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Originally Posted by bronco67
many cops are scared of their own shadow -- that's why this silly shit keeps happening..
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My mom was s deputy sheriff in the 1970's. I have a stepbrother and two cousins who are city cops.
I think it has nothing to do with cops being "scared" and a lot more to do with them having the ability to pretty much do anything they want to you these days.
I was around the sheriffs dept. every day growing up as a kid. Rode with deputies, watched them work, etc.
As a teenager I had my share of being a young hoodlum and having run-ins with city cops.
As a young man in the 1980's living down in Ft. Lauderdale/Miami palying in bands at every bar in Southern Fla. I had plenty of interactions with cops.
Things were a LOT different back then.
I can remember being pulled over by the cops and arguing with them and even getting into heated arguments. Same with cops on foot patrol on the Ft. Lauderdale strip during spring break in the 1980's.
Back then they weren't allowed to just search you, you didn't have to "obey" their "commands", they couldn't search your car or your girlfriend's purse, etc.
Fast forward to 2012: I wouldn't DARE even ask a cop "why am I being pulled over"
And yeah, they shoot people all the time and never face any consequences.
Here in Vegas there have been an all time record of cops shooting and killing people in 2012. Not one cop has been charged with anything.
Over the years the govt. has given them more and more power as part of the failed "drug war". They really are a bit out of control.
I remember when you could literally tell a cop "no" when they "ordered" you around (not talking about a situation where you are being arrested, but just a normal interaction on the street or at a concert event).
Try that now and you'll get your ass beat, handcuffed, and thrown in the back of the police car and off to jail.
