Comments on: When a Police Officer Kicks a Gang Member

By: pst314

pst314 — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 19:01:59 +0000

Peter Hitchens (the conservative brother of Christopher Hitchens) has some interesting things to say about law enforcement in his book A Brief History of Crime, including observations on the policing methods that London bobbies actually used to control the criminally-inclined.

By: Bigger Diggler

Bigger Diggler — Sat, 23 May 2009 17:07:10 +0000

‘You act like an ass and we can treat you like an ass.’

And I will sue your ass. I sue bad cops for a living. And there are so many terrible cops nowadays that I am living in a fantastic modern California gold rush. Cop behavior has degenerated to well below civilized standards.

Unfortunately for your ass, so much cop misconduct is videotaped. It is so much more difficult nowadays to practice that traditional staple of cop evasion: lying convincingly under oath to protect your ass.

So go ahead, mistreat defenseless civilians. Sooner or later, your ass will be mine.

By: Jimmy

Jimmy — Fri, 22 May 2009 00:36:32 +0000

Hey 189!
Everybody works for somebody and helps to pay someone elses salary! You’re right, you don’t have to like me or respect me and I don’t expect anyone to kiss my ass.
You’re wrong, we don’t have to respect you; we treat you with as much respect as you deserve. You act like a human being, we’ll treat you like a human being. You act like an ass and we can treat you like an ass. What are you, about 14? Grow up and learn a little bit more about the world before you pass judgement on that which you know little or nothing

By: White Helmet

White Helmet — Thu, 21 May 2009 20:55:13 +0000

186: Ms. Attitude:

They need to respect me whether I respect them or not. My parents pay their salaries! Its not my jo to kiss up to cops so they’ll like me. They are supposed to just do their job for heaven’s sakes. …..But if I remember correctly, you’re dating someone in uniform: your bias is showing.

By: Bigger Diggler

Bigger Diggler — Thu, 21 May 2009 18:09:52 +0000

“I’m talkin about beatin’ on a guy who’s already unconscious.”

How could those cops be sure he was unconscious without beating him some more? And hey, just cuz he might have been unconscious doesn’t mean he couldn’t had weapons stashed about his body …. RPG’s, knives, squad machine guns, grenades.

The good thing about that case is that five bad cops lost their jobs. That is rare.

By: sheesh

sheesh — Thu, 21 May 2009 13:40:12 +0000

184 Ms Atitud . . . Nope . . . I’m just saying the people who say the cops are always right are wrong. And kicking a spread eagle suspect in the head is wrong.

By: Ms. Attitude

Ms. Attitude — Thu, 21 May 2009 13:17:48 +0000

185. robotech master: I don’t think it’s luck. In the town I live in the police are highly respected. A recent incident of the police opening fire on a man and putting 8 bullets into him caused little problems. The young man pulled a gun in the Waffle House then went outside and waved it over the heads of the gathered crowd. He didn’t realize the police were there and they took him out. Our community rallied around the police, thanking them for their service and saving many lives. The family and friends wanted to talk down our police force (the gunman was from another town) but we stood behind our police. Like I said before, you respect them and they will respect you.

By: robotech master

robotech master — Thu, 21 May 2009 08:17:44 +0000

178. Ms. Attitude

Your son got lucky… he ran into good cops who both understand the legal and spirit of their profession. Not everyone holds those values dear. Many maybe as many as 30% of the ppl trying out to be cops solely wish to do it to abused the power and push ppl around. These ppl are weeded out through the police academy much as the army weeds them out through boot camp. However scum always gets through… thats just a fact of life.

To 181. Dr. Mark

I don’t have a problem per say with “street justice” only as long as it stays a level playing field… with cops their is rarely a level playing field. In some corrupt areas cops will arrest you for attacking them because they bruised their hand bashing your face in…

You do the crime you do the time… cops want to beat ppl go for it just no whining after they join their friend in jail after doing it.

Police are their to file reports and do paperwork after a crime happens…. all ppl should act to help stop crime period… be it from some gang member or from the police or anyone else.

By: Ms. Attitude

Ms. Attitude — Thu, 21 May 2009 03:18:29 +0000

182. sheesh: So you think a few out of control police officers make them all bad?

183. Pete: Most of the military does not believe in political correctness. Get over it!

By: Pete

Pete — Wed, 20 May 2009 22:56:55 +0000

181. Stay classy. Good to see our soldiers “liberating” Iraq still are professional enough to call the people there “ragheads”.