What's up with the cops these days?

[mlmpetert]

Awesome:

Drunk Cop Crashes DARE trailer | Video | TheBlaze.com

A police officer in Salem, IN has been charged with a DUI after he crashed his truck that was pulling a D.A.R.E. trailer. The trailer had the familiar logo donning the acronym for Drug Abuse Resistance Education. But not only is 38-year-old John Newcomb a local cop, he’s the school resource officer in charge of seven local campuses, where he often gives talks about drunk driving.

[Hog1]

Wait a minute the cop was.....drunk, and pulling a....drug awareness trailer?
Hmmmm, I have no probem with that.
Now if he was all hopped up on Goofballs or something, that is another matter.

[mlmpetert]

Originally Posted by Hog1

Wait a minute the cop was.....drunk, and pulling a....drug awareness trailer?
Hmmmm, I have no probem with that.
Now if he was all hopped up on Goofballs or something, that is another matter.

I wonder if he pulled up infront of bar with his DARE trailer or where he got drunk. Its pretty hilarious either way

[mlmpetert]

I got nothing against most cops. I actually like most of the Richmond City cops ive met, they are pretty decent.

What I have a problem with is that cops have a lot of power in negatively affecting your life and most people blindly accept that cops are always going to do the right thing. I was pulled over about 3 or 4 years ago for Improper Lane Change, I was on my way to play paintball early on a Saturday morning. Ill admit that the attire of a person that seldom plays paintball is suggestive of a meth-head but the police officer flat out treated me like shit. Then the cop straight up lied in court. Just flat out made things up as he read out of his log from the traffic stop. I guess my insurance has gone up because of that.

My point is that when a cop has a bad day and behaves poorly its becomes malicious. They are harming people’s lives. Traffic court is a absolute joke; without a lawyer you have the option to plead guilty and ask for leniency or be found guilty no matter what you or any of your witnesses say because what the cop says caries so much more weight. Most other courts seem largely the same. Cops are given way too much power and unfortunately theyre just like us; they feel pressure from their bosses, they get tired of doing the same thing and dealing with the same people, some cops are just as bad as your crazy cowoker, and they all have bad days. And because of that a lot of people get screwed over in court, treated like shit, beat up, elbowed to the face, or even killed. Its not just 1 bad cop giving all cops a bad name, it’s almost every single cop that occasionally has a bad day and screws with people’s lives in addition to the few crazy cops that have 16 internal affairs investigations and are still somehow still on the force.

[mlmpetert]

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[over the mountain]

About that canton ohio CCW video.

Ive found that when your driving through known drug and prostitute areas late at night, officers tend to assume every person is a john, drug user or has a warrant for their arrest.

Also, unfortunately for the way this world operates, there was a black guy in the back seat.

I dont find the officers conduct all that surprising, ive certainly seen worse on the internet. I had a female montgomery county officer run across a room and elbow me in the head while i was handcuffed to a metal table . . i was 15.

rights are violated all the time on a sliding scale depending on who you are, your race, your location, time of day, type of car you drive etc . . .

[Hog1]

The cops just look......guilty of something when they react like that, which is pretty much all the time.

[over the mountain]

i hear ya mlm. most officers are good, some are bad. Dc used to have this program where officers would get a bonus for every illegal gun they brought in off the street. This one "cop", who was subsequently fired for a whole bunch of excessive force violations, would just pull any random person over in SE. He would search the car without consent, if he found a gun, he arrested you and collected his bonus.

if he didnt find a gun, he'd let you go. Unfortunately, people who get let go dont report it b/c they dont want to waste their time or hassle.

it was a few months before my 21st, my 21 year old friends went into rollins beer in rockville while i, the driver, stayed in the car. I saw a "cop" sitting in the 7-11 parking lot across teh street. My buddies put the beer in my trunk and we pulled out. the cop pulled out right behind me. I was doing exactly the speed limit, knew he was going to pull me over. got close to the 270 on ramp and he pulle dme over, said i was speeding. I looked him dead in teh eye and said i saw you behind me the whole time, i wasnt speeding.

sucked i blew something like a .04 and got an alcohol violation b/c i wasnt 21 yet.

couldnt believe this cop said that, straight lie and that was to a respectable looking white boy in rockville. cant imagine what goes on to black guys in SE or baltimore. I wonder if the cop did it b/c 2 of my friends in the car were black. got pulle dover in DC just for that reason, mix of black and white guys. cop atleast was honest and said he pulle dus over b/c that usually means the black dudes are taking the white dudes to get drugs in DC.

[mlmpetert]

Drunk, Off-Duty NYPD Cop Raped Woman at Gunpoint, Police Say | TheBlaze.com

[mooby]

Cops take care of their own. It's unfortunate but it'll always be like that.

[Beemnseven]

Read this story, and be infuriated.

CBS Atlanta News has obtained more than 500 pages of internal affairs complaints lodged against Clayton County police officer Michael Hobbs in the last five years.

Chief Investigative Reporter Wendy Saltzman found dozens of use-of-force reports brushed aside by Clayton County internal affairs, including claims Hobbs is terrorizing citizens.

One of those citizens is Brian Hoolihan. Hoolihan passed out in his car along side a road in Clayton County in a diabetic coma back in 2007. He had a sticker on the window of his car, warning about his life threatening medical condition.

A police report shows Officer Hobbs arrived at the scene and wrongfully assumed Hoolihan was drunk. Hobbs forced himself into the car and struck Hoolihan twice with a closed fist to the face and another blunt elbow blow to his head.

[Hog1]

Did they happen to mention....where you could get one of those stickers?

[Beemnseven]

Originally Posted by Hog1

Did they happen to mention....where you could get one of those stickers?

At this point I'd say you're better off if you can find a badge.

[Alvin Walton]

Originally Posted by Beemnseven

At this point I'd say you're better off if you can find a badge.

Badges?
We dont need to show you no badges!

[firstdown]

Originally Posted by Hog1

Did they happen to mention....where you could get one of those stickers?

What you want to get punched in the face twice and elbowed every time you get pulled.