who doesn't care about the rights of the people in his state. Some are simply bought outright by businesses, while others are under the control of special interest groups.
Are there any governors in the U.S. that truly care about their citizens?
if they find any drugs or contraband then it will be seized and the people there arrested. Even if they are only allowed to seize stuff related to copying CD/DVD, they will be on the premises and can see the stuff and can then simply go and demand a warrant for the drugs, stating "we have seen the stuff!"
Himmler would be proud; we are more and more turning our cops/military into the Gestapo/SS
Plain an simple, the TSA agents are perverts. They absolutely love to fondle people, especially women and teenage girls. They get away with things that would send the rest of us to prison for a long time.
And how many terrorists has the TSA actually caught?
is clearly showing they are the current edition of the Gestapo.
The Commissioner said he would "open an investigation", which is clearly doublespeak for "we will prove the cops acted correctly:."
This clearly shows why the cops want to make it illegal to videotape their actions: they want to avoid another 'Rodney King' incident by outlawing videotape of cops beating the crap out of people.
We are in far far mor danger from our own cops than from the Taliban or any crazy Jihadists.
Our cops are no longer there to protect citizens; they simply are out of control thugs doing the bidding of whoever pays them the most. At the moment it's the super rich Wall Street executives.
namely Himmler and his long gone cohorts from the Gestapo. We are in far more danger from our own "cops" than from Al Qaeda, the Taliban, and all the Islamic Jihadists in the world. When was the last time a terrorist tasered and beat the crap out of a citizen in the U.S.? Or pepper-sprayed an innocent bystander?
We move towards a time when no one should trust any cop.
Do the cops' uniforms in Illinois have a swastika armband?
I think the cops are just trying to prevent someone from recording them beating the crap out of innocent people. There will not be a Rodney King incident in Illinois because videotaping the incident will be a crime and the video destroyed. Great for corrupt cops, terrible for honest people.
that the State Department didn't simply send in one of the DOJ Gestapo agents and make the guy disappear permanently. That's the way a true police state operates.
My word, can the cops get any more crazy? Are they reading training manuals in German from the Gestapo?
One would think a university would have more sense, but I guess not. The cops there don't understand that by "fascism" the poster means the cops. dumb.
the police are worried that they will be caught on tape beating the crap out of someone without provocation. Too many states (like Illinois) and cities want to prevent another Rodney King incident by forbidding anyone to tape the police doing anything.
The police will always find some way to arrest people that annoy them.
they go to any lengths to pursue vindictive attacks on people. Remind me not to visit Illinois; next thing you know possession of a videocamera will be a felony. How corrupt is the state anyway? The corrupt cops hate the cameras, the honest ones welcome thm.
I spoke to a police officer in my town about it; he said "We know there are cameras - we ignore them and pay attention to doing our job. They are actually an incentive to being careful about how we go about things. The cameras can help us in cases where the police officer is attacked."
that it's not only cops in the U.S. who don't hesitate to use excessive force. I never cease to be amazed at what the police do and then the so-called "internal affairs" investigates, but the real goal of "IA" is to say the cop acted correctly.
Nowdays, people are rightly worried if a cop approaches them. It doesn't matter if you are simply taking a walk; you're subject to pepper spray, being tasered, thrown to the ground and arrested at any time.
will continue to use the technology anyway. Neither the local cops nor the federal spooks give a rats tushie about whether or not anything they do is legal or not.
The spooks firmly believes that they are justified in using any means available for catching "terrorists" (anyone muslim or arabic), child pornographers, drug dealers, and people who criticize the government.
would police need a reason to just pepper spray people? The police are not on your side - if they think you are not being appropriately submissive you get sprayed or tased.
And complaining to the NYPD isn't going to work - they will ALWAYS back up their cops. "Internal Affairs" exists to show that cops did the appropriate thing, NOT to see if cops did anything wrong.
it goes. The important thing for most cops is to catch criminals. Cops now tend to perceive all people defined in 3 classes: Cops, Criminals, and People who will become criminals in time.This is a huge change from 50-100 years ago when cops were there to help people.
Don't forget that number of arrests and tickets are the way cops are rated for job performance. Helping people no longer counts.
that cops that abuse people get away with it this shows it for sure. The days are long long past when cops in general really try to protect people. I think part of this is due to the environment - you work in a nasty neighborhood, you become just as nasty as the criminals that live there. They develop a mentality that there are only perhaps 3 classes of people: Cops, Criminals, and Criminals we haven't arrested yet.
The police probably will give the cop a commendation for reducing crime and disorderly conduct.
I would much rather encounter a mugger on the street than a cop. A mugger usually only wants your wallet/purse and phone, plus you have a chance to fight back or run. With a cop, you can be thrown down and arrested if you fail to look properly obedient and subservient. An encounter with a cop can result in a criminal record, extensive legal fees, and time in jail, regardless if whether or not you committed any crime.
