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MosheFeingold

(3,051 posts)
48. Personal take-a-away
Wed Nov 18, 2015, 03:39 PM
Nov 2015

From this for me is to never answer the door. And mind you, I was a cop (albeit briefly) a long time ago before becoming a lawyer.

I never do, anyway, but a cop will go back to the car and get reinforcements before knocking down your door. This typically requires him or her to talk to his or her boss, who has usually been down the road before and has a cooler head.

In the mean time, call 911 and tell them there is a maniac pounding on your front door.

Not a 100% solution, but will work most of the time.

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when will it end? marym625 Nov 2015 #1
It'll end when murderers in uniform are held responsible for their crimes. Adrahil Nov 2015 #12
That's it exactly. When cops know they will go to jail when they commit murder, they'll (mostly) Erich Bloodaxe BSN Nov 2015 #18
Go to jail... bvar22 Nov 2015 #31
I just don't know this country anymore marym625 Nov 2015 #22
It has been a fascist nation since the mid 1980s. hifiguy Nov 2015 #40
Absolutely. Everything you said is right on. marym625 Nov 2015 #47
So never then Bettie Nov 2015 #28
This will Begin to end when imthevicar Nov 2015 #16
+1 marym625 Nov 2015 #25
Well the Saying Goes... imthevicar Nov 2015 #35
One of the wisest things JFK ever said. hifiguy Nov 2015 #41
Great quote. n/t marym625 Nov 2015 #45
It won't end until the fascist power structure is taken down. hifiguy Nov 2015 #36
Completely agree! Sadly marym625 Nov 2015 #46
That's not far from where I live. Hissyspit Nov 2015 #2
Horrific newfie11 Nov 2015 #3
Please: we need broad police reform now! Betty Karlson Nov 2015 #4
100% wrong. hifiguy Nov 2015 #37
I stand corrected. But we still need police reform, such as Mr. Sanders proposes. eom Betty Karlson Nov 2015 #50
No more paid vacations. We need to start jailing cops. Spitfire of ATJ Nov 2015 #5
Fully agree. A badge is not a hunting license DFW Nov 2015 #10
Here is the story Alternet cribbed Android3.14 Nov 2015 #6
Agreed. Brickbat Nov 2015 #21
Thanks Liberal_in_LA Nov 2015 #49
Reports like this bring to mind Bill Hicks' observation in '93 deutsey Nov 2015 #7
Yep. That's what my perception of the show COPS is too. To send a message to stay in line GoneFishin Nov 2015 #9
Just another part of the oligarchs' propaganda machinery. hifiguy Nov 2015 #38
So we kick down doors and kill innocent civilians, shoot their dogs, shoot their kids, throw them GoneFishin Nov 2015 #8
No, it is not the same DFW Nov 2015 #13
The lack of justice and the ominpotence of the cops is the same. Thugs are killing innocent GoneFishin Nov 2015 #15
Not exactly. Our cops can not kill indescriminately. bvar22 Nov 2015 #32
The randomness of it shows that random terrorization of citizens hifiguy Nov 2015 #39
Awful Beyond Words...k and r. Stuart G Nov 2015 #11
"deputies arrived on scene to conduct an assault investigation" avebury Nov 2015 #14
Murdering cowards. nt DLevine Nov 2015 #17
I used to think highly the nation of my birth. Enthusiast Nov 2015 #19
We need someone like this guy damnedifIknow Nov 2015 #20
We do indeed. And NOW. hifiguy Nov 2015 #42
This is so exceptionally American. librechik Nov 2015 #23
This will never end. Not until cops police their own people. Rex Nov 2015 #24
ISIS?? meh - we got real terrorists jpak Nov 2015 #26
Cops are paid bullys with mostly no downside to any bad behavior! Nt Logical Nov 2015 #27
Yay, Cops! Iggo Nov 2015 #29
Horrible. nt. polly7 Nov 2015 #30
fuck tha police frylock Nov 2015 #33
NC dad fatally shot during struggle for Taser with Harnett Co. deputy, witness says struggle4progress Nov 2015 #34
what happens in the colonies (foreign or internalized) is PRACTICE MisterP Nov 2015 #43
Police have a license to kill. (full stop.) further, this "right" IS being re-enforced. nt Eleanors38 Nov 2015 #44
Personal take-a-away MosheFeingold Nov 2015 #48
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