people think they are a waste of our tax money.

hopefully none of you are like that.

6/18/2008 2:25:00 PM

police are just like any other employees at any other company. some of them are really good at what they do, and some of them are worthless assholes

6/18/2008 2:26:03 PM

i know i'm not!

6/18/2008 2:26:06 PM

they killed my brother yo.

6/18/2008 2:26:10 PM

i likehow they are like fuck the police butwhen ever someone gets fucked up and raped or in somekind of trouble, whos the first nigga you call

6/18/2008 2:26:13 PM

they hate the police until some sticks a gun in their face.

6/18/2008 2:26:47 PM

in general i have nothing against police. but i hate police officers who think they are better than everybody. ie: that video that came out of the cop freaking out on the kids skateboarding. there was a thread about it a while ago. those assholes give the rest of the police a bad reputation

6/18/2008 2:27:42 PM

Never there when you need em

Always there when you don't

6/18/2008 2:27:45 PM

6/18/2008 2:28:13 PM

^ thanks

6/18/2008 2:28:43 PM

http://www.charlotte.com/204/story/675373.html

6/18/2008 2:29:27 PM

hate is a strong word,

6/18/2008 2:32:18 PM

the only people who hate police are people that break the law

6/18/2008 2:34:08 PM

^ thats real.

6/18/2008 2:34:30 PM

Jeez, where do I start?

Most of them join the force for the swelled sense of importance and authority that comes from carrying a sidearm and acting condescending and intimidating to the people they come into contact with. Then they become even bigger assholes when they figure out that most of the public dislikes them. Some of them try to enforce laws that don't exist, and most of them do not have a thorough knowledge of the laws that do exist, acting on assumptions of what they think is probably the law. Most of them have an "us versus them" attitude, assume everyone is guilty of something, and have nothing but contempt for citizens' Constitutional rights. If we legalized all recreational drugs, a lot of the problems we have with cops would go away.

6/18/2008 2:49:12 PM

define recreational

6/18/2008 2:50:14 PM

^^so whats the solution then? if you cant beat em, join em? (ie buy a crown vic and add blue lights)

6/18/2008 2:51:55 PM

You should hate the fact that you got caught breaking a law, not the cop that enforced the law.

You don't hate your mailman because he delivers that huge credit card bill that you racked up, do you?

6/18/2008 2:52:29 PM

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"the only people who hate police are people that look like they might break the law"

Seriously though cops that could solve real crimes rather than harass people who break little obvious laws... that would be nice..

6/18/2008 2:52:33 PM

if you don't break the law then in general you have no reason to hate them.

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"You should hate the fact that you got caught breaking a law, not the cop that enforced the law. You don't hate your mailman because he delivers that huge credit card bill that you racked up, do you?"

excellent analogy

[Edited on June 18, 2008 at 2:54 PM. Reason : asdf]

6/18/2008 2:53:34 PM

I should have just said legalize all drugs... marijuana, cocaine, heroin, speed, meth, ecstasy, anything else people use to get fucked up. I envision a world where crack can be bought at a 7-11, but it would have a warning label like cigarettes already do, and would be restricted to adults over 18.

6/18/2008 2:55:23 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8z7NC5sgik

6/18/2008 2:55:31 PM

^^^ that is semi true because if you've never been through the court system for anything no matter how minuscule you have no idea how much they b.s. police reports how abusive they can be for no reason and as i've mentioned before i have three acquaintances from h.s. that were well on their way to the wrong side of the law before they went blue... One of which molested my ex girlfriend @ knife point.



I don't hate all police most of the older fellas are nice guys actually trying to make things better but many of the younger ones are like a pittbull with a red rocket just looking for something to fuck.



[Edited on June 18, 2008 at 2:58 PM. Reason : .]

6/18/2008 2:56:55 PM

I don't like cops because they are such fucking idiots and incompetent.

Also, my sister once went through a particularly nasty breakup with her current boy friend, and one of his friends put a deer head in a card board box and wrapped it like a present and put it at the end of our driveway.

We call the cops and eventually it turns out that the guy who did it was the son of the chief of police...or at least that was one of the friends. Nothing came out of that case

6/18/2008 3:00:24 PM

I think there should be half as many cops on patrol, but the ones that are should require more education more psych screening and earn a decent salary.

6/18/2008 3:01:46 PM

4 year degree or 1 enlistment in the military, and def a mental eval should be required

6/18/2008 3:03:09 PM

most cops are younger than me, have committed more crimes than me, don't drive as well as me, and aren't as smart as me.

6/18/2008 3:03:11 PM

but they are a cop and got the upper hand nothing you can do about it either, so i accept it

6/18/2008 3:05:52 PM

while I am at it, I hate all my teachers that gave me failing grades for the classes that I skipped and didn't study for the tests.

6/18/2008 3:05:55 PM

I also hate all gas station owners because the price of gas is so high

6/18/2008 3:08:48 PM

I hate the referees who gave the Celtics the series

6/18/2008 3:11:18 PM

I hate bartenders for my headache the next morning

6/18/2008 3:12:56 PM

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"the only people who hate police are people that break the law"

really,,, so show me a person who has never broken a law, or won't break one in the future.

power corrupts. there are plenty of honest law officers in the world, but those who abuse their power perpetuate the stereotype. that being said, i don't expect much out of the police, except the possibility of speeding tickets.