I remember walking around one of the wealthier suburbs of Boston along 128, and saw a cop getting ready to ticket an illegally parked car; I looked up to see what the sign said, and the cop starts screaming at me "You can't park there! It is illegal!!!" I stepped back and said "But it's not my car! I'm parked legally 3 blocks away!" I try to avoid that town now.
It really doesn't matter what the law says or what people the DOJ says; the government will ignore any provision of any law in order to do whatever they feel like.
Need warrant for spying? Simply ignore the need and go ahead and spy.
Are you arabic and muslim? You're definitely a probable terrorist who needs to be watched and there is no need for any warrants or other such silly judicial games.
"if you are doing nothing wrong, you have nothing to worry about", which cops use a lot. Unfortunately they don't believe it should apply to them.
They are afraid of another Rodney King incident, but their idea of how to avoid it is to ban taping the cops.
Cops are really afraid of video since witnesses can be suborned and discredited, but a video is hard to argue with in court.
And of course what if you video an incident where a crazy person charged a cop and the cop properly defends himself and shoots him - I bet the cops would be happy to have that to help their case.
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Another governor..
Are there any governors in the U.S. that truly care about their citizens?
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And of course..
Himmler would be proud; we are more and more turning our cops/military into the Gestapo/SS
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TSA...pervs
And how many terrorists has the TSA actually caught?
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NYPD...
The Commissioner said he would "open an investigation", which is clearly doublespeak for "we will prove the cops acted correctly:."
This clearly shows why the cops want to make it illegal to videotape their actions: they want to avoid another 'Rodney King' incident by outlawing videotape of cops beating the crap out of people.
We are in far far mor danger from our own cops than from the Taliban or any crazy Jihadists.
Our cops are no longer there to protect citizens; they simply are out of control thugs doing the bidding of whoever pays them the most. At the moment it's the super rich Wall Street executives.
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Someone would be proud...
We move towards a time when no one should trust any cop.
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Uniforms..
I think the cops are just trying to prevent someone from recording them beating the crap out of innocent people. There will not be a Rodney King incident in Illinois because videotaping the incident will be a crime and the video destroyed. Great for corrupt cops, terrible for honest people.
On the post: Guy Arrested, Threatened With 15 Years For Recording Traffic Stop In Illinois
Himmler..
Remind me never to visit Illinois; the cops are like the Gestapo there.
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Surprised..
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Typical..
One would think a university would have more sense, but I guess not. The cops there don't understand that by "fascism" the poster means the cops. dumb.
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Just shows...
The police will always find some way to arrest people that annoy them.
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Typical for the cops..
I spoke to a police officer in my town about it; he said "We know there are cameras - we ignore them and pay attention to doing our job. They are actually an incentive to being careful about how we go about things. The cameras can help us in cases where the police officer is attacked."
So not all the cops are corrupt cretins.
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Good to know..
Nowdays, people are rightly worried if a cop approaches them. It doesn't matter if you are simply taking a walk; you're subject to pepper spray, being tasered, thrown to the ground and arrested at any time.
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"law enforcement".
The spooks firmly believes that they are justified in using any means available for catching "terrorists" (anyone muslim or arabic), child pornographers, drug dealers, and people who criticize the government.
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Why..
And complaining to the NYPD isn't going to work - they will ALWAYS back up their cops. "Internal Affairs" exists to show that cops did the appropriate thing, NOT to see if cops did anything wrong.
Just avoid cops and you will be far safer.
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It's the way..
Don't forget that number of arrests and tickets are the way cops are rated for job performance. Helping people no longer counts.
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No surprise.
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If anyone had doubts..
The police probably will give the cop a commendation for reducing crime and disorderly conduct.
I would much rather encounter a mugger on the street than a cop. A mugger usually only wants your wallet/purse and phone, plus you have a chance to fight back or run. With a cop, you can be thrown down and arrested if you fail to look properly obedient and subservient. An encounter with a cop can result in a criminal record, extensive legal fees, and time in jail, regardless if whether or not you committed any crime.
I remember walking around one of the wealthier suburbs of Boston along 128, and saw a cop getting ready to ticket an illegally parked car; I looked up to see what the sign said, and the cop starts screaming at me "You can't park there! It is illegal!!!" I stepped back and said "But it's not my car! I'm parked legally 3 blocks away!" I try to avoid that town now.
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Moot point.
Need warrant for spying? Simply ignore the need and go ahead and spy.
Are you arabic and muslim? You're definitely a probable terrorist who needs to be watched and there is no need for any warrants or other such silly judicial games.
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Anybody want to bet...
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They have a saying...
They are afraid of another Rodney King incident, but their idea of how to avoid it is to ban taping the cops.
Cops are really afraid of video since witnesses can be suborned and discredited, but a video is hard to argue with in court.
And of course what if you video an incident where a crazy person charged a cop and the cop properly defends himself and shoots him - I bet the cops would be happy to have that to help their case.
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