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On Apr 26, 3:14 pm, John H. wrote:
On 26 Apr 2007 08:21:45 -0700, wrote: On Apr 26, 7:52 am, John H. wrote: On 25 Apr 2007 18:39:24 -0700, wrote: On Apr 24, 6:28 pm, Tim wrote: On Apr 24, 8:24 am, "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote: Or..... They thought they had all the enforcement (shakedown) officials covered. You just don't get it, as much money is made by the so called good guys in the drug business, as the bad guys. Well, apparently not all the enforcement folks are bad guys, right? Right. Not all are all bad, in fact, probably very few, but in so many police departments, the bad ones seem to rule. If you have a situation where there are one or two out of a dozen or so that are bad, and the rest are either afraid to expose them, or turn away due to the blue shield of silence, you got a dirty dozen. I have seen otherwise good cops go along with bad ones on too many occasions out of fear for their jobs, or their own personal safety. Eventually, the good ones just seem to go along. Where I grew up, the local police ran and protected the drug business, everyone knew it, you just kept quiet and stayed out or their way. Strange. I've got two brothers who are retired cops. Neither are rich. And, neither have discussed the rule of police departments by bad cops. That's not to say they don't exist, but they may not be as prevalent as you make them out to be.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Perhaps, but then again, as the old saying goes, "there is no such thing as the mafia". Many times however these cops don't necessarily think that their actions are "bad". I also have relatives who are cops, and I would not want to cross em'. With respect for your sincere debate, I will leave this one alone for now. |
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On Thu, 26 Apr 2007 23:14:45 GMT, "JoeSpareBedroom"
wrote: To varying degrees, many of them really are thugs with no respect for the law. Cram it up your ass Doug. Sideways. |
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U.S. Coast Guard Makes Biggest Cocaine Bust in U.S. History
"Tom Francis" wrote in message
news On Thu, 26 Apr 2007 23:14:45 GMT, "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote: To varying degrees, many of them really are thugs with no respect for the law. Cram it up your ass Doug. Sideways. Your son's a LEO, right? |
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"John H." wrote in message
... On Thu, 26 Apr 2007 23:45:44 GMT, "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote: "Tom Francis" wrote in message news On Thu, 26 Apr 2007 23:14:45 GMT, "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote: To varying degrees, many of them really are thugs with no respect for the law. Cram it up your ass Doug. Sideways. Your son's a LEO, right? Regardless, he made an appropriate comment. Why do you think it was appropriate? |
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U.S. Coast Guard Makes Biggest Cocaine Bust in U.S. History
"JoeSpareBedroom" wrote in message ... "John H." wrote in message news On 26 Apr 2007 08:21:45 -0700, wrote: On Apr 26, 7:52 am, John H. wrote: On 25 Apr 2007 18:39:24 -0700, wrote: On Apr 24, 6:28 pm, Tim wrote: On Apr 24, 8:24 am, "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote: Or..... They thought they had all the enforcement (shakedown) officials covered. You just don't get it, as much money is made by the so called good guys in the drug business, as the bad guys. Well, apparently not all the enforcement folks are bad guys, right? Right. Not all are all bad, in fact, probably very few, but in so many police departments, the bad ones seem to rule. If you have a situation where there are one or two out of a dozen or so that are bad, and the rest are either afraid to expose them, or turn away due to the blue shield of silence, you got a dirty dozen. I have seen otherwise good cops go along with bad ones on too many occasions out of fear for their jobs, or their own personal safety. Eventually, the good ones just seem to go along. Where I grew up, the local police ran and protected the drug business, everyone knew it, you just kept quiet and stayed out or their way. Strange. I've got two brothers who are retired cops. Neither are rich. And, neither have discussed the rule of police departments by bad cops. That's not to say they don't exist, but they may not be as prevalent as you make them out to be. To varying degrees, many of them really are thugs with no respect for the law. Example: My ex got a ticket from a NY state trooper at 6:30 AM on an empty highway, for not signalling when she changed lanes. I see troopers do this constantly. Example: In a club where my band plays often, I see off duty cops crawling out the door at closing time, three sheets to the wind. They don't call a taxi. They drive home. A cop from the sheriff's department is standing trial this week for killing a motorcyclist. The cop blew a .24, three times the legal limit in NY. His defense, according to TV news: Yes, he was **** faced, but it was not related to the accident. *Some* are indeed nothing more than bad guys carrying a badge. *Most*, however, are good guys putting their lives on the line each and every day for us. Next time you desperately need a police officer remember what you just said about them. ;-) |
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U.S. Coast Guard Makes Biggest Cocaine Bust in U.S. History
JimH wrote:
