Not only did I call the station and wirte the newspaper, but the paper wouldn't do shit so long as I named the cop and wouldn't do shit without a name and the tv station said they'd "look into it". Nothing ever came of it.
Less than 1% of complaints locally are found to have any merit. That's down from the 4% annual rate they had before they put cameras in the cars. Cops around here LOVE their dash cams.
Nah, I want no part of you. I feel like I need a shower just because we're sharing the same internet. Have you kidnapped any women and locked them in your basement lately?
Are you saying that you're Dirty, Elwood? Yes, but I was telling jokes at the time... Oh, noes. You must be right. I better go off myself because some pretty girl laughed at me. That's such a tragety. How will I ever Live with myself now. Your ms: is rather amusing, actually.
The new fiscal year started on October 1st. Dad made sure that there was enough money in their budget to equip every unit they have and every unit their going to buy in the coming year with a dash camera. They fuckin' love 'em.
Why, they all gather in the break room with some and watch the video of them bashing the Hippies and Coloreds before they "misplaced" the tapes? Note: Elwood, the joke had a great set up. I make no accusation toward your father, nor do I think he would ever condone any such action. I just couldn't pass up on the joke.
Right about now NWA court is in full effect. Judge Dre presiding in the case of NWA versus the police department. Prosecuting attourneys are MC Ren Ice Cube and Eazy muthafuckin E. Order order order. Ice Cube take the muthafuckin stand. Do you swear to tell the truth the whole truth and nothin but the truth so help your black ass? Why don't you tell everybody what the fuck you gotta say? Fuck tha police Comin straight from the underground Young nigga got it bad cuz I'm brown And not the other color so police think They have the authority to kill a minority Fuck that shit, cuz I ain't tha one For a punk muthafucka with a badge and a gun To be beatin on, and throwin in jail We could go toe to toe in the middle of a cell Fuckin with me cuz I'm a teenager With a little bit of gold and a pager Searchin my car, lookin for the product Thinkin every nigga is sellin narcotics You'd rather see me in the pen Then me and Lorenzo rollin in the Benzo Beat tha police outta shape And when I'm finished, bring the yellow tape To tape off the scene of the slaughter Still can't swallow bread and water I don't know if they fags or what Search a nigga down and grabbin his nuts And on the other hand, without a gun they can't get none But don't let it be a black and a white one Cuz they slam ya down to the street top Black police showin out for the white cop Ice Cube will swarm On any muthafucka in a blue uniform Just cuz I'm from the CPT, punk police are afraid of me A young nigga on a warpath And when I'm finished, it's gonna be a bloodbath Of cops, dyin in LA Yo Dre, I got somethin to say Fuck the police (4X)
No, I call bullshit because if you really wanted the cops name, you could get it. It's a matter of public record.
Oh, gods... they where laughing at me. I'm crippled with terror at the thought, and will now go crawl up into a ball in my closet. You are the master. Please make it stop.
I had his name on the ticket. He didn't want to give me his name when I asked him for it and for his badge number. Instead he threatened me for asking. And the newspaper wouldn't publish a letter to the editor with his name and wouldn't publish one without his name. His chief refused to meet with me and the mayor refused to meet with me and the magistrate didn't care. The Attorney General couldn't do anything without proof. But the police take care of us so it's a-okay for a few of us to get an unjust beating or threat.
I've never had any problems with any cops, and I've had a handful of "run ins". I treated them no differently than I try to treat everyone I interact with...politely...and they treated me the same. Additionally, I know personally several cops, and they seem pretty normal to me. About the only thing I've noticed that cops seem to do more than "normal" people, is they seem to cheat on their wifes more often. Interesting how some people's experiences are so radically different than others.
Awesome true crooked law enforcement story alert: Involves a game warden rather than a cop, but trust me they carry about the same weight... My father-in-law (we'll call him Jim) was hunting with two inexperienced hunters. One of them wounded a young cow elk (he had a an either-sex permit), but freaked out when it was running around wounded, and froze up. Jim took his gun and finished it off. A few minutes later here comes a game warden, and tickets Jim because he only had a bull permit. They also confiscated his gun and ammo. Jim knew he was busted for shooting a female with only a bull permit, and he was willing to pay the piper. Day of the trial, the game warden claims Jim shot a young bull elk in an area 5 miles from where he was hunting! They had 2 bullets from Jim's gun as evidence. Jim says "Hold the phone.....my buddy shot a cow elk, it was wounded, I finished it off. I'll gladly pay that fine." The judge says "the 2 bullets that some wardens dug out of a young bull elk came from your gun. That was the elk you shot, which was underage and carries a bigger fine." Of course Jim realized what had happened. Some wardens had found a recently killed young bull in the area 5 miles away. They had been trying and trying to catch poachers there. When someone shot the bull from a long distance and killed it, they took off when they spotted the wardens. So, the wardens found a golden opportunity....they took Jim's gun the other wardens had, pumped 2 rounds in the already killed elk, dug them out and now they had forensics evidence and they could pin it on Jim. Jim ended up with a 1500 dollar fine (in 1986 money) and couldn't hunt for 5 years.
Maybe I should have gone door to door in Proctorville, Ohio? Met everyone and hoped enough of them gave a shit at the next election to reign in the police department since neither the police chief nor the mayor seemed to.
I take that back. Some friends and I in college did have one strange run in with a few city cops in Marlboro, NC. They pulled us over (about six of them) and while they didn't threaten us in any way, it seemed like they were looking for an excuse to arrest us for something....anything... ...until a State Trooper pulled over (all the city cops looked like a bunch of kids that got caught smoking behind the gym), figured out what was going on, popped them all in their collective noses, and told us to be on our way.
