It’s been proven time and again that the cops don’t need to know or enforce actual laws. Suing cops is almost impossible, and when you sue the department, the taxpayers got the bill with little impact on the offending officer.
Police reform now.
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when you sue the department, the taxpayers got the bill with little impact on the offending officer.
Police officers and departments should be required to carry professional insurance policies to cover these payouts, just like doctors are required to carry malpractice insurance.
My son is a cop and I’m completely for this. He’s an intelligent empathetic man that would definitely speak truth to power if called upon to do so. And I would say he agrees that the job attracts ignorant belligerent bully types that love pushing people around. And this behavior needs to stop for sure.
It was about 10 years ago, but someone had interviewed a panel of police officers of different ranks from the counties in the bay area of California. When asked how many cops shouldn't be cops, one officer responded 75%. The others agreed with that figure.
How long until he's out for doing the right thing?
The thin blue line won't tolerate him forever.
You might be right.
…there are more than 12,200 local police departments nationwide…
Nearly half of all local police departments have fewer than 10 officers.
The guy could work with five or ten other normal people.
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Part of the problem is that police unions retaliate against any politician that tries to reform them.
At this point, the police themselves are literally organized crime.
Why do the police get powerful unions but we get fuck all
Because police are enforcers for the ruling class, not labor. Their union is categorically different from a labor union.
Turns out it's pretty easy to get concessions from your rulers when you're quite literally the last line of defense between their beloved status quo and the other peasants' revendications
At this point, spelled "from inception"
Don't forget the last bit, "and taxpayers continue not to care and blindly support the cops"
You forgot to add cry about taxes
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and these guys think they should be allowed to carry lethal armament their entire shifts. fuck you. this guy couldnt handle a finger
"you have no idea how hard our jobs are!!"
Meanwhile, a 15 year old is opening up a target store on black Friday.
Grow a pair or don't be a cop. Preferably the latter.
That finger looked like a gun, I was fearing for my life.
Clearly the cop fears for his an the publics safety. He could poke an eye out with that finger
He could have picked someone else's nose!
Republicans want these Snowflakes ARMED and in your Child's School!
and digging through classrooms looking for a book.
officer: "...So here’s the issue: Although it may be freedom of expression, it’s so unusual that it requires intervention to make sure you don’t need help of some kind.”
so here's a solution, i guess: everybody starts flippin-the-bird to cops, everywhere and all the time. now it's not 'unusual', it's the norm.
You guys weren't already doing this?
This is a very common example of freedom of expression in law schools. Unfortunately, law enforcement education on what the law is is shorter than this post.
I honestly wouldn’t expect a different response.
thats the problem.
Well, he didn't get shot (yet) so there's that.
Yeah it's because he's white, if he was black the cop would've killed him
All I gotta say is thank fuck for the proliferation of cameras.
Can you just imagine the shit cops in places like the South especially got away with pre-video?
Yes, yes we can, because what evidence did come out during those "dark ages" told the same exact thing, but with more racial slurs and the word, "boy" a lot.
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As far as I can tell, the lawsuit is still ongoing? This is the most recent court document I could find, but it’s more than a year old: https://www.vermontjudiciary.org/sites/default/files/documents/bombard%20v%20riggen%20mello%2021-cv-176%2011-2-22.pdf
Very interested to see how much the taxpayers have to pay for another cop abusing his power
I remember this one time Bush got the shoe. It ended up with many lenghty trials before the guy got sentenced for a year for what amounts to one of the biggest personal fuck-you acts in a recent history. And what would be the sentence for throwing a shoe at a random nobody officer from Vermont? Lemme guess...
There's a monument to the shoe in Tikrit now.
I found out Iraqi police required it to be removed after only two days. How disappointing.
Oh boo! Absolute fun sponges.
Edit: amazing quote at the end of that article...
Throwing shoes at someone is a sign of extreme contempt in Arab culture.
I mean I think that's a sign of extreme contempt anywhere :D
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What a douchebag
"Gregory Bombard was driving through St. Albans, Vermont, in February 2018 when"....
Bro this story is like 3 years old
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I guess Mr. Vermont man made his point.
The cop: "So here’s the issue: Although it may be freedom of expression, it’s so unusual that it requires intervention to make sure you don’t need help of some kind."
Tom Jones intensifies
Sigh. I wish I could convince people not to use sources like the New York Post or Fox News even if the story is correct. Don't give them money by going to their websites. They're Murdoch companies.
Here's an alternative link to the story that isn't right-wing trash media: https://lawandcrime.com/lawsuit/it-looked-like-you-flipped-me-off-driver-alleges-trooper-wrongfully-pulled-him-over-for-giving-him-the-finger/
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