Police operate with the presumption of guilt. In the court, later you'll have your presumption of innocence they talk about in cheesy cop shows. lol
Police function as meter-maids for cities and municipalities, writing tickets and bringing in the cash with BS like speed limits, seat belt enforcements or DWI/DUI, cell phone use, school zones... Traffic law is especially lucrative. If a "real" crime is committed, say for theft of a $800 item (in most cities) where the culprit isn't evident they will usually not do anything because that costs them money to investigate. For example, a home builder has a an A/C stolen from the side of a home he's building. Police will be worthless and frankly many crimes go unreported because people know the police is worthless, unless you're doing 6 MPH over the speed limit.
Police is not your friend.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0En_sdsyh1M&feature=related
Hi Daffy, I just found this on youtube. It’s a man being harrassed by an officer while he and his friends stand at the end of a driveway of an abortion facility. They are peaceably assembling. The officer goes after one man, and he fully knows his rights and the officer backs down.
The description of the event just below the video is very good. The person who posted this knows a lot about our rights as Americans.
I hope others will view this and appreciate the man who stood up for himself.
There has been a sea change here. Five years ago 50% of the posts would have been from law and order, support your local police types.
I don’t know if they’ve changed or left or just got tired of fighting about it.
When you non-cops criticize cops, remember that everyday they have to deal with the scum of the earth.
By the way, they consider you and me to be the scum of the earth.
I appreciate cops and what they do, but for some bad apples it’s all about “clearance”.
They don’t care who gets convicted, as long as somebody gets convicted.
So yeah, the very first word you ever say to the cops is “lawyer”.
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