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kestrel91316 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-23-09 10:49 PM
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17. They most certainly DO need a legitimate reason if they wish to avoid
being charged with false arrest. More people need to pursue that avenue when wronged in this way. Maybe a few bad cops need to be fucking bankrupted by civil damage awards. They get away with far too much of this crap.
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  -Folks, if you make a cop mad they WILL arrest you. They don't need a legimate reason! KansasVoter  Jul-23-09 10:34 PM   #0 
  - What if you say...  MrMickeysMom   Jul-23-09 10:37 PM   #1 
  - In the Ninth Federal Circuit, at least...  Davis_X_Machina   Jul-23-09 10:48 PM   #16 
  - Yeah it sucks...  TTUBatfan2008   Jul-23-09 10:37 PM   #2 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Jul-23-09 10:38 PM   #3 
  - LOL! n/t  firedupdem   Jul-23-09 10:39 PM   #6 
  - Touché  freddie mertz   Jul-24-09 09:37 AM   #60 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Jul-23-09 10:43 PM   #11 
  - That they seem to be all spineless fucking cowards?  alcibiades_mystery   Jul-23-09 10:57 PM   #27 
  - And this is okay...why? Police who act abusive have issues. Power trips are not  Jennicut   Jul-23-09 10:38 PM   #4 
  - Words of wisdom for the poor...  napoleon_in_rags   Jul-23-09 10:38 PM   #5 
  - Then we need a rash of actions under....  Davis_X_Machina   Jul-23-09 10:40 PM   #7 
  - Unacceptable  Uzybone   Jul-23-09 10:41 PM   #8 
  - It is this pathetic attitude that allows the police to run amok  Raineyb   Jul-23-09 10:42 PM   #9 
  - Yep. it's pathetic.  krabigirl   Jul-23-09 10:49 PM   #20 
  - Yes, that's sound advice for anyone living in a police state.  Birthmark   Jul-23-09 10:42 PM   #10 
  - 2nd.  krabigirl   Jul-23-09 10:49 PM   #21 
  - yeah... do what the frigging cop says...  Amonester   Jul-23-09 10:43 PM   #12 
  - You're right. Don't do what the cop says.  MUAD_DIB   Jul-23-09 10:47 PM   #15 
  - man you should see the midwest city court room on ticket day. you're  okieinpain   Jul-24-09 09:23 AM   #50 
  - But, but, but EMOTIONALLY CHARGED RESPONSE!  MUAD_DIB   Jul-23-09 10:43 PM   #13 
  - LOUD NOISES!  CTLawGuy   Jul-24-09 05:48 AM   #44 
  - Uh, these people are "Civil Servants"  tularetom   Jul-23-09 10:46 PM   #14 
  - Are you the kind of person that would to yell at a cop and say you're paying  MUAD_DIB   Jul-23-09 10:51 PM   #24 
  - That's the "suburban" world. In the inner city, a visit from a cop is NOT welcome.  TahitiNut   Jul-23-09 11:14 PM   #33 
     - Our local sheriff told me at a public meeting he could not provide service to our remote area  tularetom   Jul-23-09 11:21 PM   #34 
     - damn right, excellent post. seeing the police is not a good thing. n/t.  okieinpain   Jul-24-09 09:24 AM   #52 
  - They most certainly DO need a legitimate reason if they wish to avoid  kestrel91316   Jul-23-09 10:49 PM   #17 
  - I agree. But a false arrest charge is almost impossible to get from the local prosecutor.  KansasVoter   Jul-23-09 10:52 PM   #25 
  - And you are ok with this if it is in your own home? Sorry, I'm not ok with that!  krabigirl   Jul-23-09 10:49 PM   #18 
  - It's called discretion. Police decide who to arrest, prosecutors decide who to prosecute, and so on  SPedigrees   Jul-23-09 10:49 PM   #19 
  - And there is NO downside for the cop to arrest. It is an intimidation tool!  KansasVoter   Jul-23-09 10:50 PM   #22 
  - Cops who abuse their authority are criminals and should be treated as such.  baldguy   Jul-23-09 10:50 PM   #23 
