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H the K

wrote:
On Thu, 30 Jul 2009 13:39:08 -0400, H the K
wrote:

wrote:
On Thu, 30 Jul 2009 14:18:03 GMT, (Richard
Casady) wrote:

On Wed, 29 Jul 2009 14:15:46 -0400, H K
wrote:

People of color have every reason to be suspicious of cops.
People of whiteness as well.

Casady
Everyone hates the cops until they need one.

The fact remains that these guys are machines, tied to "the book". It
looks like Crowley did all of this "by the book" and the outcome was
very predictable. I guarantee you, if you harangue your local cop you
will be hooked up and taken downtown. They will probably drop that
charge too when your lawyer shows up. (it is usually cheaper just to
pay the fine) If you can calm down and talk nice they still might let
you go for free.
Cops can't give special preference to well known professors or friends
of the president or else they stop being cops and become palace
guards.

The cops around here take their job of enforcing traffic violations
seriously.

I bet they make you show your ID too.

I've never been stopped for running a stop sign while in the house.

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Whatever moral rules you have proposed, abide by them as they were laws,
and as if you would be guilty of impiety by violating any of them,
*unless* you are a conservative Republican office holder or minister. If
that is your position in life, then anything goes.