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Originally Posted by Byte Stryke
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We have noticed that. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Byte Stryke
That Obvious eh?Quote:
Originally Posted by jerrymrc
I guess I just expect too much of the world and the people in it.
I give and People just want more.
When I Ask for a little back I get fu**ed over or blown-off.
I missed an Interview for a Net Admin Shot with SAIC Contracted to ICE last week...
Started at 75K/yr
would have set me back right.
Had no one to watch Little Byte.
Because I got blown off... forgotten.
Bet yer sweet-*** If people call me needing something, I better jump through flaming hoops.
pink tu-tu included
Little Byte is Sick,
Mother spent all week in the Hospital,
and to top it all off, there is also a general soul sucking sense of fu*kitude that seems to purvey everyone I talk to.
You know life sucks when you go to McD's to get yer kid a happy meal and the cashier gives you attitude.
:(
So in re-railing the thread, if I Piss anyone off, Don't take it personal. Chances are I am just lashing out at my life.
Don't worry just a little over a year and all will be fine.
Talk to some of your "brothers in blue" then. Its not like the growing tension between police and the law abiding citizenry is purely a case of tin-foil-hattery and irrational hatin'.Quote:
Originally Posted by OneGuy67
Last couple of times I've had dealings with the police as a victim of crime I've been treated either with disinterest or as a potential criminal to be investigated (had a gun stolen from my home during a real estate inspection and after I got a copy of the police report for insurance I discovered that the CSPD "Detective" spent his entire time investigating ME for "Filing a False Report" and flirting with one of the witnesses ... after I eventually submitted to a polygraph he realized I wasn't lying ... apparently nothing further was done and the primary suspect was ignored. I suspect its because he was a firefighter moonlighting as a home inspector ... Cops don't seem interested in going after one of their union brothers).
More and more when law abiding folk find themselves dealing with the police they are experiencing the same thing (only part of this is really the fault of the officers involved, the fact that government has an increasingly hostile attitude toward the people certainly puts the police in a bad position).
The problem is two fold, Part of the problem is the fact that politicians are making America a less free place with the law based less and less on the Constitution. The other problem is the culture developing within law enforcement. Too many police seem to see themselves as separate from the people (can't tell you how much it drives me nuts to hear police officers refer to their fellow citizens as "civilians" ... I have news for you bub based on the Posse Comitatus Act YOU are a civilian too).
Anyway, I appreciate the difficult job that cops have, and I understand that most of them are decent folk. But more and more you're going to see "cop bashing" here and elsewhere among law abiding folk until we return this country to the values it was built upon (both politically and culturally).
Couple questions:
1) Why did you rack the slide? You carry on an empty chamber?
2) Why did you put it on the dashboard?
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Originally Posted by DeusExMachina
i think thats whyQuote:
Originally Posted by spyder
Doesn't really answer the question for me...maybe racking the slide but putting the gun down is weird.
ill agree...spyder come backQuote:
Originally Posted by DeusExMachina
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Originally Posted by Zundfolge
Interesting thoughts. I can't disagree on some points. However, let me be the devil advocate here.
The cops aren't going to protect the hose draggers, just because they are firemen. There isn't a union we all are in and we aren't "union brothers". They got theirs, the IAFF and we got ours, the FOP. We are polite to each other out of respect for public service, but no different than we are to the military. I am an equal opportunity handcuffer. I put the metal bracelets on anyone and everyone. I'm sorry your experience with the CSPD wasn't a positive one. I can't train each and every officer in Colorado. I trained a bunch of them over the years and now, I police them.
You state, "More and more when law abiding folk find themselves dealing with the police they are experiencing the same thing (only part of this is really the fault of the officers involved, the fact that government has an increasingly hostile attitude toward the people certainly puts the police in a bad position)." That is true. However, we as cops are also getting the piss-poor, "I pay your salary" attitude from the general public everyday in most of the most basic interactions with people. The general population is angry at their government(s) and take it out on the visible entity of government: the cops. They expect CSI to be at their door for everything and get upset when DNA or fingerprints aren't taken for a car break in.
You state, "The other problem is the culture developing within law enforcement. Too many police seem to see themselves as separate from the people (can't tell you how much it drives me nuts to hear police officers refer to their fellow citizens as "civilians" ... I have news for you bub based on the Posse Comitatus Act YOU are a civilian too)." Frankly, that's been the attitude of law enforcement since the 1960's. It is a culture, no different than the military in which it models after, that calls non-military personnel "civilians". There is a separation between the masses and parts of the population, right or wrong, good or bad.
So, there is room for improvement on all sides. We can agree on a number of points and disagree on some others. The best thing that people forget is, we can have that discussion and argument. Try that in another country like Iraq, Iran, Libya, Syria, Ivory Coast, Sudan, etc.
CBI is probably there and they have confiscated his puter.