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One_Life_To_Give

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62. Too young for Andy Griffith

Reply to TheMastersNemesis (Original post)

Fri Nov 8, 2013, 04:43 PM

Nov 2013

The kids coming into the force now havn't seen Sheriff Taylor. Nor have they heard One Adam 12 see the Man or Car 54 where are you.

As someone else said upthread. Cop shows today don't show the typical, people being stupid. Then again apparently police forces don't want to hire the brightest bulbs in the box anymore either. Unfortunately it's a dangerous situation to have the police hyped up to deal with the worst case Terrorist/Serial Killer situation. When they typically have to run into people who are so busy trying to get thru their own hectic day. They make stupid errors in judgement or don't realize what else is happening around them.

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Looks Like The Police Are Becoming The Enemy [View all] TheMastersNemesis Nov 2013 OP

I disagree Lifelong Dem Nov 2013 #1

Heh n/t TroglodyteScholar Nov 2013 #2

I'll agree with you. Savannahmann Nov 2013 #18

x2 AnotherMcIntosh Nov 2013 #22

They also willingly and regularly lie under oath. Find a person who has never heard "testilying" AnotherMcIntosh Nov 2013 #25

Earlier this evening we had 3 police officers with flashlights looking around our back yard DJ13 Nov 2013 #3

a couple of weeks ago hfojvt Nov 2013 #10

Are you kidding? Savannahmann Nov 2013 #19

They have always been the enemy. Deep13 Nov 2013 #4

too many incidents? hfojvt Nov 2013 #5

The big game changer has been camera phones, which shine daylight on the dirty work of policing...nt Jesus Malverde Nov 2013 #7

According to your site, Savannahmann Nov 2013 #20

If you can find a single cop like Serpico who is willing to be honest and report illegal actions of AnotherMcIntosh Nov 2013 #26

a couple questions for you hfojvt Nov 2013 #29

Ah, a diversion. (1) Obviously no. (2) Cops are public employees who owe a duty to the public. AnotherMcIntosh Nov 2013 #38

DAs do it all the time - and in Calif its illegal to take action against BAD Cops FreakinDJ Nov 2013 #33

Your link doesn't support your assertions. AnotherMcIntosh Nov 2013 #39

Well said Egnever Nov 2013 #28

Did any of those hero cops testify against their criminal cohorts? EOTE Nov 2013 #32

Well said, but your post will drop like a stone here on police-hating DU. n/t FSogol Nov 2013 #35

Police get "hated" for what they do... 99Forever Nov 2013 #36

All the stories about terrible police interactions represent 0.000001% of everyday FSogol Nov 2013 #37

0.000001% ? 99Forever Nov 2013 #40

Use some common sense. Even in a small town police department, FSogol Nov 2013 #43

"Common sense" my ass. 99Forever Nov 2013 #45

Whatever dude. If you can't tell an obvious guess-timate from a fact, FSogol Nov 2013 #47

What I can "tell" dooooood... 99Forever Nov 2013 #50

+1 1000words Nov 2013 #63

That may be true... sendero Nov 2013 #41

Never happened? Don't you mean "never reported"? FSogol Nov 2013 #48

0.000001%? ronnie624 Nov 2013 #46

You posted this AFTER I said it was a estimate. FSogol Nov 2013 #49

What conclusions am I supposed to draw from your questions? ronnie624 Nov 2013 #55

that 5,900 is NOT a lot of incidents hfojvt Nov 2013 #61

Careful. Your estimate needs to be a published study or this crowd will discount it. FSogol Nov 2013 #67

Your "analysis" is balderdash. ronnie624 Nov 2013 #70

It's cultural cop hate. Not much different than the Islamaphobes. geek tragedy Nov 2013 #66

I think there is a little bit more logic to it than that hfojvt Nov 2013 #71

You are welcome to post such stories if you like. In the meantime... Comrade Grumpy Nov 2013 #57

sorta proves my point hfojvt Nov 2013 #59

Harping about police deaths to excuse police criminality is absurd Taitertots Nov 2013 #68

I disagree they are "a poorer quality person for our police" Jesus Malverde Nov 2013 #6

A well trained military can distinguish those who are enemies from those who are not. AnotherMcIntosh Nov 2013 #27

I for one, love Sting, Stewart Copeland, and Andy Summers YoungDemCA Nov 2013 #8

They are coming for you: freshwest Nov 2013 #16

Here's the opposition... L0oniX Nov 2013 #42

i think it's all where you live, honestly. in my neighborhood, you'll see some officers in 7-11 dionysus Nov 2013 #9

speaking of towns where I grew up though hfojvt Nov 2013 #13

I think so, too. My experience where I live now, although urban in a blue state, is very different freshwest Nov 2013 #21

Police departments are what they've always been. The career destination of bullies. Gravitycollapse Nov 2013 #11

Way too easy to become one ... Iwasthere Nov 2013 #12

Better pay means nothing. In my hometown, cops make 90 to 100K a year with overtime. Gravitycollapse Nov 2013 #15

. blkmusclmachine Nov 2013 #14

You have to go by statistics. gulliver Nov 2013 #17

Cops are dead set against ending the drug war Fumesucker Nov 2013 #24

If the vast majority of cops aren't bad, then why aren't they testifying against the bad ones? EOTE Nov 2013 #34

becoming? (n/t) a2liberal Nov 2013 #23

Not a single day goes by without the Shooting of an Unarmed Citizen in this country FreakinDJ Nov 2013 #30

It's called worshiping the gun. From wars to the shooting ranges. We train people to kill and kelliekat44 Nov 2013 #31

You know what policing was like before the Miranda Warning? Jeff In Milwaukee Nov 2013 #44

Higher standards as well as Advisory Committees, Civilian Review Boards, Internal Affairs, etc. FSogol Nov 2013 #51

+1. Only thing is, if the voters are all gloom and doom, they'll get away with it. freshwest Nov 2013 #60

I would also add: Live in the type of community that reflects your values. FSogol Nov 2013 #64

I do live in that community. It's the one Michio Kaku said we should have from 0:51 to 1:26: freshwest Nov 2013 #69

+1-- police have ALWAYS been thugs for the 1%.... mike_c Nov 2013 #53

Hence the reason WI Gov. Walker exempted police... KansDem Nov 2013 #58

that's the biggest problem gopiscrap Nov 2013 #52

Police back up the bad cops because they will need their help someday DiverDave Nov 2013 #54

The Police are becoming Public Enemy? KamaAina Nov 2013 #56

Too young for Andy Griffith One_Life_To_Give Nov 2013 #62

My SOP is to avoid dealing with the cops as much as possible MrScorpio Nov 2013 #65

The beating death of Kelly Thomas woke me up to police abuse damnedifIknow Nov 2013 #72