Do we need someone to police our police officers?

IMMine2129

So, on my way to a friends house this afternoon, I'm making a left hand turn when a cop comes flying through the stop sign on the other side of the road and cuts me off. No lights on or anything. Now, this being the third time in a week that Ive seen an officer obviously break a traffic law(running red lights, making illegal u-turns, and cutting drivers off) w/o any obvious reason at all, I decided to do a little research.
So I followed him down the road aways, he's still speeding, but not like in an "im in a hurry to save our city" kind of way. And I'll have to admit at this point i'm pretty peeved. I take down his license number and follow him, and he obviously knows that he cut me off and that I'm checking up on him. He pulls into a parking lot adjacent to the local gas station, pulls out his rifle and takes aim at the stations doors. Meanwhile theres a little old lady sitting in her car, her grandsons pumping gas, people are walking in and out etc etc. You'd think he might want to warn them if there was something serious going on. Obviously, he was trying to cover up his reckless behaviour. Anyways I've got his tags and plan on filing a complaint and checking the logs to see if he had any reason to be driving like that.
Is this just a local problem?
Or do you guys see this happen where you're from?

Peace, and love,
Praying Hillary doesnt make a comeback,
~IMMine

3inputchick

what?????????

lukin2006

Our local police need police to police them thats for sure, about 6-7 months ago a cop in our town was found guilty of assaulting a drunk he had in custody for no reason, he got to keep his job with a temporary demotion. If that's joe blow citizen there probably doing jail time or probation.

When it comes to the cop its "do as I say, not as I do"

fuck

Who Watches The Watchmen?

prljmngrl

are you people serious? I dare you to spend just ONE day in their shoes doing their jobs and then come back and spout off about how awful cops are. These men and women put their lives on the line EVERY FRICKEN DAY fighting very dangerous people to keep your ungrateful, sorry asses safe.

lukin2006

prljmngrl wrote:

are you people serious? I dare you to spend just ONE day in their shoes doing their jobs and then come back and spout off about how awful cops are. These men and women put their lives on the line EVERY FRICKEN DAY fighting very dangerous people to keep your ungrateful, sorry asses safe.

Ya, actually I'm serious, have no use for cops.

IMMine2129

prljmngrl wrote:

are you people serious? I dare you to spend just ONE day in their shoes doing their jobs and then come back and spout off about how awful cops are. These men and women put their lives on the line EVERY FRICKEN DAY fighting very dangerous people to keep your ungrateful, sorry asses safe.

Please don't get me wrong. I mean no disrespect to any of the officers out there, and I do my best to assume that all of them are doing their best to protect me and the people around me. But when an obvious situation in which a police officer takes advantage of his societal position exposes itself, its obvious that we need to question what they are doing. Its the simple matter of a person taking advantage of their position and could happen in any sort of job. Its just that many times I feel like noone is watching over the people in this occupation. Soldiers risk their lives for us every day, and as we've seen on the news, some of them also commit heinous crimes(and I can honestly say that I hold the highest regard for our soldiers). Its a simple fact of society. Just because the majority of people in a certain occupation are good people and do the right thing, it doesnt mean that all of them do.
Not every rectangle is a square is what I'm trying to say.
I apologize if I offended you. (:

prljmngrl

lukin2006 wrote:

Ya, actually I'm serious, have no use for cops.

remember that the next time you need to dial 911 or get into a car accident or someone steals from you or molests your child or attacks you or you get cheated by an identity thief or ..........................

prljmngrl

IMMine2129 wrote:

Please don't get me wrong. I mean no disrespect to any of the officers out there, and I do my best to assume that all of them are doing their best to protect me and the people around me. But when an obvious situation in which a police officer takes advantage of his societal position exposes itself, its obvious that we need to question what they are doing. Its the simple matter of a person taking advantage of their position and could happen in any sort of job. Its just that many times I feel like noone is watching over the people in this occupation. Soldiers risk their lives for us every day, and as we've seen on the news, some of them also commit heinous crimes(and I can honestly say that I hold the highest regard for our soldiers). Its a simple fact of society. Just because the majority of people in a certain occupation are good people and do the right thing, it doesnt mean that all of them do.
Not every rectangle is a square is what I'm trying to say.
I apologize if I offended you. (:

yes there are the occassional situations where someone doesn't uphold their oath. But don't generalize the whole profession on those few.

