madblader: Cops are the dumbest, cruelest, masochistic creatures on the planet.

You hear about these stories and wonder how stupid are these idiots?

You hear them often, just imagine the shiat you don't hear.

Some are. MOST aren't. My father was NYPD and he and all of his cop friends were smart, generous, and very nice. And they all despised the one twit in their dept., keeping tabs on him & reporting his ass when he screwed up. 4 mos. later he was fired.

My older brother was a Pasco County deputy in FL. 8 years on the force. He got a domestic disturbance call 3 years ago. He got to the scene & some guy was beating the shiat out of a girl. Without waiting for back-up, he rushed in & tackled the guy. While he was struggling to handcuff him, the girl stabbed him in the shoulder with a hunting knife, screaming at him to not hurt her boyfriend. Destroyed his shoulder & he had to retire.

You hear a lot about the bad cops because they're newsworthy. The good ones...not so much.

brigid_fitch [TotalFark] 2009-07-02 07:44:29 PM
madblader: Cops are the dumbest, cruelest, masochistic creatures on the planet.

You hear about these stories and wonder how stupid are these idiots?

You hear them often, just imagine the shiat you don't hear.

Some are. MOST aren't. My father was NYPD

Your father and all pd's not just from NY may EABOD's ..!..

SpiderQueenDemon: I used to give cops free coffee and Slurpees when I worked at 7-11
(yak, yak, yak, snip) I've had a policeman pull me over and help change a taillight bulb. But then, it helps to spend a few years as the neighborhood coffee-and-Slurpee girl.

I'm sure they enjoyed your free "Slurpies", badge licker.

/where the cops don't need you, and man they expect the same.

thewitchking: My best encounter? Nothing more cool than a cop in full uniform sitting on a milk crate behind the minute market counter playing your guitar and singing.

Okay, now that's cool. My best encounter was when I got pulled over for doing 35 in a 25.

Cop: "Do you know why I pulled you over?"
Me: "Honestly, officer, I don't."
Cop: "Speed limit here is 25."
Me (incredulous): "Are you serious? I thought it was 35! I know Rte 35 is 30mph--I had no idea Bridge Ave. was 25!"
Cop: "Rte 35 there is 40mph. Bridge Ave here is 25."
Me: "Are you kidding me?? I'm sorry, officer. I really thought I knew the speed limits here."
Cop: "No, I'm not kidding." (Sees my Jay & Silent Bob's Secret Stash bag on my passenger seat) "Hey--you read comics?"
Me: "Yeah..."
Cop: "Man, I'm so far behind on Identity Crisis. Cool story arc so far, though."

And we start in on a 20-minute geeky comic book discussion.

The last time I ate at a Waffle House, it was 6 months ago at 2 AM, and I needed somewhere to sober up. My waiter was taking my order, and then this guy behind him said, "Hey honky, I need more coke!" My waiter attacked the guy and food went everywhere. That wasn't even the weirdest experience I've had at a Waffle House.

Lamune_Baba: Cpl. Illana Spellman, a department spokeswoman:

"It is clearly stated in training that the Taser will only be used to defend the officer or someone else," Spellman said. "[These officers] were completely wrong."

Is... is this a misprint? A police spokesperson not only admits the officers farked up, but didn't try to make any excuses whatsoever?

Also note she is asserting their policy specifies Taser weapon use for defense only. Other police departments specifically authorize the Taser weapon to be used as a torture pain-compliance tool.

OnlyM3: Your father and all pd's not just from NY may EABOD's ..!..

Y'know, it's been my experience that most cop-haters are that way because they got caught doing something illegal & the cop wouldn't plea them down or dismiss the charges.

Let me guess: You got caught on a DUI or drug possession.

brigid_fitch

Y'know, it's been my experience that most cop-haters are that way because they got caught doing something illegal & the cop wouldn't plea them down or dismiss the charges.

Let me guess: You got caught on a DUI or drug possession.

It's my experience most boot-lickers are abused spouses.

It's also my experience cops are farking idiots and are constantly working to cover up their crimes.

As to the DUI/drug bullsh-t, I'll put my blood test up against a selection of cops in my state any farking day.

Exhibit A)
http://www.roanoke.com/news/roanoke/wb/210396
Law enforcement banned from county firing range

Roanoke law enforcement officers have lost their rights to the county-owned firing range and driving track over concerns about last fall's controversial sniper training, officials said Wednesday.

The announcement was the result of talks that followed the October training session at the Dixie Caverns range, which involved putting officers downrange during live-fire exercises.

The city's last day at the range was Tuesday.

