Another step towards 1984

[Mordrak]

I don’t disagree with you Flowers in general. Certainly after I became acquainted with a very affable and likable police officer (as long as you didn’t fuck with him), I’ll never trust police again. Here, check this post out circa 2007.

@Mordrak

See what I mean?

Marcus, I’ve heard all of this from the same person:

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[li]Sitting idly by while watching someone is assaulted because said officer believed they deserved it.[/li][li]Continuing to assault a suspect that had already stopped resisting.[/li][li]The legal harassment of persons who just annoyed him or made his job difficult.[/li][li]Actively obtaining evidence against judges for blackmail if he ever felt he needed a warrant super quick.[/li][li]Planting evidence.[/li][li]Playing cop games like going out and seeing who can make the quickest arrest (goal is within 5 minutes).[/li][li]In the process of doing said action, stopping people without cause. His words, “You never have a reason before hand, you can always find something after the fact.”[/li][li]Judged his job performance by the number of arrests he made.[/li][li]Referred to his uniform as his “Superman” outfit.[/ul][/li]
Keep in mind, he was not alone in most of these actions. He was also promoted because he was such a good cop.

I don’t know how much of the above is just his bravado, but honestly, it doesn’t matter. The fact that he’s bragging says more than enough about his personality.

So yeah, I don’t trust cops. They aren’t there to help people, they are there to arrest them.

So I agree with you Flowers, don’t give them the rope to hang you with. However, there’s a much better way to do that than poking them with a verbal stick. If you make that a habit, eventually they will provide a rope to hang you and then say it was yours. Ahem, legally speaking of course.

Edit: And of course, not all cops start out that way. But remember, these are guys who get shot for showing up to a domestic disturbance about a dog urinating on the carpet. Eventually, they can get to a point where they see a lot of people as the enemy out of a survival instinct and a way to deal. That doesn’t mean you can start trusting them, but at the same time, keep that in mind before you feel like giving them a piece of yours.