6/18/2008 3:13:13 PM

[Edited on June 18, 2008 at 3:14 PM. Reason : nvmd]

6/18/2008 3:13:51 PM

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"really,,, so show me a person who has never broken a law, or won't break one in the future."

Maybe I should rephrase that. The only people who hate the police are people who GET CAUGHT breaking the law

6/18/2008 3:17:46 PM

sure most people have broke the law, but people that habitually break the law other than like speeding and such, especially on a felony level are what he was talking about. and then if you break the law and get caught oh well, but why hate them?

6/18/2008 3:18:00 PM

If you are wronged by a cop, (meaning you get caught doing something wrong and the cop is just a total dickhead to you) then sure, you can hate THAT cop. But that isn't an excuse to hate the entire police force. When it is all said and done, you still broke the law.

Hate a cop for being an asshole, but don't hate him for doing his job.

6/18/2008 3:20:34 PM

because sting is an asshole

6/18/2008 3:28:20 PM

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"most cops are younger than me, have committed more crimes than me, don't drive as well as me, and aren't as smart as me."

6/18/2008 4:01:43 PM

http://www.newsobserver.com/news/crime_safety/story/1113156.html

6/19/2008 2:13:35 PM

I think people just like to say they hate the police.

6/19/2008 2:21:33 PM

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"Most of them join the force for the swelled sense of importance and authority that comes from carrying a sidearm and acting condescending and intimidating to the people they come into contact with. Then they become even bigger assholes when they figure out that most of the public dislikes them. Some of them try to enforce laws that don't exist, and most of them do not have a thorough knowledge of the laws that do exist, acting on assumptions of what they think is probably the law. Most of them have an "us versus them" attitude, assume everyone is guilty of something, and have nothing but contempt for citizens' Constitutional rights. If we legalized all recreational drugs, a lot of the problems we have with cops would go away."

Some dick HWP near Albamarle gave me a 2nd ticket after the 69 in a 55 speeding ticket; because i told him that my current mailing address is different then the one on my license. I tried to explain to him that the one on my license was my permanent address but since I am in college in Raleigh; i needed all my ticket correspondence (lawyer letters, court stuff) sent to my college address. Being some red neck power tripped cop he did not seem to understand this......

saying some crap about how i needed to get my license changed to my 'new' address. I guess i am supposed to pay the state of NC $15 every fucking year i am in college as I change of apartments/dorms/frat houses.

6/19/2008 2:21:57 PM

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"So Velasquez took the test. "I blew a point-zero-zero, which is nothing, because I hadn't had anything in my system," he said. But Velasquez was arrested for driving while impaired and resisting an officer, charges that put him before a magistrate. The magistrate dismissed the DWI charge, saying there was no probable cause."

Shows that ultimately the criminal justice system worked, but only because the courts corrected an enforcement mistake. Unfortunately, I feel this is too often the case, and sometimes individuals are prosecuted to the full extent simply. There is usually an assumption that if you are in a court room, you have done something (wrong) to get there.

6/19/2008 2:22:54 PM

how can you hate the police?! I love the police...zenyatta mondatta is one of my favorite albums!



oh wait..........

6/19/2008 2:28:49 PM

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"saying some crap about how i needed to get my license changed to my 'new' address. I guess i am supposed to pay the state of NC $15 every fucking year i am in college as I change of apartments/dorms/frat houses."

I think the law provides an exception for students living in temporary housing. They will dismiss it. If a cop ever asks you if its your current adress just say yes in the future.

6/19/2008 2:29:00 PM

the "magistrate" in question was the guy you go see in jail to have your bond set and stuff. regardless of the fact that "the justice system fixed everything," that guy was forcibly removed from his vehicle, taken to jail, had to go through the humiliating shit to get to a cell and sit there for a while. then i'm sure when he was released they just put him outside the jail/courthouse and he had to find his own damn way back to his car or home.

that kind of thing is psychologically damaging! thats why people hate cops. I never truly knew the feeling of hate until I was arrested for a traffic ticket by some moron on a power trip.

6/19/2008 2:35:45 PM

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"Shows that ultimately the criminal justice system worked, but only because the courts corrected an enforcement mistake. Unfortunately, I feel this is too often the case, and sometimes individuals are prosecuted to the full extent simply. There is usually an assumption that if you are in a court room, you have done something (wrong) to get there."

Even if you are cleared of the charges future employers can find out you were once charged... Basically if you did nothing and proved you did nothing you still get screwed. Thank you, judicial system for your support.

6/19/2008 2:43:20 PM

Quote :

"FUCK DA POLICE"

6/19/2008 2:43:58 PM

^^^ agreed. In this case and many others are put through a psychological and judicial gauntlet even when they are completely innocent. Racial profiling is a side factor of this, but regardless it shows the weaknesses within the law enforcement infrastructure.

[Edited on June 19, 2008 at 2:44 PM. Reason : quick draw]

6/19/2008 2:44:16 PM

basically it boils down to the fact that when people are given a reason to feel they have a large measure of authority over others, statistically, they generally become abusive homosexuals. Combine that with theory that bullies and those trying to find self-worth by any means tend to flock to the career-path. Now remove nearly all outside accountability and trust the group to police themselves.

6/19/2008 2:44:36 PM