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How I Ended Up In Solitary After Calling 911 For Help

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Re: How I Ended Up In Solitary After Calling 911 For Help

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Post by learc83 »

rayiner wrote: post #38

The narrative is totally not credible. There are gaps where its obvious that the author did something to elicit a reaction, but what that was is omitted from the story. My guess would be that the author was being a smart ass, and given the drinking more belligerent than he recalls in retrospect. No, the cops shouldn't have roughed him up just for being a pompous asshole,[1] but the author should tell the whole story.…

I have plenty of problems with the way police departments are ran in this country, but I think he was probably a bit drunker than he mentioned in the story.

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Post by mahyarm »

morganvachon wrote: post #59
sergiotapia wrote: post #16

And this is why I fucking HATE COPS. I don't care if it's the few, this god damn country-wide gang is a piece of shit and I will do everything I can to avoid them and teach my two children about staying away as well. Fuck these pigs.

This kind of crap is why I left law enforcement after 14 years in it. I was a jailer for a while, and ended up hating myself for witnessing but not being able to stop things like the article author went through. I went from jailer to dispatcher, then terminal operator. Even there, detached as I was from the violence and corruption, I still knew I was supporting it as well. I'm finally out of that career, working as t…

This is exactly why it wont get fixed until the structural incentives of the system is fixed, which is a top level policy issue. A very very difficult political issue.

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Post by rickyc091 »

drcube wrote: post #41
BlackDeath3 wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Of course there are others. There are also many people having pleasant experiences with cops every day - they don't make it to the top of Hacker News.

Really? Who has pleasant experiences with cops besides other cops? Honest question.

I'm not saying all cops are great, but on occasion some can be nice.

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2014/01/police-officer...

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Post by dysoco »

I'm in the completely opposite.

Here the police is afraid of taking action, they won't chase a robber for fear of being injured or crash the car (yes, they pay for the police car repair). They are totally useless and some of them are even illiterate.

Those are the "good" cops, we also have cops involved with the mafia, this guys are a worse problem than criminals, believe me.

So, honestly, I'd rather live in the US. Just follow cop's orders and you'll be fine, at least they won't break into your house to steal your TV.

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Post by forrestthewoods »

BlackDeath3 wrote: post #80
forrestthewoods wrote: post #55

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If good cops don't publicly condemn this type of behavior then they are by definition not a good cop.

Who says that they don't? How many good cops do condemn this behavior? How many of them do you not hear about? What happens to cops who condemn other cops? As typical of somebody posting a throwaway comment to an online forum, I'm not sure that you've taken everything into account when you make such a broad statement.

I've quite thoroughly considered it. The police are a civil service given power and authority by the public. That power is turned around to abuse the public. Now, to whom does a private condemnation best serve? Hint: It's not the abused or oppressed.

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Post by EpicEng »

sneak wrote: post #33
GuiA wrote: post #26

Necessary link to Pr. Duane's lecture: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wXkI4t7nuc Don't talk to the police. Ever.

Don't pay taxes in places the cops are mostly criminals. Ever.

This will force you to become very intimate with the local prison guard population however.

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Post by johngalt »

cdelsolar wrote: post #68

One thousand good cops do not make up for one bad cop. Cops nearly ruined my life in 2006. I will write about it someday, but suffice it to say, I am out at least $30K (didn't bother doing the math because it's too depressing) and still paying for something I ABSOLUTELY HAD NOTHING AT ALL TO DO WITH. My only mistake was saying anything besides "I would like to speak with a lawyer" over and over. Do not speak to cops,…

The issue with the idea 'some good cops vs some bad cops' is that the good ones will still protect and aid the bad ones.

Re: How I Ended Up In Solitary After Calling 911 For Help

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Post by interstitial »

taybin wrote: post #58
10feet wrote: post #50

Earlier quoted context omitted.

When you call 911, don't you get the option for Police, Fire or Ambulance? That is the way it works in Australia.

In my location in the US, all three come when you call.

Same in my location, a neighbor had a small fire in the wall due to plumbing soldering: police, firetrucks and ambulance. Then extra police kept stopping by (I guess they were bored, and the paramedic chick was cute and flirty).
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