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ElboRuum

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27. Actually, that's true.

Sun Nov 30, 2014, 06:09 PM

Nov 2014

But we know that all are not poorly trained, and thus present no threat. The problem is obviously when you get a bad one, and who knows which one you get until you have cause to wonder.

However, it appears to me that we are moving in that direction more and more. So long as people like Wilson, who exhibit neither the temperament nor restraint required to be given a gun and a badge, can become police officers and then avoid prosecution when their actions have deadly consequences, I'd expect to see it continue.

As to what it will take to get our police forces to actually serve their communities AND the law rather than the enforcement only posture they currently assume, I don't know.

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"You should never talk back to a police officer" [View all] YoungDemCA Nov 2014 OP

No. The police don't get to act unlawfully DemocratSinceBirth Nov 2014 #1

It should be dealt with within the legal system afterwards, not at the moment. Kablooie Nov 2014 #8

Correct. Socal31 Nov 2014 #2

peace officer? bowens43 Nov 2014 #7

At least here in CA.... Socal31 Nov 2014 #9

Its a treestar Nov 2014 #22

I reject that idea, too, though as a matter of personal safety in the real world, it's true. NYC_SKP Nov 2014 #3

Oh absolutely YoungDemCA Nov 2014 #4

Believing it's prudent... DemocratSinceBirth Nov 2014 #5

Yup YoungDemCA Nov 2014 #6

This raises an interesting question. Savannahmann Nov 2014 #10

+1 One of the major problems I see is we have turned the police force SomethingFishy Nov 2014 #18

I'm an old white guy and I'd never get into a pissing match with a cop FLPanhandle Nov 2014 #11

Only in the sense that if you are rude or assholish to anyone with the power to cause you problems.. Oktober Nov 2014 #12

It's either a lack pipi_k Nov 2014 #20

These are the same folks who scream at the customer service folks behind the counter... Oktober Nov 2014 #23

Arguing with police is rarely a good idea, 99% of the time you are going to lose. Lurks Often Nov 2014 #13

There is a stark difference between this being an authoritarian impulse... ElboRuum Nov 2014 #14

Curious point. Savannahmann Nov 2014 #16

That's an interesting question. ElboRuum Nov 2014 #17

LMAO... Bullshit. SomethingFishy Nov 2014 #21

Not to mention, that being said, every cop is potentially poorly trained and a threat to me. Nt seabeyond Nov 2014 #25

Actually, that's true. ElboRuum Nov 2014 #27

Clearly, you are not understanding my point. ElboRuum Nov 2014 #26

and...there is a belief that black people need to accept being "suspicious" noiretextatique Nov 2014 #15

Just for starters Old Codger Nov 2014 #19

Ya. See? I am thinking about the number of girls raped by cops or sexually assaulted and seabeyond Nov 2014 #24

There is a time for speaking up to the law. ElboRuum Nov 2014 #33

It us inevitable, lay back and enjoy and in time, maybe someone will listen? seabeyond Nov 2014 #34

Mmm hmm... ElboRuum Nov 2014 #35

You are supposed to follow a police officer's "orders." RoccoR5955 Nov 2014 #28

The most disgusting part of this assumption is the idea that black parents somehow aren't teaching Iris Nov 2014 #29

"Talk back to a police officer" is an impossibly vague and overbroad moral KingCharlemagne Nov 2014 #30

THIS^^^^^^^^^^^ was my first thought too.. socialist_n_TN Nov 2014 #42

What if the cop is causing you pain gwheezie Nov 2014 #31

That's one of the "rules" loyalsister Nov 2014 #32

The cops have a hard job, they never know even with a routine trafic violation doc03 Nov 2014 #36

The 10 Deadliest Jobs: seabeyond Nov 2014 #37

So does that mean more should be killed or what? doc03 Nov 2014 #38

It means they don't really have an excuse to act as an occupying army Man from Pickens Nov 2014 #40

Well if they want to claim some sort of "Most Dangerous Job" award...... socialist_n_TN Nov 2014 #44

That's the creed Man from Pickens Nov 2014 #39

Talking back to a police officer will almost certainly not benefit you. Nye Bevan Nov 2014 #41

I think the Supreme Court recently ruled you don't really have a constitutional right to silence justiceischeap Nov 2014 #43

We aren't subjects or property, and freedom means nothing if we surrender it immediately bhikkhu Nov 2014 #45

How about "You should never be tasered, bludgeoned, shot, or killed for talking back to a LEO?" Gormy Cuss Nov 2014 #46