  - You are absolutely wrong. It's called false arrest.  arcadian   Jul-23-09 10:53 PM   #26 
  - LOL....show me a case of FALSE ARREST! lINK PLEASE!!!!!  KansasVoter   Jul-23-09 11:01 PM   #29 
  - I don’t really think it was racism either.  moobu2   Jul-23-09 10:57 PM   #28 
  - I agree. I've been teaching this to my children since the day they could  okieinpain   Jul-24-09 09:26 AM   #53 
  - My experience has been different.  noamnety   Jul-23-09 11:09 PM   #30 
  - "Appropriately submissive"  dkf   Jul-24-09 02:30 AM   #40 
  - thank you. n/t.  okieinpain   Jul-24-09 09:27 AM   #55 
  - You just described a bunch of low life, inept, morally,  Fire1   Jul-23-09 11:10 PM   #31 
  - If you believe what you say...we need serious Police reform. Cops aren't allowed to do that.  vaberella   Jul-23-09 11:11 PM   #32 
  - An asshole with a badge is more despicable than an asshole without one.  Sebastian Doyle   Jul-23-09 11:31 PM   #35 
  - sorry dude, but it must be nice in your world. have you seen that  okieinpain   Jul-24-09 09:30 AM   #56 
  - Perhaps in smaller towns. n/t  falcon97   Jul-24-09 12:44 AM   #36 
  - Some will even try to arrest you if you're an ambulance driver rushing a patient to the hospital  depakid   Jul-24-09 12:48 AM   #37 
  - And people wonder why I hate the pigs!  backscatter712   Jul-24-09 12:59 AM   #38 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Jul-24-09 01:05 AM   #39 
  - Yes, they will arrest you and they'll make up a reason.  TexasObserver   Jul-24-09 05:16 AM   #41 
  - I use to work for a housing authority and I would see these police  okieinpain   Jul-24-09 09:34 AM   #59 
     - Yes, that's exactly how they do it.  TexasObserver   Jul-24-09 03:49 PM   #68 
  - Realilty, it does suck. There is often a world of difference between the way things should be  elocs   Jul-24-09 05:46 AM   #42 
  - I agree  CTLawGuy   Jul-24-09 05:47 AM   #43 
  - don't forget ... touching, even "brushing against" a police officer can be  zbdent   Jul-24-09 06:14 AM   #45 
  - heard that story before in midwest city court. young white male got 30 days  okieinpain   Jul-24-09 09:37 AM   #61 
  - "But if you are on video and the cop knows it" ...  zbdent   Jul-24-09 06:15 AM   #46 
  - I have been reading some stretches out of Kansas on DU!  Bluenorthwest   Jul-24-09 07:46 AM   #47 
  - Lie back and take it huh  CBGLuthier   Jul-24-09 07:53 AM   #48 
  - Screw that. I ain't gonna let the pigs keep me from speaking my mind.  Odin2005   Jul-24-09 08:47 AM   #49 
  - And therein lies the basic problem.  Karenina   Jul-24-09 09:24 AM   #51 
  - True story of a stupid white girl  Patiod   Jul-24-09 09:27 AM   #54 
  - And its wrong. Accepting it is foolish  mkultra   Jul-24-09 09:32 AM   #57 
  - if they have no legitimate reason to arrest then everyone has a legitimate reason  izzybeans   Jul-24-09 09:32 AM   #58 
  - AND the charges were DROPPED.  freddie mertz   Jul-24-09 09:39 AM   #62 
     - As charges are when cops make unlawful arrests.  izzybeans   Jul-24-09 09:41 AM   #63 
        - In other words, there was no "legitimate reason"  freddie mertz   Jul-24-09 10:01 AM   #64 
  - Do you piss on the Bill of Rights for fun?  Zomby Woof   Jul-24-09 10:05 AM   #65 
  - Great summation of abuse of power.  jeremyfive   Jul-24-09 10:16 AM   #66 
  - I think we were already aware that that can and does happen. n/t  Orsino   Jul-24-09 10:50 AM   #67 
  - Or they'll taser you for looking at them cross-eyed! They love their taser guns.  Phx_Dem   Jul-24-09 04:43 PM   #69 
  - If you're dealing with the Gestapo, maybe.  AngryOldDem   Jul-24-09 05:00 PM   #70 
 

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