Posted on 06/04/2008 6:12:59 PM PDT by elkfersupper
If the criminals don't beat you up, the police will.
The male cop is probably on steroids given how violently aggressive and verbally nonsensical he is.
That's just disturbing video.
That's more than a confrontation - that's an assault. This is why some people call them "pigs". This cop has an attitude problem, and really deserves to have his butt kicked repeatedly.
Cops are outta control. Yesterday’s fry cooks wear badges, and I’m supposed to feel safe?
I would respond to that, but I don’t know what it means.
I was just funnin’. :-)
This is the direct result of MADD
We let these Idiot Mothers run Amuck, and Pass Draconian legislation, then leftist Morons let it Grow into the Monster it is Today.
Ruined lives because of some bitter Mothers who cant get over the deaths of their Children and want to punish anyone who has a drink.
Screw MADD and the Idiots who Helped them.
I agree completely! And these idiots blame Bush for 'trashing the constitution'...it happened long before ol' W came on the scene. Between the DUI 'enforcement' and the child-support racket, we may as well be living in the old Soviet Union!
Typical predator behavior - circle until an opening appears, then pounce.
Nor are they there to protect or serve. Every cop probably knows that it has been held in court, including SCOTUS time and again, police are under no duty to protect citizens.
Even if they know a crime is being committed against a citizen. So the only duty most respect is holding on to their government jobs.
No, he will probably be promoted to the swat team.
Oh, I agree -- the arrest should never have happened. But consider something.
This officer, riding alone, stopped a car driving at night without headlights, containing four individuals of whom three were drunk males (one and one-third pitchers of beer each, average), and one female driver who refused to take a field sobriety test.
Granted the officer wasn't wrapped real tight, but even somebody with a level head is going to be a little edgy with that crew in front of him being uncooperative.
The way I read the story, the driver's husband set the scene for confrontation right away by telling her to refuse the officer's requests and instructions.
I'll tell you this -- when I get stopped at night, I am polite to the police, I do pretty much what I'm told to do, and I have yet to get busted. I've been driving for 40 years, and that includes a lot of years that included getting (*cough*) altered and driving (carefully, but nevertheless...).
I was stopped maybe a dozen times, in all states of mind. I'm male, so I didn't get to bat my eyelashes or cry and get away with it (as some female friends did). But being polite and cooperative kept me out of trouble, every time.
There was one time when I was driving (being the most sober, relatively speaking), and we got stopped for a tail-light out. My buddy in the back seat (wildly drunk) started yelling, "Tell that f*ing pig to go f*k himself!"
Far from doing as this woman did (follow her husband's instructions and tell the cop to get lost), I turned around and told my buddy to shut the hell up, and I apologized politely to the cop on my buddy's behalf.
My car was obviously full of drunks (luckily, all over the legal age). The officer checked my papers, had me do a quick field test (which I passed), asked me where I was headed, and admonished me to get my friends home safely. Which I did.
I have no doubt whatsoever that if I'd talked back to the cop the way this woman did, we would have all been busted.
That doesn't make this cop in the story right. Just sayin', talking back to a cop doesn't get you -out- of trouble.
What no radio, no calling for backup?
Hmmm
The cop who arrested her is a fascist pig who should be hanging from a lamppost like Mussolini.
> Gad, I miss "Peace Officers".
I have friends who are cops, and every one of them has my respect. They do good work, enforcing the law, and being helpful when they can. Maybe they're the exception, but I'd like to think not entirely.
When I was growing up in the 50's and 60's, "the policeman is your friend" was the refrain, and by and large I had no problems with police. Until I was 17, and driving, and had long hair and played rock-n-roll and did all those hippie-type things (what can I say...). At which point the cops became The Enemy to a lot of my friends.
I decided early on that it was a bad idea to openly go up against superior firepower. So I learned to be polite and reasonably cooperative, and I stayed out of jail despite being just as much of a dissipated youth as any of my buddies.
I'm a lot older, and haven't driven drunk in decades. But I still remember getting pulled over at night a few sheets to the wind, and keeping my cool, and doing okay.
I have respect for the police, in general. And I try to avoid pissing them off, especially at night.
Cops are more likely to act like "Peace Officers" when the you're being peaceable yourself. At least that's been my experience. YMMV, of course.
I assume from the story that he didn't call in for help immediately. Others did show up later, apparently.
This cop was not doing his best, for sure.
The police are the enforcement arm of the law. Laws are powerless without that enforcement capability. Superior firepower, voice of authority, all that goes into enforcement.
It would be nice if they also have time to help old ladies across the street, and sometimes they do. I have seen officers do amazingly nice things for people, if they have the opportunity.
But I have no illusions that that's their job.
> Even if they know a crime is being committed against a citizen. So the only duty most respect is holding on to their government jobs.
I wouldn't go that far -- if a cop knows a crime is being committed against a citizen I would expect they would try to do something about it. That -is- their job.
Cops that are merely there for the power-glory, or to harass people, or to get to wield firearms without question, are not the shining examples of enforcement that I'd like to think are the standard. I don't personally know any cops that fall into that unfortunate category, but I agree, they certainly do exist.
No, this is rural West Virginia so both the police and postal employees are white rednecks...
The Albuquerque Police Department... isn’t this the same outfit that took the helicopter to Krispy Kreme about 7 years ago?
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