So, I had an interesting day today...
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So, I had an interesting day today...
who ever calls the cops first usually wins.........
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Originally Posted by spyder
report filed, evidence taken. They will track down the guy by the plate number and ask him some questions and see if he wants to file a complaint.
If so, it goes to court, you explain he had a deadly weapon, exhibit A, you prepared to defend yourself. case closed.
Kinda,
Then we heckle the living hell out of you for having to rack it.[LOL]
(I kid)
If you have the bat he left that is good proof that "you were in fear for your familys safety". Nothing will come of it probably. They will come take a statement because they have to and head to dinner.Quote:
Originally Posted by henpecked
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Originally Posted by henpecked
and the dumb-ass that left his deadly weapon behind with fingerprints usually does time.
It's spelled SPIC as in SPIC and SPAN.
Fuck him unless he lies, and from your description he's an upstanding member of society, you should be good. At least I'd hope.
Good for you.
And hope for no retaliation from his primos.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jordanls19
You were in "fear for your life"
between your aunt and this guy your day has sucked[Coffee]
I think the sherriff is outside, but can't find the place... Anyway, I think he is here.
Well, I didn't know what to expect, but, that wasn't it... As said somewhere in here, they took my information, statement, description of the guy and car, the bat, and went on their way. Huh... maybe I watch too much of that CSI shit with my wife... [ROFL1]
... I wanted to make sure the wanabe gang banger knew I was serious, a little dramatic, maybe...Quote:
Originally Posted by Byte Stryke
I figured that would be a big point in all of it if anything came of this.Quote:
Originally Posted by Byte Stryke
Ya, still pissed about the picture. [Bang]Quote:
Originally Posted by henpecked
well that was kinda a disappointing ending to the story
Hopefully that's that. I hate to think of a scenario where he got your plate number and passes it on to his buddies. People like him don't think rationally.
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Originally Posted by spyder
sheeeet
they took a report
they filed said report
and that's ALL that will happen of it.
Kinda cool. now gotta watch for the idiot elsewhere.
They will follow up on the license plate. Any patrol officer will.
Got to love the anti-cop crowd here on the forum. Makes me wonder why I bother to help the public when there are haters like those on the forum that want to second guess and Monday quarterback everything.
Should have put 2 or 3 (or 13 if you have a 9mm [ROFL1]) in him and let the bat as evidence speak for itself as it laid in a puddle... [AR15]
OneGuy don't feel so bad..everyone hates the ref in a sports game, and could totally make better calls too..Quote:
Originally Posted by OneGuy67
Oneguy I support the law enforcement community and hope my comment was not the one you were refering to......
And spyder as man pretty as you are you would have been real popular with the inmates[ROFL2]
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Originally Posted by OneGuy67
Hey hey hey there Mr. Gloomy-pants
I think someone needs a hug.
:D
If you re-read my initial Post, I gave credit.
"They will track down the guy by the plate number and ask him some questions and see if he wants to file a complaint."
In all Honesty as weapons were "Drawn/Wielded" there will be follow-up
Almost Guaranteed someone will wind up in cuffs even if for a little bit.
No Promise there will be charges filed, and that's not up to the cops.
You filed the complaint. They took the evidence. You used only the level of force necessary to stop the assault. Shooting him vs what you did would NOT have been better despite what the peanut gallery says.
The cops will follow up on the complaint and it will go from there. You handled it well IMO.
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Originally Posted by SA Friday
^+1
(Only one peanut was calling for blood)
Nah Byte,Quote:
Originally Posted by Byte Stryke
Just wondering if the tin foil is fitting a little tight on the ol' head, given some of the postings I've seen from you as of late. Don't want the circulation to get cut off, ya know?
[Coffee]
Nope, not your comments...Quote:
Originally Posted by henpecked
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Originally Posted by OneGuy67
The world is starting to suck the patience, tolerance and soul from me.
Bitterness and anger are starting to take their place.
Don't you still owe me a beer?
:D
Holy s**t! For a minute I thought I wrote that and forgot. I may need a drink.Quote:
Originally Posted by Byte Stryke
No... it's me.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bailey Guns
Just been a bad month with no predictions of getting any better.
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Originally Posted by OneGuy67
Aint no hatein. Just reality, if theirs no dead body nothing comes of it. If your car gets jacked they spend 3 hours to get to your house, take a report and thats it. If some drunk lady runs her car through your yard and runs into your house they take 2 hours, dont even care thats shes drunk, give her a ticket and off they go. When gang members attack a guy in a car with golf clubs and bats and cause a big scene they show up, check for warrants then let them go. The cop actually told me, since I was out front and called it in, "if they come back and bother you for calling take care of it then call 911". LEO's are busy and have to prioritize, they cant take care of everything. For the record the last 2 were in Las Vegas. The first was here, and since we knew the guy that took the car the cops told us we had to handle it on our own, they wouldnt get involved because "we probably gave him permission".
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Originally Posted by Byte Stryke
Yes I do! Stuart keeps reminding about it and how I somehow missed your birthday outing. We'll have to make time sometime soon.
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.