On Thu, 14 Feb 2008 22:03:46 -0600, Vic Smith
wrote:

On Thu, 14 Feb 2008 17:24:07 -0500, "JimH" wrote:



I do not know a cop. I am not close to a cop. I do know that I had a bad
experience with a cop when I was in college yet I do not let that experience
shape my views about police officers.

You need to let it go Scott and move on.

I haven't had much trouble with cops, and look at them as individuals
much as anybody else. I do expect more from them, though, because
they've made some vows and wear a uniform (-:
I came up with this some years ago in a r.a.d. discussion about
traffic tickets. Went like this.
Tickets issuance is similar to Mendelian genetics, where dominance is
represented by assholeness, regression by politeness.
polite driver + polite cop = probably no ticket
asshole driver + polite cop = ticket
polite driver + asshole cop = ticket
asshole driver + asshole cop = ticket, maybe jail

Simplistic, but usually true in my experience, which is I'm always
polite, the cops are nearly always polite, and I hardly ever get a
ticket. Might be lucky too, which is never to be underestimated.

--Vic

ps..The wheelchair cop should be fired. The skateboard cop
should be suspended a couple weeks and undergo "counseling."

I agree that both cops under discussion here should be fired, at the least,
and in the case of the paraplegic, charged with assault and do a little
time in jail.

However, Vic, in your scenario above, you don't mention guilt whatsoever.
I've received three tickets in my life. In all three, I was polite, the
officer was polite, and I got a ticket. Why? Because I committed the
violation!
--
John H