My cousin is a sheriffs detective (narcotics/k9 unit). He has guns pointed at him daily. He has had friends and partners shot and killed in the line of duty. The level of disrespect and arrogance that is foisted on these men is intolerable. They clean the streets of the dregs of society so that the rest of us can walk around safely. They deserve to be bowed down to not shit talked like is so prevalent here on these forums. It makes me sick. Stupid fucks!

ryan198

My brother in law is a cop in the Bronx, and, suffice to say, whether it be due to high levels of stress, or pure assholeness they should be checked on from time to time. At the same time, who's going to pay for that?

lukin2006

ryan198 wrote:

My brother in law is a cop in the Bronx, and, suffice to say, whether it be due to high levels of stress, or pure assholeness they should be checked on from time to time. At the same time, who's going to pay for that?

my cousins a retired cop always had this god like attitude, its their boss's job to check and make sure they do their job.

Nevermind

I guess the level of stress is a good enough excuse to taser everyone.

lukin2006

Nevermind wrote:

I guess the level of stress is a good enough excuse to taser everyone.

fuckin funny.....

Abookamongstthemany

god's country - ani difranco

state trooper thinks i drive too fast
pulled me over to tell me so
i say out here on the prairie
any speed is too slow
i miss brooklyn i miss my crew
let's start over
i missed my cue
guess i just forgot
who i was talking to

i should have recognized
that fierce look in his eyes
i've seen it in the mirror
so many times
he's going to put his two cents in
'cause he's got a gun
but i'm gonna put in three
'cause history owes me one

guess i came out here to see some
stuff for myself
i mean, why leave the telling
up to everybody else
this may be god's country
but it's my country too
move over mr. holiness
and let the little people through

thank you for serving and protecting
the likes of me
thank you for the ticket
now can i leave?
you know i have left everywhere
i have ever been
i don't really recommend it
though not like anyone asked me
maybe you and i
will meet again someday
i've been known to
come down this road
call it destiny
and then again
maybe not
i don't know


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePjSWfn5hgo

beachdweller

Nevermind wrote:

I guess the level of stress is a good enough excuse to taser everyone.

don't taser me bro

Nevermind

Right about now NWA court is in full effect.
Judge Dre presiding in the case of NWA versus the police department.
Prosecuting attourneys are MC Ren Ice Cube and Eazy muthafuckin E.
Order order order. Ice Cube take the muthafuckin stand.
Do you swear to tell the truth the whole truth
and nothin but the truth so help your black ass?

Why don't you tell everybody what the fuck you gotta say?

Fuck tha police
Comin straight from the underground
Young nigga got it bad cuz I'm brown
And not the other color so police think
They have the authority to kill a minority

Fuck that shit, cuz I ain't tha one
For a punk muthafucka with a badge and a gun
To be beatin on, and throwin in jail
We could go toe to toe in the middle of a cell

Fuckin with me cuz I'm a teenager
With a little bit of gold and a pager
Searchin my car, lookin for the product
Thinkin every nigga is sellin narcotics

You'd rather see me in the pen
Then me and Lorenzo rollin in the Benzo
Beat tha police outta shape
And when I'm finished, bring the yellow tape
To tape off the scene of the slaughter
Still can't swallow bread and water

I don't know if they fags or what
Search a nigga down and grabbin his nuts
And on the other hand, without a gun they can't get none
But don't let it be a black and a white one
Cuz they slam ya down to the street top
Black police showin out for the white cop

Ice Cube will swarm
On any muthafucka in a blue uniform
Just cuz I'm from the CPT, punk police are afraid of me
A young nigga on a warpath
And when I'm finished, it's gonna be a bloodbath
Of cops, dyin in LA
Yo Dre, I got somethin to say

Fuck the police

M. C. Ren, will you please give your testimony to the jury about this fucked up incident.>

Fuck tha police and Ren said it with authority
because the niggaz on the street is a majority.
A gang, is with whoever I'm stepping
and the motherfuckin' weapon
is kept in a stash box, for the so-called law
wishin' Ren was a nigga that they never saw

Lights start flashin behind me
But they're scared of a nigga so they mace me to blind me
But that shit don't work, I just laugh
Because it gives em a hint not to step in my path

To the police I'm sayin fuck you punk
Readin my rights and shit, it's all junk
Pullin out a silly club, so you stand
With a fake assed badge and a gun in your hand

But take off the gun so you can see what's up
And we'll go at it punk, I'ma fuck you up

Make ya think I'm a kick your ass
But drop your gat, and Ren's gonna blast
I'm sneaky as fuck when it comes to crime
But I'm a smoke em now, and not next time

Smoke any muthafucka that sweats me
Or any assho that threatens me
I'm a sniper with a hell of a scope
Takin out a cop or two, they can't cope with me