County officials have said that Roanoke Sheriff Octavia Johnson sanctioned the training over their objections. Johnson has said the training was approved by the board of the Regional Firearms Range, which consists of two representatives from each locality. The representative from the county police department has said that he and the county sheriff's representative voted against the training.

Assistant county administrator John Chambliss notified the city in March of the county's intention to terminate the agreement. The two localities had shared the range and track for a decade.

In a letter to Roanoke City Manager Darlene Burcham, Chambliss wrote that "the continued disregard for safety and resulting burden of liability resting upon the County, do not allow this program to continue."

He was referring to the voluntary training session, in which officers took turns standing next to a target while another officer, a football field away, took aim and fired. No one was injured.

The instructor, Paul Castle, has defended the practice, saying that the situations a sniper encounters can't be simulated with a paper target.

Six agencies from throughout Virginia, including the city police department and sheriff's office, participated.

Johnson, when pressed on the issue during an April news conference, said that the sheriff's office would no longer take part in such training and acknowledged that it violated department policy.

County officials also were concerned that when they tried to look at recordings from the surveillance cameras at the shooting range, they discovered that the cameras had been turned toward the sky or disconnected. They also had been told about an instance in which two officers were seen firing at the berm that separates two parts of the shooting range.

OnlyM3: It's my experience most boot-lickers are abused spouses.

so, really what happened?

FTFA: Taser stun guns deliver a 50,000-volt electrical current capable of incapacitating a person.

50,000 volts? Now that's a lot of current!

endmile: 50,000 volts? Now that's a lot of current!

This is called "AJC has no technical editor"

Of course, a true humanities major would say that technical accuracy gets in the way of creative writing.

SpiderQueenDemon:

Shoot, I've had a policeman pull me over and help change a taillight bulb. But then, it helps to spend a few years as the neighborhood coffee-and-Slurpee be a girl.

Fixed.

PRS: SpiderQueenDemon:

For anything Shoot, I've had a policeman pull me over and help change a taillight bulb. But then, it helps to spend a few years as the neighborhood coffee-and-Slurpee be a girl.

Fixed.

/and again

johnny_vegas: PRS: SpiderQueenDemon:

For anything Shoot, I've had a policeman pull me over and help change a taillight bulb. But then, it helps to spend a few years as the neighborhood coffee-and-Slurpee be a girl.

Fixed.

/and again

... and to say it's pretty much our own damn fault

Why do cops not treat Tasers as weapons?

madblader: Cops are the dumbest, cruelest, masochistic creatures on the planet.

You hear about these stories and wonder how stupid are these idiots?

You hear them often, just imagine the shiat you don't hear.

Replace with...Dentists, nurses, school teachers, cashiers, gardeners....pretty much any group of people.
There will always be good and bad in any group.

vabeard: Replace with...Dentists, nurses, school teachers, cashiers, gardeners....pretty much any group of people.
There will always be good and bad in any group.

That certainly has merit and should be considered.

And, while we're being more realistic, let's assume that, generally, dentists, nurses, school teachers, cashiers, and gardeners aren't armed to the teeth, allowed to shoot you in the face, taser you, tear gas you, remove your freedom from you with or without due cause or ruin your entire life at a whim.

bunner: vabeard: Replace with...Dentists, nurses, school teachers, cashiers, gardeners....pretty much any group of people.
There will always be good and bad in any group.

That certainly has merit and should be considered.

And, while we're being more realistic, let's assume that, generally, dentists, nurses, school teachers, cashiers, and gardeners aren't armed to the teeth, allowed to shoot you in the face, taser you, tear gas you, remove your freedom from you with or without due cause or ruin your entire life at a whim.

which means that they should be held to a higher standard..while I do think majority of police are not brutal or corrupt (I think a Chicago study noted that 7 percent of cops account for over 50 percent of brutality charges?), i also think it's a cop-out (sorry) to say that only bad cops get press...they should! They should dress better and act better and uphold standards of decorum and conduct on and off the job...when they deviate they should be dealt with accordingly...
they should also get paid very well...if we do it right, that's a lot of responsibility to shoulder.

brigid_fitch [TotalFark] 2009-07-02 08:00:03 PM
OnlyM3: Your father and all pd's not just from NY may EABOD's ..!..

Y'know, it's been my experience that most cop-haters are that way because they got caught doing something illegal & the cop wouldn't plea them down or dismiss the charges.

3 officers out of work due to assault and violating department policy (taking bribes [free food]).. and the best you can do is try to deflect by calling me the law breaker?

