Originally Posted by The SSheriff
A good deal of those officers were fired. Less of them to tarnish what I do correctly.
umm... how many times in the video did we see "Officers Cleared"... every single time...
some cops are great, some cops are assholes....
i have two main problems with law enforcement-
1- the abuse of power and the lack of humanity.... i've been to jail, been arrested, 7 out of10 LEOs treat you like you're inhuman.. in the jail it's worse, you get treated like cattle, a number, nothing else.. i understand that there's a lot of douche bags, crack heads, dealers, pedophiles that are dealt with, but not everyone is the same... while in jail, I'd listen to stories, from guys, just like you and i, about how a cop found a dime bag of reefer, and proceeded to slam the guy on the ground, knee to the neck, even with no resistance... most "offenders" pretty much surrender when it get's time for an arrest.. that doesn't stop the cop from saying "STOP RESISTING" and pulling out the taser... our hard earned tax dollars put food on their table... and yet we get treated as cattle... there's no case by case basis much anymore.... i've had a few run ins where the LEO was great, listened to my story, cut me a break and "let me go"... once for doing 30mph over the speed limit, no ticket.... once, i "evaded" an officer for 5 blocks, i had a suspended license, and wanted to get my car home so it wouldn't get towed when i went to jail LOL... anyways, i made it home, and he pulled in behind me, i was completely honest with him about why i didn't stop, even after verbal orders, and siren woops... and ya know what? he let me go, with not a single ticket, or anything, and that was in GA!!!!! now in gainesville, when i had my prelude, i got stopped my ASO for my headlight being out, it had blown earlier in the evening and i was on my way to wall mart for a replacement, i told him such, and he gave me a verbal warning and let me go.. not 5 blocks away, once in GPDs jurisdiction, i got pulled over for the head light, i told the officer i was just pulled over not 3 minutes earlier by ASO, and all he said, was "well that's not my jurisdiction, this is, now please sign this citation sir"
2- "the code" yes, i understand covering for your "fraternal order" but IMO in some cases it's bull shit... and what happens, is it's makes the good cops, just as bad as the bad cops they "cover".... say the above cop who let me go, even after "eluding" him for 5 blocks, a week later turned the other cheek when he found a fellow officer date raping a high school girl... that completely negates how cool he was with me, just to cover a fellow officer.... what's the phrase? one sour apple spoils the bunch? with offciers, there's no accountability, unless the evidence is undeniable, even then, cops aren't usally charged with anything, at most, termination from the dept. or leave w/out pay... but yet citizens, with a small bag of personal reefer, get locked up, and lives ruined... minor traffic infractions to into full blown arrests, students go to jail for open containers at a football game...
"the code" gives even the best of officers a bad name... that's why, no matter how cool you are, hang out after work and drink beer, watch the game, you're still going to be a cop, there will always be that edge there, always the image of rodney king, always remembering that one cop years ago who gave you a $150 ticket for doing 5mph over the speed limit on the highway...