"JoeSpareBedroom" wrote in message ... "John H." wrote in message news On 26 Apr 2007 08:21:45 -0700, wrote: On Apr 26, 7:52 am, John H. wrote: On 25 Apr 2007 18:39:24 -0700, wrote: On Apr 24, 6:28 pm, Tim wrote: On Apr 24, 8:24 am, "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote: Or..... They thought they had all the enforcement (shakedown) officials covered. You just don't get it, as much money is made by the so called good guys in the drug business, as the bad guys. Well, apparently not all the enforcement folks are bad guys, right? Right. Not all are all bad, in fact, probably very few, but in so many police departments, the bad ones seem to rule. If you have a situation where there are one or two out of a dozen or so that are bad, and the rest are either afraid to expose them, or turn away due to the blue shield of silence, you got a dirty dozen. I have seen otherwise good cops go along with bad ones on too many occasions out of fear for their jobs, or their own personal safety. Eventually, the good ones just seem to go along. Where I grew up, the local police ran and protected the drug business, everyone knew it, you just kept quiet and stayed out or their way. Strange. I've got two brothers who are retired cops. Neither are rich. And, neither have discussed the rule of police departments by bad cops. That's not to say they don't exist, but they may not be as prevalent as you make them out to be. To varying degrees, many of them really are thugs with no respect for the law. Example: My ex got a ticket from a NY state trooper at 6:30 AM on an empty highway, for not signalling when she changed lanes. I see troopers do this constantly. Example: In a club where my band plays often, I see off duty cops crawling out the door at closing time, three sheets to the wind. They don't call a taxi. They drive home. A cop from the sheriff's department is standing trial this week for killing a motorcyclist. The cop blew a .24, three times the legal limit in NY. His defense, according to TV news: Yes, he was **** faced, but it was not related to the accident. *Some* are indeed nothing more than bad guys carrying a badge. *Most*, however, are good guys putting their lives on the line each and every day for us. Next time you desperately need a police officer remember what you just said about them. ;-) I won't argue against the premise that most cops are honest, but I also won't argue that one should rely on the police to provide much help when you really need it, and I don't mean any sort of "traffic direction." In most cases, police response time is an abomination, no matter where you live. If you hear a burglar outside your house and you call 911, by the time the cops show up the bad guy has left with your silverware. I'm commenting on the police as an institution here, not on individual cops. |
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"John H." wrote in message
... On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 00:23:47 GMT, "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote: "John H." wrote in message . .. On Thu, 26 Apr 2007 23:45:44 GMT, "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote: "Tom Francis" wrote in message news On Thu, 26 Apr 2007 23:14:45 GMT, "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote: To varying degrees, many of them really are thugs with no respect for the law. Cram it up your ass Doug. Sideways. Your son's a LEO, right? Regardless, he made an appropriate comment. Why do you think it was appropriate? Because there was no reason to think otherwise! In other words, you're either drunk again, or your lithium has worn off. |
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U.S. Coast Guard Makes Biggest Cocaine Bust in U.S. History
"JimH" wrote in message
... "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote in message ... "John H." wrote in message news On 26 Apr 2007 08:21:45 -0700, wrote: On Apr 26, 7:52 am, John H. wrote: On 25 Apr 2007 18:39:24 -0700, wrote: On Apr 24, 6:28 pm, Tim wrote: On Apr 24, 8:24 am, "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote: Or..... They thought they had all the enforcement (shakedown) officials covered. You just don't get it, as much money is made by the so called good guys in the drug business, as the bad guys. Well, apparently not all the enforcement folks are bad guys, right? Right. Not all are all bad, in fact, probably very few, but in so many police departments, the bad ones seem to rule. If you have a situation where there are one or two out of a dozen or so that are bad, and the rest are either afraid to expose them, or turn away due to the blue shield of silence, you got a dirty dozen. I have seen otherwise good cops go along with bad ones on too many occasions out of fear for their jobs, or their own personal safety. Eventually, the good ones just seem to go along. Where I grew up, the local police ran and protected the drug business, everyone knew it, you just kept quiet and stayed out or their way. Strange. I've got two brothers who are retired cops. Neither are rich. And, neither have discussed the rule of police departments by bad cops. That's not to say they don't exist, but they may not be as prevalent as you make them out to be. To varying degrees, many of them really are thugs with no respect for the law. Example: My ex got a ticket from a NY state trooper at 6:30 AM on an empty highway, for not signalling when she changed lanes. I see troopers do this constantly. Example: In a club where my band plays often, I see off duty cops crawling out the door at closing time, three sheets to the wind. They don't call a taxi. They drive home. A cop from the sheriff's department is standing trial this week for killing a motorcyclist. The cop blew a .24, three times the legal limit in NY. His defense, according to TV news: Yes, he was **** faced, but it was not related to the accident. *Some* are indeed nothing more than bad guys carrying a badge. *Most*, however, are good guys putting their lives on the line each and every day for us. Next time you desperately need a police officer remember what you just said about them. ;-) Never forget that you are an idiot. The existence of bad cops does not mean bad ones don't exist. If you dispute this simple fact, explain why. |
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