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Hassin Bin Sober

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6. Lol. Extremely rare. Pigs do this shit every day. It's taught in police academies.

Reply to virgogal (Reply #2)

Mon Sep 19, 2016, 06:17 PM

Sep 2016

Almost every cop I've ever known has talked about fabricating charges against people that pissed them off or talked back to them.

The saying "you can beat the rap but you can't beat the ride" is one I've heard from cops in several different jurisdictions.

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cosmic karma elleng Sep 2016 #1

This is extremely rare,thank heaven. Most cops do a good job. virgogal Sep 2016 #2

Yeah, Rare SoCalMusicLover Sep 2016 #3

Lol. Extremely rare. Pigs do this shit every day. It's taught in police academies. Hassin Bin Sober Sep 2016 #6

That's adorable. LeftyMom Sep 2016 #8

Most cops do a good job. Till they let a bad cop do this. Lochloosa Sep 2016 #9

So before they're out of their probationary period? LeftyMom Sep 2016 #12

More or less. Lochloosa Sep 2016 #13

So rare that at least three random cops casually discuss fabricating charges. ret5hd Sep 2016 #10

They Sure Don't Like Dem Cameras SoCalMusicLover Sep 2016 #4

The cops really stepped in it here. Hassin Bin Sober Sep 2016 #7

A little off the main story, but "Trump up charges" seems like a very appropo idiom these days rurallib Sep 2016 #5

"To protect their collective ass and serve their own self interests" Rex Sep 2016 #11

I bet they work on commission. sheshe2 Sep 2016 #14

I remember not to long ago getting lambasted here for even bringing up such things. Rex Sep 2016 #15

JPR? sheshe2 Sep 2016 #16

I think so and DI. Rex Sep 2016 #17