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| 8.31.2012
| Philip Caulfield
Posted on 08/31/2012 8:19:19 AM PDT by Morgana
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To: stocksthatgoup
Yeah...but I can’t really see a defense for the fist-bump.
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posted on
08/31/2012 9:13:59 AM PDT
by
gundog
(Help us, Nairobi-Wan Kenobi...you're our only hope.)
To: kreitzer
I think the cops pulling people over for cell phone use is an example that they will enforce any law no matter how ridiculous, and with whatever amount of force they want. Yes, I know they dont make the laws but they never seem to have many qualms about exerting their power. Every single commute I see drivers pulled over being forced to show their papers. Im sick of it. The key thing here isn't even laws. When I was in New Mexico, I brought up the issue of firearm restrictions (which are pretty plainly prohibited by the State's Constitution) to law enforcement -- I either got justifications* or excuses**, so it can't be the violation of laws that's the issue here. It is, IMO, instead the power that they wield; as it is the multitude of laws and the ability to selectively-enforce them are nothing less than blank checks on power. (Look at the Costco shooting from a few years back, or how government officials are generally safe from arrest/punishment [Gunwalker], or no-knock raids, or property-seizure [on the assumption you're guilty]; all of it is this: power unconstrained.)
* - "We don't allow guns in courthouses, so we can have a state-law prohibiting them on university campuses."
** - "It's not something we can do anything about." (Despite actual laws against fraud, malfeasance, conspiracy, deprivation of civil rights, etc that could apply.)
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posted on
08/31/2012 9:14:36 AM PDT
by
OneWingedShark
(Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
To: Morgana
I’m sure Mayor Villaigor -whatever his name is-—
will address this very incident at the upcoming Democratic
National Convention.
Which will be a hoot to watch, either way.
To: Jeff Chandler
What a stupid thing to say or imply and spoken like the guy who hired them and trained them how to handle an uppity 5'4 nurse.
Personally, the video is more than I can handle, but maybe you'd be happier if they'd just shot her?
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posted on
08/31/2012 9:16:53 AM PDT
by
GBA
To: Ken H
“I think it’s now official. Freerepublic is a cop-hating forum.
You left out racist, homophobic and misogynistic”
Having a bad morning? Pretty odd that the misogynists are fuming about a woman who was roughed up by the cops. Maybe you need a trip to dictionary.com before you start calling names.
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posted on
08/31/2012 9:17:47 AM PDT
by
zagger
To: Jeff Chandler
I didn’t have to go far to find the reflexive defense of police comment.
They are public servants. I for one don’t feel served when i see brutality like that.
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posted on
08/31/2012 9:22:36 AM PDT
by
wiggen
(The teacher card. When the racism card just won't work.)
To: wiggen
Finally got to see the video - that second ‘slamming’ in particular was uncalled for. The officer’s intent from the start was to slam her to the ground. The way he stepped his left foot over to gain leverage before the slam makes it obvious. She was NOT doing anything that warranted such action.
If the police want to continue to have public support, they need to police themselves. People like these guys need to be shown the door, and perhaps serve a little time behind bars as well.
27
posted on
08/31/2012 9:29:27 AM PDT
by
meyer
(It's 1860 all over again - the taxpayer is the new "N" word)
To: zagger
Read it again without overlooking the ‘/s’.
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posted on
08/31/2012 9:31:10 AM PDT
by
Ken H
To: meyer
Here in NYC they don’t police one another. They defend one another. The Blue Wall.
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posted on
08/31/2012 9:51:55 AM PDT
by
wiggen
(The teacher card. When the racism card just won't work.)
To: Morgana
Rehearsing for future jobs at DHS, maybe?
30
posted on
08/31/2012 9:54:55 AM PDT
by
cashless
(Unlike Obama and his supporters, I'd rather be a TEA BAGGER than a TEA BAGGEE.)
To: meyer
“If the police want to continue to have public support, they need to police themselves.”
For many, that ship has sailed and is over the horizon.
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posted on
08/31/2012 9:57:14 AM PDT
by
Psalm 144
( "I didn't leave the Democratic Party. The party left me." Ronald Wilson Reagan)
To: AD from SpringBay
Particularly when her ‘offense’ was talking on a cell phone.....
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posted on
08/31/2012 9:59:35 AM PDT
by
Nifster
To: wiggen
“Here in NYC they dont police one another. They defend one another. The Blue Wall.”
That is true in many jurisdictions. Most, if not quite all.
Most of the time they are right. This wasn’t one of those times.
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posted on
08/31/2012 10:00:06 AM PDT
by
Psalm 144
( "I didn't leave the Democratic Party. The party left me." Ronald Wilson Reagan)
To: Ken H
“Read it again without overlooking the /s.”
OK - sorry. Guess that must meam smiley face, sarcasm, or something else. I just thought it was a typo.
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posted on
08/31/2012 10:01:46 AM PDT
by
zagger
To: zagger
No problem. ‘/s’ means that the preceding was sarcasm and you are now switching the sarcasm mode to ‘off’.
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posted on
08/31/2012 10:07:35 AM PDT
by
Ken H
To: OneWingedShark
So All of us are at the mercy of the Blue Stormtroopers?
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posted on
08/31/2012 10:10:17 AM PDT
by
Jeff Chandler
(Whatever a homosexual union might be or represent, it is not physically marital. - F.Cardinal George)
To: zagger
So All of us are at the mercy of the Blue Stormtroopers?
37
posted on
08/31/2012 10:10:38 AM PDT
by
Jeff Chandler
(Whatever a homosexual union might be or represent, it is not physically marital. - F.Cardinal George)
To: AD from SpringBay
So All of us are at the mercy of the Blue Stormtroopers?
38
posted on
08/31/2012 10:11:06 AM PDT
by
Jeff Chandler
(Whatever a homosexual union might be or represent, it is not physically marital. - F.Cardinal George)
To: kiryandil
So All of us are at the mercy of the Blue Stormtroopers?
39
posted on
08/31/2012 10:11:37 AM PDT
by
Jeff Chandler
(Whatever a homosexual union might be or represent, it is not physically marital. - F.Cardinal George)
To: GBA
So All of us are at the mercy of the Blue Stormtroopers?
40
posted on
08/31/2012 10:12:03 AM PDT
by
Jeff Chandler
(Whatever a homosexual union might be or represent, it is not physically marital. - F.Cardinal George)
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