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Originally posted by old_god
Love how "progressive" America is, yeah good one guys, show the world why you have the right to police other countries when you can't even police your own.
Shame on you.
Originally posted by suz62
Originally posted by old_god
Love how "progressive" America is, yeah good one guys, show the world why you have the right to police other countries when you can't even police your own.
Shame on you.
Try not to condemn our entire country based on the behavior of one of its subcultures.
Well, maybe that's how they do it on Pluto but here in the real world free citizens are not required to behave like suspects. Despite what you seem to think we do not live in a police state.
Originally posted by Observor
reply to post by suz62
Well, maybe that's how they do it on Pluto but here in the real world free citizens are not required to behave like suspects. Despite what you seem to think we do not live in a police state.
Who said anything about a police state?
Feel free to push you luck "free citizen"! Or perhaps you are a cop?
Originally posted by Observor
Looks like most people on here didn't get the memo.
While it is true that in a Court of Law, a person is innocent until proven guilty, when a person attracts the attention of an LEO he/she is guilty by that very fact and any action taken by the LEO is justified until the LEO is satisfied the person is not guilty. This woman is lucky to be alive. If the cop believed she was attempting to draw a weapon (it is no longer necessary for it to be a firearm, even a Swiss Army knife can be deadly) instead of merely taking a threatening posture, she would have been shot dead like the woman in Costco.
Here are some survival tips when you see a cop and the cop is looking at you or seems to be talking to you.
1. Drop whatever you have in your hands and raise your arms with open palms. Do this slowly or you'll get shot immediately.
2. Get on the ground and lie face down, with your hands on the top of your head.
3. Wait for a cop to walk to you, satisfy himself/herself that you are no threat (this may require taking a few kicks in the body) and ask you to get up and leave.
4. If you are hard of hearing state the thing when the cop walks to you.
This is the standard behaviour expected of anyone who doesn't have anything to hide. Everyone else deserves what they get.
I don't interact with the police because I give them no cause to interact with me.