punished accordingly.
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  • potee
    potee Posts: 610
    edited July 2009
    If we didn't have a police force this would be a country run by the strongest doing whatever they wanted Takeing what ever they wanted. No thanks

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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited July 2009
    potee wrote: »
    If we didn't have a police force this would be a country run by the strongest doing whatever they wanted Takeing what ever they wanted. No thanks

    While I disagree with the OP's point, wanting non-crooked cops doesn't mean he doesn't want cops. Respect for the position doesn't necessarily translate into loving those who ABUSE the position, just like disliking those who abuse the position doesn't translate into disrespect for the position as a whole.
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  • John30_30
    John30_30 Posts: 1,024
    edited July 2009
    I was gassing up Monday morning at the Seminole Nation Plaza on I-40 on the way to Tulsa. Guy moseys over to the pump next to me to chat up his neighbor there while she's filling up.
    He's going on about the 2 officers in Seminole that were gunned down over the weekend, trying to serve a warrant to some meth-head with a trailer full of weaponry, all giddy up on his 2nd Amendment and his AK-47.

    I'd seen it in the news, didn't realize Seminole was 17 miles down the road from this station. Guy was going on how these were good family guys, loved in the community, etc.

    I'm no cheerleader for cops, I've known some good ones and questionable ones, but that's some cold stuff for having to take out the public's trash. They don't generally make big salaries either. Neither do teachers.

    Don't know what the moral is either, I'm not beating a gun-control drum, but the defendant was laughing about it in court.
    Psychos like that shouldn't even have access to sharp scissors, let along automatic weapons.
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  • Talweh
    Talweh Posts: 149
    edited July 2009
    I have to say that there are bad apples in every bunch, but in my life I have known more than a few officers of the law- 2 of my uncles were police where I grew up- and in my younger/stupider days I had quite a few run-ins with them on a not so friendly basis, and I must say I have NEVER met one that was "bad". I was always treated with respect and dignity, even when on the wrong end of the meeting. And I can remember at least 3 or 4 times when I really should have been carted off, but wasn't. So I have nothing but respect for them, and I really admire the job they do, for the little thanks they get, and often the little pay as well. So I hope the bad ones get what they deserve, and I think they deserve harsh treatment, because they make it much harder on the overwhelming majority of good ones. And I hope I keep on finding all the good ones :)
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  • sucks2beme
    sucks2beme Posts: 5,601
    edited July 2009
    Crooked cops? Bah! IT's the crooked CEO's that have me steamed.
    A couple of them put our whole company on the rocks. Chapter 11
    and it's all for sale in pieces. The last couple should have seen jail
    time and the current one is useless.
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  • CaligulaPolk
    CaligulaPolk Posts: 1,650
    edited July 2009
    I think ill watch
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    tonight
    I am 100% BORN DEAF and No I am not kidding! :D Why am I here? My wife's hearing! :p

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  • speakertweekar
    speakertweekar Posts: 50
    edited July 2009
    We all know that crooked cops get turned into bent over cops in jail . I would be the first one in line with my pants down past my waistline spitting on my right hand
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  • acsubie
    acsubie Posts: 773
    edited July 2009
    Caligula and Tweekar you guys both have no class!
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  • xj4094dg
    xj4094dg Posts: 1,158
    edited July 2009
    The real crime here is the fact that people this f-in stupid are wearing badges and carrying weapons.
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,461
    edited July 2009
    acsubie wrote: »
    Caligula and Tweekar you guys both have no class!

    That bears repeating.
    Political Correctness'.........defined

    "A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."

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  • speakertweekar
    speakertweekar Posts: 50
    edited July 2009
    Sorry I do apologise, but law enforcement wich ever branch should be a reflection of what we cherish most in all
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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited July 2009
    It's amazing that people can be this ignorant.
    "He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you." Friedrich Nietzsche
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  • Ricardo
    Ricardo Posts: 10,636
    edited July 2009
    Those cops in the video are not crooked. They are stupid.
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  • lightman1
    lightman1 Posts: 10,788
    edited July 2009
    Face wrote: »
    It's amazing that people can be this ignorant.
    I'm an idiot, are they in the same category??
    I have several friends in variuos Law Enforcement roles. I would trust mine and my families lives in their hands. A couple of dipshits should not reflect upon the character of every LEO.
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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited July 2009
    lightman1 wrote: »
    I'm an idiot, are they in the same category??
    Fortunately for you, no. :D
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  • lightman1
    lightman1 Posts: 10,788
    edited July 2009
    Face wrote: »
    Fortunately for you, no. :D

    Whew!! I feel better now. Thanks J.
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  • beemer
    beemer Posts: 155
    edited July 2009
    bobman1235 wrote: »
    Yeah, using these kinds of things as an excuse not to trust "cops" is like saying you don't trust your wife cuz you read about one woman cheating, or you don't trust a restaurant cuz you read about one health violation at a restaurant.

    Yep.
    jimmydep wrote: »
    Many of my closest freinds are officers of the law.....and are of the highest moral fiber...they are always ready to help a fellow human being.

    I'm a better person just for knowing them....


    Jimmy

    Yep x2
    jvc wrote: »
    we need to trust in the law and those that are proven dishonest will be punished accordingly.

    yep x3


    There are good and bad apples in all lines of work. When a cop good or bad pulls you out of a wreck and saves your life....you may feel differently.

    I'm alive today 'cause cops showed up quickly at a motorcycle accident I was involved in back in 1984. One of the same cops later fell from grace due to some payoff operation he was involved in. To me this guy is #1. He may have made a bad choice some years down the road, however he was right there for me.

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  • Tony M
    Tony M Posts: 11,140
    edited July 2009
    Stereotyping will go on forever it seems.

    I've been exactly where the woman in this video was years ago, except no accident and No Video.

    I took a wrap and had to pay money because of an over-righteous cop who thought he didn't have to say the miranda rights or say why he was arresting me ....before arresting me.He called for back up(I was really calm talking to this guy too)and 4 squad cars came 100 miles an hour to assist this man with our conversation.Can you believe this? was my thought.


    There have been other brushes that I thought were unfair or TWISTED to they're favor, But that was a long time ago when you couldn't find a lawyer to go up against the LAW.

    But I have always known 99.9% are good ones. I'm still thankful there's help just a 911 call away.
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  • Tony M
    Tony M Posts: 11,140
    edited July 2009
    Caligulapolk, I do think the crooked cops should be taken away from where they make calls out with the public while wearing a badge!!!
    Most people just listen to music and watch movies. I EXPERIENCE them.
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  • JohnLocke88
    JohnLocke88 Posts: 1,150
    edited July 2009
    I think it's more difficult to see cops behaving dishonestly and illegally simply for the fact that these people carry around guns with them and are the direct enforcers of the law. The police 'fight crime' mainly by presenting an image of moral righteousness and legal authority. This falls apart when you see something like this...

    The straw men arguments some have purported in this thread are erroneous in the fact that they omit this detail....
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