It appears she was talking and the cop went into obey my authority or else freak out mode. The encounter appears to have gone from some words to body slamming in a very short time. Cop lost his cool.
Why was she resisting? Why was she even pulled over?
Whelp, I've got some good news and some bad news.
Good news: the cop was convicted! Yay!
Bad news: of a misdemeanor.
But wait there's more good news/bad news.
Good news: some good cops criticized the way the department was handling the investigation! Yay they exist!
Bad news: not anymore. They don't exist anymore. The good cops were fired and demoted.
But wait. God damn it there's more.
Good news: the jury foreman apologized!
Bad news: to the cop for not being able to get him off while he shook the cop's hand.
FUCK
Should be "I think everybodies out there to kill me, so I escalate first"Pretty much what is expected. The main problem we have with the police is that they are not held accountable for their actions, so they don't act like they are accountable for their actions.
"To Protect and Serve" has become "To Enforce and Control".
Should be "I think everybodies out there to kill me, so I escalate first"
Pretty much what is expected. The main problem we have with the police is that they are not held accountable for their actions, so they don't act like they are accountable for their actions.
"To Protect and Serve" has become "To Enforce and Control".
Wtf... incredible. Who are these people who basically give cops a free pass on attempted murder?Whelp, I've got some good news and some bad news.
Good news: the cop was convicted! Yay!
Bad news: of a misdemeanor.
But wait there's more good news/bad news.
Good news: some good cops criticized the way the department was handling the investigation! Yay they exist!
Bad news: not anymore. They don't exist anymore. The good cops were fired and demoted.
But wait. God damn it there's more.
Good news: the jury foreman apologized!
Bad news: to the cop for not being able to get him off while he shook the cop's hand.
FUCK
Wtf... incredible. Who are these people who basically give cops a free pass on attempted murder?
I think the average American can't bring themselves to think a cop might do something evil.
I remember reading something about a theory that people need to view their cops as good or else they can't view their society (and therefore themselves) as good.
Someone needs to run TV PSAs that says hey cops screw up too and need to go to jail. There was a study by some UofC economists who found that 10-15% of all tricks prostitutes were turning were for cops who were more or less extorting them. It's not in anyway a noble profession. I liken them more to roadkill removal or orderlies at mental institutions: a necessary and unpleasant service that most be provided rather than a position to be exalted in society.I think that is changing. Even most of the staunchest 'blue lives matter' people from two years ago are changing their minds. Almost every one of them have now decided that these sort of things are happening way too often and we might need to do something about it.
I still hear the 'few bad apples' argument, but it is easy enough to remind them that the saying actually goes 'a few bad apples spoil the bunch.' That sure most officers are not going around shooting innocent people, but the few that do give them all a black eye, and that it would not hurt the majority of the good ones to hold the bad ones responsible. They tend to agree with me after that.
I think that is changing. Even most of the staunchest 'blue lives matter' people from two years ago are changing their minds. Almost every one of them have now decided that these sort of things are happening way too often and we might need to do something about it.
I still hear the 'few bad apples' argument, but it is easy enough to remind them that the saying actually goes 'a few bad apples spoil the bunch.' That sure most officers are not going around shooting innocent people, but the few that do give them all a black eye, and that it would not hurt the majority of the good ones to hold the bad ones responsible. They tend to agree with me after that.
I disagree because every single time every juror agrees that the cop should walk. THEY are the ones who can "do something about it." They refuse.
I think that has more to do with the problems with Voir Dire than the general population. Our jury system is currently broken and needs to be fixed. I think a fix to that is something that could come from all this as well.
Absolutely FUCKING nauseating.Whelp, I've got some good news and some bad news.
Good news: the cop was convicted! Yay!
Bad news: of a misdemeanor.
But wait there's more good news/bad news.
Good news: some good cops criticized the way the department was handling the investigation! Yay they exist!
Bad news: not anymore. They don't exist anymore. The good cops were fired and demoted.
But wait. God damn it there's more.
Good news: the jury foreman apologized!
Bad news: to the cop for not being able to get him off while he shook the cop's hand.
FUCK