What exactly is your vast experience in the matter? Officer Janine England, is that you!?
(http://www.fark.com/cgi/comments.pl?IDLink=4484589)

bunner [TotalFark] Quote 2009-07-02 06:54:20 PM
Waiting for the cop fellators to stumble in and defend cops amusing themselves by electrocuting random citizens at work.

Well MOST people are farminded and understand that there are bad cops, even while we understand that most cops are not bad.

Unlike you and the other reflexive fark cop-haters who have advanced victim/criminal mentalities.

Impudent Domain: Unlike you and the other reflexive fark cop-haters who have advanced victim/criminal mentalities.

Oh, do go on, Sigmund. I can't WAIT to hear the rest of your free evaluation.

I even have 5¢ handy. : )

johnny_vegas: while I do think majority of police are not brutal or corrupt (I think a Chicago study noted that 7 percent of cops account for over 50 percent of brutality charges?)

7 percent accounted for 50 percent of all brutality charges.

To keep those 7 percent employed long enough to rack up all those complaints, what percent the rest of the police force had to snuggle up to that that thin blue line to cover the bad cops's ass? Ignoring complaints and violations. Over and over again?

You protect a corrupt cop you are a corrupt cop. That makes a hell of a lot more than just the 7 percent in that "study."

/was told there would be no math

JamesLi: bunner: JamesLi: Yeah because these guys are getting away with it.

Oh, wait.

Some thing sIAD can't even make go away.

Egregious, public stupidity seems to be one of them.

The belly laugh was for that mission statement being how IAD actually works in general.

IAD doesn't make things go away. You just don't hear about what they do.

Okey doke.

But get this -

I am all for GOOD cops. My grandad was a big, chunky Mick who emigrated from the auld sod and was a cop in the day. He wouldn't piss on half of these lunch money extortionists with guns strapped to their asses and badges on their Halloween costumes, today.

People should respect cops because they earn and deserve it, not fear them, and you and yours better either get your acts together or hire some PR weasel who can locate some actual connective tissues between your job description and your actions because endless revenue farming, random taserings, treating everybody doing 68 in 65 like a f*cking drug lord and telling robbery victims to "sign here and kiss your belongings goodbye because there's no money in pursuing robbery investigations" has made a whole lot of straight up, hard working motherf*ckers hate your Goddamned guts. And that is not as either of us would like it to be.

Lamune_Baba: johnny_vegas: while I do think majority of police are not brutal or corrupt (I think a Chicago study noted that 7 percent of cops account for over 50 percent of brutality charges?)

7 percent accounted for 50 percent of all brutality charges.

To keep those 7 percent employed long enough to rack up all those complaints, what percent the rest of the police force had to snuggle up to that that thin blue line to cover the bad cops's ass? Ignoring complaints and violations. Over and over again?

You protect a corrupt cop you are a corrupt cop. That makes a hell of a lot more than just the 7 percent in that "study."

/was told there would be no math

it's always half empty for you, huh?

OnlyM3: brigid_fitch [TotalFark] 2009-07-02 08:00:03 PM
OnlyM3: Your father and all pd's not just from NY may EABOD's ..!..

Y'know, it's been my experience that most cop-haters are that way because they got caught doing something illegal & the cop wouldn't plea them down or dismiss the charges.


3 officers out of work due to assault and violating department policy (taking bribes [free food]).. and the best you can do is try to deflect by calling me the law breaker?

What exactly is your vast experience in the matter? Officer Janine England, is that you!?
(http://www.fark.com/cgi/comments.pl?IDLink=4484589)

I don't think he was deflecting anything, he was probably just calling you a dick and coward for being such an anonymous, bigoted, and abusive jackhole.

johnny_vegas: it's always half empty for you, huh?

The glass is the wrong size.

vabeard: madblader: Cops are the dumbest, cruelest, masochistic creatures on the planet.

You hear about these stories and wonder how stupid are these idiots?

You hear them often, just imagine the shiat you don't hear.

Replace with...Dentists, nurses, school teachers, cashiers, gardeners....pretty much any group of people.
There will always be good and bad in any group.

True, but the difference is that no one dies when a gardener forgets to trim the hedges, nor do we seek protection from the teller at the McDonald's drive thru.

bunner: johnny_vegas: it's always half empty for you, huh?

The glass is the wrong size.

LOL

The waiter should have said nothing and then slipped a massive dose of cyanide into the pig's next cop discount meal for that shiat.

Headso: you probably don't realize you're attractive and they were just hanging around and helping to maybe get some poon...

*checks mirror*

Holy shiat! When did these boobs get here?

/not really
//imagine a cross between Janeane Garofalo and Jewel Staite
///more nerd than anything