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apevol said:
I believe the cop should've been fired. Have you had any personal interactions with police that mightve contributed to how you feel toward leo?
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Not really. But I do know right and wrong and have a sense of justice. Cops detaining people or pulling people over for being flipped off isn't right or just.
 
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Rasputin_Vol said:
Not really. But I do know right and wrong and have a sense of justice. Cops detaining people or pulling people over for being flipped off isn't right or just.
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You're more single minded than I am about it and I actually have an axe to grind. I can't even be in the same room as a cop without my blood pressure spiking.
 
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Carl Pickens said:
I get your point..... But unfortunately for the cop haters .... The cops have a higher level of responsibility than the cashier and as a result get more leeway in these types of situations.... That's just thruway it is....., it's not CP's way.... I don't make the rules
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A higher level of responsibility should mean less leeway... WTF? The cashier didn't take an oath to get his/her job... and they don't get taxpayer funded benefits.
 
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Honestly, we all learned the rules we needed for life in kindergarten.
1. Don't hit
2. Don't steal
3. Don't lie

Those pretty much cover it really. Anything further than those, probably has a politician and a special interest group behind it.
 
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DEFENDTHISHOUSE said:
Honestly, we all learned the rules we needed for life in kindergarten.
1. Don't hit
2. Don't steal
3. Don't lie

Those pretty much cover it really. Anything further than those, probably has a politician and a special interest group behind it.
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To be fair.. Don't kill isn't taught. But then again neither is don't kick, don't choke, don't rape, don't kidnap (covered by thievery maybe?), don't show your wee wee in public. But yes.. Kindergarten about covers it.
 
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DEFENDTHISHOUSE said:
Honestly, we all learned the rules we needed for life in kindergarten.
1. Don't hit
2. Don't steal
3. Don't lie

Those pretty much cover it really. Anything further than those, probably has a politician and a special interest group behind it.
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Dont chew gum lobby is huge
 
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Top five special interest groups lobbying to keep marijuana illegal.

Last year, over 850,000 people in America were arrested for marijuana-related crimes. Despite public opinion, the medical community, and human rights experts all moving in favor of relaxing marijuana prohibition laws, little has changed in terms of policy.

There have been many great books and articles detailing the history of the drug war. Part of America’s fixation with keeping the leafy green plant illegal is rooted in cultural and political clashes from the past.

However, we at Republic Report think it’s worth showing that there are entrenched interest groups that are spending large sums of money to keep our broken drug laws on the books:

1.) Police Unions: Police departments across the country have become dependent on federal drug war grants to finance their budget. In March, we published a story revealing that a police union lobbyist in California coordinated the effort to defeat Prop 19, a ballot measure in 2010 to legalize marijuana, while helping his police department clients collect tens of millions in federal marijuana-eradication grants. And it’s not just in California. Federal lobbying disclosures show that other police union lobbyists have pushed for stiffer penalties for marijuana-related crimes nationwide.

2.) Private Prisons Corporations: Private prison corporations make millions by incarcerating people who have been imprisoned for drug crimes, including marijuana. As Republic Report’s Matt Stoller noted last year, Corrections Corporation of America, one of the largest for-profit prison companies, revealed in a regulatory filing that continuing the drug war is part in parcel to their business strategy. Prison companies have spent millions bankrolling pro-drug war politicians and have used secretive front groups, like the American Legislative Exchange Council, to pass harsh sentencing requirements for drug crimes.

3.) Alcohol and Beer Companies: Fearing competition for the dollars Americans spend on leisure, alcohol and tobacco interests have lobbied to keep marijuana out of reach. For instance, the California Beer & Beverage Distributors contributed campaign contributions to a committee set up to prevent marijuana from being legalized and taxed.

4.) Pharmaceutical Corporations: Like the sin industries listed above, pharmaceutical interests would like to keep marijuana illegal so American don’t have the option of cheap medical alternatives to their products. Howard Wooldridge, a retired police officer who now lobbies the government to relax marijuana prohibition laws, told Republic Report that next to police unions, the “second biggest opponent on Capitol Hill is big PhRMA” because marijuana can replace “everything from Advil to Vicodin and other expensive pills.”

5.) Prison Guard Unions: Prison guard unions have a vested interest in keeping people behind bars just like for-profit prison companies. In 2008, the California Correctional Peace Officers Association spent a whopping $1 million to defeat a measure that would have “reduced sentences and parole times for nonviolent drug offenders while emphasizin

- See more at: The Top Five Special Interest Groups Lobbying To Keep Marijuana Illegal |
 
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tim said:
But it wouldnt be newsworthy. Ftr, shooting birds at LEO's is the least of my worries. But, I have to imagine they grew up horribly and will probably be another drag on society.
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With the way cops have been treating me lately, I've put them all on my Christmas card list.
 
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1993 and things haven't changed. Drunk off-duty cops with a gun taken from the evidence room...

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogiW_9vVSuc[/youtube]
 
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I've always said that I'll commend LE when they do something positive and I saw something today I feel somewhat qualifies.

Fired Federal Heights cop pleads guilty to assaulting suspect - The Denver Post

Obviously the officer who was fired was scum and him loosing his job isn't near punishment enough but that's not the point. This came to light because his fellow officers went to the chief the next day and showed their body cam footage. He was immediately fired. So we always say that we're waiting for the good cops to step up and stop the bad. And though this doesn't really 100% qualify, as no other officers intervened during the assault. It's still a step in the right direction.

I'm also wondering If this was primarily fueled by the other officers wanting to do the right thing or if the guy was just a douche who nobody liked and they simply used this as a way to get rid of him. I don't know if it was the one I linked or not but I read in an article that the guy wasn't very popular amoungst his fellow officers. I'm choosing to see the glass half-full and say they were just doing what was right.

Either way is an example of LE being held accountable and it deserves to be mentioned.
 
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