Re: I'm sure this will not be an isolated incident
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Wes126</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I didn't watch the video and don't care to. I was just wondering if any of you fuckers ever considered that the shitty attitude you and many civilians show towards law enforcement cause the issues you seem to be having with police?
I promise, if you show the same lack of respect in person that you flaunt on an Internet forum, you have talked yourself into tickets and possibly arrests that could have been warnings. Before you jump into how that's just a power trip cops get on, it's called taking the enforcement actions needed to deter further violations, as demonstrated by the behavior or the driver/suspect.
Nostradumbass, in my experience, farmers are uneducated and prefer fucking livestock to their wives. I'm sure there are exceptions. How did that make you feel? Appropriate screen name, btw.
Gunfighter, I'm not really even sure what you were getting at, but stop sneezing commas into your post.
Tyler, while no one likes to be filmed without their consent, we understand that it's part of the territory. The people doing it know it's irritating, and are doing it for that effect. They are exercising their rights and I'm happy for them. When they film a crime, that tape becomes evidence. If a cop wants it, he owns it. He will seize it, attach the appropriate evidence tag so it can be returned to the owner when the evidentiary value is extracted or expired, and log it into evidence. The amature videographer just got beaten at his own game, under the same rules he was using to defend his actions. Play stupid games... As far as catching charges, if you refuse to surrender the camera, impede with an officer's ability to carry out his duties, cause a disturbance of the peace, or violate the law in any other way, you may be arrested or issued a citation. This goes back to my comment about talking yourself into trouble.
Maggot, I don't know who you've spoken with. Regarding the "do as I say and shut up" you've heard, cops get tired of dealing with idiots who claim to know the law/Constitution/their rights better than we do. After a bit, all you can do is give them that instruction. Normally, we take quite a bit of time trying to explain all of the above to people we are dealing with and who might not agree with us. We don't have to, and some don't. It's not my job to make someone aware of the law, it's my job to enforce it. That's why laws have been written and made available to the public since seem obscure Babylonian named Hammurabi ruled about 3700 years ago. It's your job to learn them.
At the end of the day, we are still the ones you call when you get scared, and that gives us quite a bit of pleasure when dealing with assholes that call us corrupt, elitists, power hungry, and hypocrites. </div></div>
For someone that didn't read the OP's link, you sure had a lot to say for the 4th or so comment. And if you came here looking to be the big shit because you are a cop, you came to the wrong place pal.
Good cops and bad cops... Easy to tell really. The bad ones always stand up for another cop's bad behavior and make excuses for it, even if they never met, why? Because they do it too, and deep down they don't want to admit they are bad cops as well. In a nutshell, you insult a bad cop by calling out other bad cops.
In this case, good old wes stood up for a cop violating another's fourth amendment rights. No zeal to enforce the law there, no, he took up for the bad cop's behavior without even reading what she did first!
