the officer is only doing this to protect the citizen. move along.

"For a state police agency or one of its agents to investigate a reporter who has produced legitimate and critically important coverage of the agency smacks of the intimidation and retribution you would expect to find in a totalitarian state," Silverman said.



we aren't there yet, but we're getting there. Eventually, the federal government will start abusing the patriot act provisions for petty personal and political gain - THEN we'll be there!

said officer does not need his job. Fire him. Now.

kona: the officer is only doing this to protect the citizen. move along.

1.5/10

kona: the officer is only doing this to protect the citizen. move along.

1.5/10

I agree. It was pretty weak.

SilentStrider: said officer does not need his job. Fire him. Now.

Now, now, he deserves a hearing to present his side of the story.

On the other hand, it better be damned good for the end result being anything other than fired in disgrace.

he didn't sound that shocked

Beck Bristow: he didn't sound that shocked

Just wait a bit. It will be Taser time soon enough.

Not to side with authority here because I don't. But this is a classic case of glass houses and stones. The reporter believed that he was without sin, therefore he could cast a stone. The officer is just checking out what kind of material the reporter's house is made out of.

/can't believe I also used a religious reference

Weaver95: "For a state police agency or one of its agents to investigate a reporter who has produced legitimate and critically important coverage of the agency smacks of the intimidation and retribution you would expect to find in a totalitarian state," Silverman said.

we aren't there yet, but we're getting there. Eventually, the federal government will start abusing the patriot act provisions for petty personal and political gain - THEN we'll be there!

Why does the gain have to be petty or personal for the state to be considered fascist? They're doing a dang good job of it right now.

Wait, someone criticizes a legitimate government operation, threatening its ability to do its job, and gets investigated to see if there are other, possibly terrorist-related motives behind that criticism, and it's the police that are in the wrong? The next time Irani jihadists blow up a building in Oklahoma City you remember this thread.

Weaver95: "For a state police agency or one of its agents to investigate a reporter who has produced legitimate and critically important coverage of the agency smacks of the intimidation and retribution you would expect to find in a totalitarian state," Silverman said.



we aren't there yet, but we're getting there. Eventually, the federal government will start abusing the patriot act provisions for petty personal and political gain - THEN we'll be there!

You mean like than CNN reporter who did a piece on the No-Fly List and then found himself on it?

liberalish: You mean like than CNN reporter who did a piece on the No-Fly List and then found himself on it?


Oooo! good one! I had forgotten about that.

I should start compiling and archiving all the 'mainstream' stories of law enforcement abuses and put up a website about them.

Weaver95: I should start compiling and archiving all the 'mainstream' stories of law enforcement abuses and put up a website about them.

That's one way to make the list.

Weaver95: I should start compiling and archiving all the 'mainstream' stories of law enforcement abuses and put up a website about them.

You'd be raided for DMCA violations and thrown in Gitmo in under 2 months.

steveo: Weaver95: I should start compiling and archiving all the 'mainstream' stories of law enforcement abuses and put up a website about them.

You'd be raided for DMCA violations and thrown in Gitmo in under 2 months.

Not if he does it from the safety of a country without an extradition treaty.

*takes notes*

SilentStrider: steveo: Weaver95: I should start compiling and archiving all the 'mainstream' stories of law enforcement abuses and put up a website about them.

You'd be raided for DMCA violations and thrown in Gitmo in under 2 months.

Not if he does it from the safety of a country without an extradition treaty.

Oh please - like I couldn't find a way to hide my identity.

Weaver95: Oh please - like I couldn't find a way to hide my identity.

Worked for Harry Knowles. He's got everyone convinced he's a fatty neckbeard living in his parents basement when in reality he's John Tesh.

Weaver95: liberalish: You mean like than CNN reporter who did a piece on the No-Fly List and then found himself on it?


Oooo! good one! I had forgotten about that.

I should start compiling and archiving all the 'mainstream' stories of law enforcement abuses and put up a website about them.

checkout www.policeabuse.com (new window)

liberalish: Weaver95: liberalish: You mean like than CNN reporter who did a piece on the No-Fly List and then found himself on it?

Oooo! good one! I had forgotten about that.

I should start compiling and archiving all the 'mainstream' stories of law enforcement abuses and put up a website about them.

checkout www.policeabuse.com (new window)

eh, actually it's a poorly made site. but it should serve as an example for someone to really do what they are trying.

A person should be entitled to automatic notification of every LEO inquiry about him or his property, after a moderate waiting period. Running plates, checking NCIC, whatever.

Yeah... shocked by a taser if they ever pull him over.

The reporter is doing his job, the cop is abusing his power.

Fascist pigs.

ZAZ: A person should be entitled to automatic notification of every LEO inquiry about him or his property, after a moderate waiting period. Running plates, checking NCIC, whatever.

Silly, ZAZ, your information isn't your own anymore. And we certainly don't have any control over how it's used against us. Credit reports, insurance... I just finished an article by a reporter who had her genetic profile compiled by 3 different companies. One company made her sign an agreement that any information she received from the test - such as the potential for certain genetic diseases - would need to be reported to her insurance companies or be prosecuted for fraud. And for what? The .3% chance you'll develop arthritis?

Why do you think they've been pushing for warrantless wiretapping, when they already had an adequate provision for retroactive warrants (that never get declined)? It's the paper trail. They want your information, and they don't want you to know they have it and use it.

/need another bong hit
//not paranoid enough

Weaver95: I should start compiling and archiving all the 'mainstream' stories of law enforcement abuses and put up a website about them.

