Don't think that it can happen to you?

[Victorian Gray]

based on some of what I read here it seems that at least a few of the local denizens seem to think this police shit always happens to other people, generally those who 'appear' to 'deserve what they get'.

Maybe you should think again.

"Later, after the beating, after the intimidation by police, after the hours and hours spent going through legal documents and telling our story at depositions, after the media fixed us in its gaze and then released us, people still asked us the question. It's always the same question—they want reassurances that what happened to us couldn't happen to them.

"Why did those cops attack you?"

Sometimes it's an honest query; other times it sounds more like an accusation. It's the same sort of question people ask when victims like Ferguson's Michael Brown are killed by the police—what did they to do deserve being targeted?

More than four years after our attack, we still don't know the answer. And we're unable to reassure anyone, regardless of the color of their skin, that what happened to us won't happen to them. All we know is that when we attempted to fight back we found out just how deeply dysfunctional the system can be."

http://www.vice.com/read/city-of-silence-117

 

[Londo_Jowo]

I place the odds of this happening along the lines of getting struck by lightning or winning the lottery.

 

[Moonbeam]

I place the odds of this happening along the lines of getting struck by lightning or winning the lottery.

That's because you're a special snowflake.

 

[dmcowen674]

Originally Posted by Londo_Jowo
I place the odds of this happening along the lines of getting struck by lightning or winning the lottery.

That's because you're a special snowflake.

Bahahahaha - I spit out my coffee.

Nomination for Pownage of the year

 

[Londo_Jowo]

That's because you're a special snowflake.

No, I'm a realist.

 

[CPA]

Originally Posted by Londo_Jowo
I place the odds of this happening along the lines of getting struck by lightning or winning the lottery.



Bahahahaha - I spit out my coffee.

Nomination for Pownage of the year

No, that goes to you and your gas price thread.

That said, moonie's response was funny.

 

[Jaskalas]

No, I'm a realist.

Is it realistic to think those in authority won't abuse their power?

 

[Londo_Jowo]

Is it realistic to think those in authority won't abuse their power?

It realistic to think that the odds are quite slim that you will have any negative interaction with the police. I'm 56 and I've had at least a dozen interactions with the police in the US (8 states), two in Canada, and one in Venezuela, none were negative or abusive in nature.

 

[WelshBloke]

It realistic to think that the odds are quite slim that you will have any negative interaction with the police. I'm 56 and I've had at least a dozen interactions with the police in the US (8 states), two in Canada, and one in Venezuela, none were negative or abusive in nature.

Do you use the same reasoning about crime?

No one's ever broken into my car, should I leave it unlocked?
I've never been mugged or robbed, should I assume that that will never happen?

 

[BoberFett]

The OP should focus on cases like the one in this thread that are legitimate police brutality cases, instead of defending people waving realistic looking guns around. Learn to pick your battles.

 

[Victorian Gray]

The OP should focus on cases like the one in this thread that are legitimate police brutality cases, instead of defending people waving realistic looking guns around. Learn to pick your battles.

OP has an issue with 12 year old children being gunned down by the police as well as issues with situations like this thread is about.

 

[Victorian Gray]

I place the odds of this happening along the lines of getting struck by lightning or winning the lottery.

I suspect, if asked before this happened, these two guys would have felt the same.

 

[Zaap]

Okay. Fine.

I'll force myself to get all worked up, paranoid and fearful about cops...









...So now what?

 

[JEDIYoda]

I place the odds of this happening along the lines of getting struck by lightning or winning the lottery.

you really have no clue at all do you? By the way -- seems your a lightning rod of sorts...

 

[JEDIYoda]

It realistic to think that the odds are quite slim that you will have any negative interaction with the police. I'm 56 and I've had at least a dozen interactions with the police in the US (8 states), two in Canada, and one in Venezuela, none were negative or abusive in nature.

The odds are quite realistic that most likely you are not telling the truth......but we shall never know...after all in your case the Police can do no wrong...

 

[highland145]

No, I'm a realist.

Probably equivalent to a CCW holder needing his pistol.


I still carry every day and wear my seat belt.

 

[Londo_Jowo]

The odds are quite realistic that most likely you are not telling the truth......but we shall never know...after all in your case the Police can do no wrong...

Just like the original jackboot thugs (IDF) can do no wrong eh?

 

[BoberFett]

OP has an issue with 12 year old children waving guns around being gunned down by the police as well as issues with situations like this thread is about.

Be honest about the situation.

 

[master_shake_]

it's kinda strange isn't it.

no one admits that there is an issue with people abusing authority because no one has any way to fix it.

absolute power corrupts absolutely.

 

[highland145]

Just like the original jackboot thugs (IDF) can do no wrong eh?

Ouch.

 

[Zorkorist]

I, a very average white man, have been stopped, as someone (my car), resembled a thing (car) used in a crime.

It happens. This is what cops do.

Maybe we should have fewer cops (or laws.)

I've also been legitimately busted, a number of times for things like DUI, or speeding.

It happens. This is what cops do.

Each time, I have treated the police with respect and understanding, and no, "it didn't happen to me."

-John

 

[Orignal Earl]

you really have no clue at all do you? By the way -- seems your a lightning rod of sorts...

You posted not too long ago about how you got stopped 3 times on one weekend.
You must of forgot about that

 

[Sunburn74]

I'm not surprised at all at this story. Such stories counteract the assertion that that there are only a few bad apples in uniform.

 

[Zorkorist]

You have to respect law. Government is built on respecting law.

It's not the law that is the problem here, it's the people, that aren't respecting the law.

-John

 

[Zorkorist]

By far and away, most cop - people encounters, are, easy, no brainer.

Criminal, cop encounters, not so much.

-John