Posted on 11/07/2010 5:23:28 AM PST by marktwain
Minneapolis Police Department - One big city police department entirely lacking professionalism.
One night I was bicycling, and found a body on the side of the trail. I called it in. I was not going to check it myself, since it could have been some druggie strung out and I would have found myself in a pickle. Technically the police are trained and equip to handle the situation, my job was just to call it in and direct them to the scene. It was quite some wait for MPD, in fact the local VA Hospital Police were on the scene first, having picked up the radio call (this was not far from the VA hospital). Apparently it was just some bum sleeping. Finally MPD arrives, and I get grilled like I was responsible for him being passed out (OK, why did I call it in?). I though maybe it was “why did you take me away from my donut”. VA Cop was the only one with a good thing to say - “Good thing you called it in or he would have froze to death”.
My LEO friends in the Texas Hill Country consider Minneapolis to be a laughingstock.
There is such an avalanche of laws, including ones so complex all the Profs at Willie Michel couldn’t agree on what they mean, that no LEO or citizen could not be ignorant of 90% of the mess.
Thank you.
Suspect Palmer is, apparently, on this issue, wisely exercising his Constitutional right to remain silent. He should do that, for his own legal safety, until a Garrity warning gives him a very hard choice.
Sing it, brother. There are LOTS of good cops; they’ve just got to shake loose from the thugs with badges. And I’ll include Bill in that — he’s just had some horrible experiences, and fallen under the influence of some very bad people. He’s not a bad guy; he’s a good guy who keeps doing bad things, and my hope is that, after some consequences for his bad behavior, he’ll find his way. You don’t expect a puppy to stop making messes in the house without correcting his behavior, after all.
Welcome to Freeper.
Keep up the good fight...
Of course. Can’t say, for sure, how much good I’m doing — but I can say, for certain, that I’m having a lot of fun.
Update: looks like I’m not going to have to perform a citizen’s arrest on Mr. Palmer today; details up at http://familymattersII.com this evening. (I hope it’s okay for me to link to my site; if not, please take the link down.)
Kudo's and keep up the fight.
It will take awhile to strip the thugs of their badges and put them were they belong, behind bars or in the unemployment line.
I make it a point of speaking to any officers that show up at our rallies, it gives them a better face of the 2A movement and our goals.
Most that I have met, fully support the on-going movement. Then there are the others... usually upper chain, but also some of the younger guys, both harbor "learned" bias against citizens use of their rights.
I think we are at a turning point though, the 2A movement has been making many gains lately most due to the actions of citizens that are willing to put themselves out there, forcing the debate to take place in the local communities.
It's well past time for people to put up or shut up and join in the battle. Its one thing to bang away on the keyboard, whining about the state of the Second Amendment and quite another to strap on the 'ole .45 and stand for your rights and/or pull out the wallet and get someone to fight in your stead.
Take a stand in your local communities (Like Joel did) it will show LEO's that you are willing to stand for your rights and also that you are willing to assist them if needed.
The various LE Departments can be cleaned up and De-Militarized, but its going to take some time and effort.
Absolutely. Just, if you’ll take a little advice, BE CAREFUL. I’m just a guy, but I’ve spent — literally — 48 years training for this, and I know the risks I’m taking. I don’t want to sound too dramatic, but it’s really easy to get hurt doing this stuff.
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