I imagine you've seen this link before, but you might get some data from these folks. (^)

Tell me when another corrupt cop dies in the line of fire so that I can break out my party hat. I hate these corrupt and abusive cops.

Honestly? This makes the cop look like a giant farking loser. How petty is this guy?

Highway patrolman is an amateur at best.

Sheriff Joe in Maricopa County AZ has been known to investigate whole DEPARTMENTS that challenge his authority.

Want corruption? Want a DA that funds radio commentator book tours with RICO money? Come to Phoenix. Tennessee has a ways to go yet.

steveo: Wait, someone criticizes a legitimate government operation, threatening its ability to do its job, and gets investigated to see if there are other, possibly terrorist-related motives behind that criticism, and it's the police that are in the wrong? The next time Irani jihadists blow up a building in Oklahoma City you remember this thread.

Something law enforcement seems to forget about true journalism: reporters don't give a shiat if they get the shakedown as retaliation. It's part of the job, so threatening them will....well.....do nothing.

I've shocked a patrolman in Tennesse exposing my opened up background to a reporter in an illegal activity so I'm really getting...

They're free to check me out, I've got nothing to hide. It would be nice to know when they do it... but it's not a daily concern of mine.

/one in the pink three in the hotlinky stinky

Shocked you say?

I see your shocker and raise you a show stopper.

the agent who contacted Schrade, Troy Human, is one of a team of THP officers

I dunno if the rest of you have noticed, but it appears to me that a disproportionate number of cops have last names that are, well, out of the ordinary. I just wonder if the ridicule they received in childhood over these strange names motivated them to become LEOs to exact revenge on the society that once laughed at them.

Just a thought...

outatime: Weaver95: I should start compiling and archiving all the 'mainstream' stories of law enforcement abuses and put up a website about them.

I imagine you've seen this link before, but you might get some data from these folks. (^)

Looks like ND and Wyoming are the places to be.

jaylectricity: Not to side with authority here because I don't. But this is a classic case of glass houses and stones. The reporter believed that he was without sin, therefore he could cast a stone. The officer is just checking out what kind of material the reporter's house is made out of.

/can't believe I also used a religious reference

8/10. much better than that other guy.

steveo:The next time Irani jihadists blow up a building in Oklahoma City you remember this thread.

The next time? When was it the first time? With this level of stupidity, you would wonder why anyone would even target people in the flyover states. Some people's recollection of fairly recent history astounds me.

Just in,

many law enforcement officers aspired to the position in order to live above the law and get away with using the information accessible to the police in order to screw over anybody who exposes them.

The pig is named Shirley, so would you expect anything less from this dick sucking fascist farking cop? Cops are pussies who hide behind a badge.

Am I the only one that can spell??

^activities

/bad subby - like the man in blue, preview is a friend to you!

outatime: Weaver95: I should start compiling and archiving all the 'mainstream' stories of law enforcement abuses and put up a website about them.

I imagine you've seen this link before, but you might get some data from these folks. (^)

Holy crap. I think I'm developing dyslexia in my old age. I actually closed the window the first time, because I live in America. Why would I care about Parliamentary police raids?

fanbladesaresharp: Looks like ND and Wyoming are the places to be.

Well, it's hard to get the wrong address there, since there are only five or six houses in each of those states.

Diogenes: Some local woman got the full treatment from our Sheriff Beary after wrote a letter to the editor saying he was fat.

There's a cop in my hometown that's such a fat pile of shiat that he won't get out of his squad car. If he pulls someone over, he gets on the PA and tells the person he pulled over to come back to his car so he can write them a ticket.

That nothing. I sold a man construction materials that was ambushed by cops in Katrina. They killed his retarded brother with 7 shots to the back, blew a girls arm clean off with a shotgun and shot a man point blank in the stomach. Everyone was unarmed, no pun intended. The kindest, nicest man explaining in detail how they were gunned down on a bridge in New Orleans trying to get to safety. As fate would have it, I met him on the day a trial was taking place. The trial was thrown out. From what I understand he said there was actual video being recorded of the incident by NBC news.

Another client that is a business owner in the lower 9th ward in New Orleans I sold construction materials to said he was rescuing people with his boat and a SWAT policeman put a gun to his head demanding his boat, which he took.

Link (Witness to bridge shooting)

sweater_pups: Am I the only one that can spell??

activities

/bad subby - like the man in blue, preview is a friend to you!

It's got what headlines crave. It's got activiites!

Hotlinked. For her pleasure.

steveo: Wait, someone criticizes a legitimate government operation, threatening its ability to do its job, and gets investigated to see if there are other, possibly terrorist-related motives behind that criticism, and it's the police that are in the wrong? The next time Irani jihadists blow up a building in Oklahoma City you remember this thread.

I LOL'd

Weaver95: Oh please - like I couldn't find a way to hide my identity.

www.Weaver96.com

/They'll never figure it out.

steveo: Wait, someone criticizes a legitimate government operation, threatening its ability to do its job, and gets investigated to see if there are other, possibly terrorist-related motives behind that criticism, and it's the police that are in the wrong? The next time Irani jihadists blow up a building in Oklahoma City you remember this thread.

That was priceless, well done.

pvd021: With this level of stupidity

I'm surprised I had to wait until the thread went live before I was subjected to liberal name calling.

TopoGigo: Why would I care about Parliamentary police raids?

I thought it said that the first time I saw that site, too. I got the mental image of cops in powdered wigs kicking in a door, but only after getting a majority vote that it was a good idea.