The muthafuckin villian that's mad
With potential to get bad as fuck
So I'm a turn it around
Put in my clip, yo, and this is the sound
Ya, somethin like that, but it all depends on the size of the gat

Takin out a police would make my day
But a nigga like Ren don't give a fuck to say

Fuck the police

Police, open now. We have a warrant for Eazy-E's arrest.
Get down and put your hands up where I can see em.
Just shut the fuck up and get your muthafuckin ass on the floor.
[huh?]

and tell the jury how you feel abou this bullshit.>

I'm tired of the muthafuckin jackin
Sweatin my gang while I'm chillin in the shackin
Shining tha light in my face, and for what
Maybe it's because I kick so much butt

I kick ass, or maybe cuz I blast
On a stupid assed nigga when I'm playin with the trigga
Of any Uzi or an AK
Cuz the police always got somethin stupid to say

They put up my picture with silence
Cuz my identity by itself causes violence
The E with the criminal behavior
Yeah, I'm a gansta, but still I got flavor

Without a gun and a badge, what do ya got?
A sucka in a uniform waitin to get shot,
By me, or another nigga.
and with a gat it don't matter if he's smarter or bigger
[MC Ren: Sidle him, kid, he's from the old school, fool]

And as you all know, E's here to rule
Whenever I'm rollin, keep lookin in the mirror
And there's no cue, yo, so I can hear a
Dumb muthafucka with a gun

And if I'm rollin off the 8, he'll be tha one
That I take out, and then get away
And while I'm drivin off laughin
This is what I'll say

Fuck the police

The jury has found you guilty of bein a redneck,
whitebread, chickenshit muthafucka.
Wait, that's a lie. That's a goddamn lie.
I want justice! I want justice!
Fuck you, you black muthafucka!>

Fuck the police

El_Kabong

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=deaBkgPuBZk

The Strokes ~ New York City Cops

Here in the streets of American nights
Rise to the bottom of the meaning of life
Studied all the rules, and I want no part
But I let you in just to break this heart
Even though it was only one night
It was fuckin' strange

Nina's in the bedroom
She says, "Time to go now"
But leavin' it ain't easy

I've got to let go
Oh, I've got to let go

And the hours they went to slow
I said every night
She just can't stop sayin':
"New York City cops
New York City cops
New York City cops
They ain't too smart
New York City cops
New York City cops
New York City cops
They ain't too smart"

Just kill me now 'cause I'll let you down
I swear one day we're gonna leave this town
"Stop"

Yes, I'm leaving 'cause this just won't work
They act like Romans, but they dress like Turks
Soft time in your prime
See me, I like the summertime
But...hey

Nina's in the bedroom
She says, "Time to go now"
But leaving it ain't easy

Oh, I've got to let go
I've got to let go

Oh, trapped in an apartment
She would not let them get her
She wrote it in a letter,:
"I've got to come clean
The authorities, they've seen
Darling, I'm somewhere in between"

I said every night
She just can't stop sayin':
"New York City cops
New York City cops
New York City cops
They ain't too smart
New York City cops
New York City cops
New York City cops
They ain't too smart"

Heineken Helen

prljmngrl wrote:

are you people serious? I dare you to spend just ONE day in their shoes doing their jobs and then come back and spout off about how awful cops are. These men and women put their lives on the line EVERY FRICKEN DAY fighting very dangerous people to keep your ungrateful, sorry asses safe.

so you're ok with a few bad apples making the rest of them look bad then? People aren't allowed point out a rogue cop cos the 'rest of them' keep us safe? Listen to yourself!

prljmngrl

Heineken Helen wrote:

so you're ok with a few bad apples making the rest of them look bad then? People aren't allowed point out a rogue cop cos the 'rest of them' keep us safe? Listen to yourself!

look at the responses and the rediculous songs being quoted! YOU take a look around!

Abookamongstthemany

prljmngrl wrote:

look at the responses and the rediculous songs being quoted! YOU take a look around!

Those songs kick ass!

The ones that abuse their power as police officers should be spoken out against and not accpeted just like a doctors who abused their patient's rights should be.

Heineken Helen

prljmngrl wrote:

look at the responses and the rediculous songs being quoted! YOU take a look around!

I read the entire thread... I'm not much one for reading song lyrics quoted so the only post I noticed as being ridiculous was yours I'm afraid... you insinuate that people are wrong to question when those, who WE pay to protect us, take advantage of their job to do the very things they're supposed to protect us AGAINST! A crime is a crime... if it's a cop who commits it, how are they different from the people they arrest?

So can you explain yourself a bit further if you're against this point of view?