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Norm - My dad was a cop, so I've stated my bias up
front.
There are some bad cops, it goes without saying. There
are also bad milkmen, teachers, priests and
ministers...people in general, but - in general, cops
are everyday people doing a hellish job.
Cops - to the extent that they deliberately,
purposely, step into harm's way every single shift
they work - for the purpose of protecting your
ungrateful ass - are worthy of greater protection from
our courts than what they are given. They are the line
between safety and anarchy on the streets, flawed
though they might be.
As a child, I remember my mother's fear when Dad went
to work one day on a dangerous stakeout - we were
fortunate, Dad always came home, but Mom lived twelve
hours of fear for her husband. Not every cop's wife
and family is so fortunate as was ours.
Sure, some cops make stupid decisions and some abuse
their power - happens in every arena of life, but when
you live with and come to understand the intense
pressures - imagine having to face a knife at your
gut, held by a terrified, abused wife you've come to
protect, as happened to my Dad - or have to live with
the knowledge that you had to shoot and kill someone
to protect yourself or another; imagine the cops
working on the child sex unit, having to watch
unimaginable filth in order to arrest paedophiles who
would harm our children, and what that must do to them
- and most people cannot begin to imagine such a thing
- then you'll know just a tiny bit about what living a
cop's life is.
So don't whine about getting an unjust ticket. Go to
court and fight it. That's what the process is all
about.
Wally
--- Norm of Bandersnatch <>
wrote:
>
> This reminds me of a story I heard on a TV interview
> with a holocaust survivor.
>
> When the Nazis were first coming into power a Jewish
> man went to a police station to lodge a complaint
> about someone doing something illegal to his family,
> I don't remember what it was, but the police
> response was to strip off his clothes and beat him
> brutally.
>
> I would expect to be attacked if I were foolish
> enough to go to a police station to complain about
> police abuse, like going into a snake pit to
> complain about a rattlesnake that bit you.
>
> As reported on this list, I was attacked by citation
> for claiming there was no requirement that I carry a
> fire extinguisher in my dinghy by the cop in St
> Augustine accusing me of violating a rule that did
> not exist. I felt fortunate that Jan was with me.
> Then I was further attacked by doubling of the fine
> from $65 to $113 when I applied to go to court.
>
> Reminds me of the case we saw on TV in NYC the last
> time we were there. A man was arrested on suspicion
> of killing a cop. While in custody he was beaten
> into a coma by three cops. While unconscious he was
> sprayed with pepper spray which cause his breathing
> passages to swell closed and kill him. They had
> grabbed the wrong man, he was completely innocent.
> I don't know what happened to the cops but I'll bet
> they are still alive.
>
> From watching the news reports of cops' unusually
> enthusiastic response to a "cop killing" it is clear
> that they see themselves as worth much more than the
> rest of us.
>
> Norm
> S/V Bandersnatch
> Lying 30 07.7N 081 39.6W
> Julington Creek Estuary FL
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From:
> To:
> Sent: 9/3/2006 2:59:45 PM
> Subject: lv-ab: re: Police Stop
>
>
> Hi,
>
> The attached link ( you may have to copy and paste)
> gives interesting information as to police stops.
>
> It recommends never to go to police headquarters to
> make a complaint about a police officer yourself,
> but rather to always use an attorney.
>
> Bob
>
>
>
http://flyservers.com/members5/policecrime.com/police.html
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