Cops being cops

[Tom Joad]

Originally Posted by barbara

Gee, Tom, sounds like you should have called a miracle worker instead of a cop.

If you really thought they were going to drop everything to find stuff stolen from your carport or the guy that beaned you with a beer bottle when they have real crimes to deal with (like, uh.... Gun violence, domestic abuse and maybe even murder) then you are really stupid.....

Oh wait..... I keep forgetting..... You are smarter than the rest of us.....

Really?

Well there was one here in Mobile that was willing to drop everything an write me a fucking parking ticket three minutes after the meter had run out. I guess that was a real crime.

Howabout the asshole that stopped Sandra Bland for not signaling a lane change?

Or the guy in South Carolina for having a third brake light out?

Or the one out in Texas that beat the shit out of that 78 year old guy who had an expired inspection sticker?

Boy I sure am glad the cops are out there protecting me from hardened criminals committing heinous crimes like that.

[barbara]

Probably is a crime if you got a ticket.

In most cities, the person giving you a parking ticket is designated to do just that and is not assigned to other criminal cases.

I'm genuinely surprised you didn't talk him out of the ticket.... I mean, with your superior intelligence and all.... Talking a mere cop out of a ticket should have been a cake walk for you.

[Tom Joad]

Originally Posted by barbara

Probably is a crime if you got a ticket.

In most cities, the person giving you a parking ticket is designated to do just that and is not assigned to other criminal cases.

I'm genuinely surprised you didn't talk him out of the ticket.... I mean, with your superior intelligence and all.... Talking a mere cop out of a ticket should have been a cake walk for you.

Oh no, they have a zero tolerance for big time criminals like me.

By the way, you know what I was doing downtown?

I was registering to vote.

They probably consider that a crime down here because I'm not a Republican.

[barbara]

Originally Posted by Tom Joad

Oh no, they have a zero tolerance for big time criminals like me.



By the way, you know what I was doing downtown?



I was registering to vote.



They probably consider that a crime down here because I'm not a Republican.

I suspect their tolerance level has a direct correlation to the amount of attitude they receive from the person they are dealing with.

[Tom Joad]

Originally Posted by barbara

I suspect their tolerance level has a direct correlation to the amount of attitude they receive from the person they are dealing with.

I think it has more to do with the amount of melanin in the persons skin and the amount of dollars in their bank account.

The attitude is due to certain persons knowing that their high melanin count combined with their low bank account balance means that they are going to get fucked no matter what.

[Zeke]

Originally Posted by barbara

I suspect their tolerance level has a direct correlation to the amount of attitude they receive from the person they are dealing with.

A hit! A palpable hit!

[Tom Joad]

https://www.yahoo.com/news/chicago-p...163400926.html

Just when you thought the scandal-ridden Chicago Police Department was ready to collapse under the weight of its own idiocy, it goes and does something like this. According to DNA Info, 80% of dashboard cameras in CPD patrol vehicles don't record audio — either because officers are activating them incorrectly, or because they're intentionally damaging or concealing them.