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nadinbrzezinski Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-18-06 03:54 PM
Response to Reply #110
113. True but it needs to be taxed
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  -On the police, some observations nadinbrzezinski  Nov-18-06 01:32 AM   #0 
  - Your soapbox is excellent  Little Wing   Nov-18-06 01:39 AM   #1 
  - It tells enough of the story that it is clear that cops abused their power  Der Blaue Engel   Nov-18-06 01:46 AM   #3 
  - On that particular incident it is under review  nadinbrzezinski   Nov-18-06 01:48 AM   #5 
     - If I could nominate a single post  Little Wing   Nov-18-06 02:39 AM   #11 
     - Yeah, but you realize that you are getting kudos from people  readmoreoften   Nov-18-06 02:21 PM   #34 
        - Once again  nadinbrzezinski   Nov-18-06 02:36 PM   #45 
  - you haven't met the LAPD  sweetheart   Nov-18-06 01:44 AM   #2 
  - I have  nadinbrzezinski   Nov-18-06 01:49 AM   #6 
     - I need enlightenment  Oeditpus Rex   Nov-18-06 02:00 AM   #9 
        - Gates held it more or less  nadinbrzezinski   Nov-18-06 01:13 PM   #18 
  - Where were you today when I needed you.  William769   Nov-18-06 01:48 AM   #4 
  - Watching movies and editing  nadinbrzezinski   Nov-18-06 01:50 AM   #7 
  - For the past twenty years  Mythsaje   Nov-18-06 01:59 AM   #8 
  - You are exactly right, Mythsaje.  acmejack   Nov-18-06 07:23 AM   #14 
  - No it is not,  nadinbrzezinski   Nov-18-06 01:18 PM   #20 
  - As I said in the original post  nadinbrzezinski   Nov-18-06 01:17 PM   #19 
  - I'm willing to bet you that  Mythsaje   Nov-18-06 01:32 PM   #24 
     - They are not becoming, POLCIE AND FIRE are  nadinbrzezinski   Nov-18-06 01:39 PM   #25 
        - You're lucky...  Mythsaje   Nov-18-06 01:53 PM   #26 
           - My agency is San Diego PD  nadinbrzezinski   Nov-18-06 02:03 PM   #27 
              - I may be a little under-informed when it comes to traffic stops  Mythsaje   Nov-18-06 02:24 PM   #38 
                 - The locals fought it as well  nadinbrzezinski   Nov-18-06 02:30 PM   #41 
                    - I wouldn't mind sitting on that sort of commission myself...  Mythsaje   Nov-18-06 02:33 PM   #42 
                       - You are in San Fran  nadinbrzezinski   Nov-18-06 02:51 PM   #55 
                          - Nah...much farther North  Mythsaje   Nov-18-06 03:06 PM   #86 
                             - If you have the intiative system  nadinbrzezinski   Nov-18-06 03:12 PM   #91 
                                - Very good points, all of them.  Mythsaje   Nov-18-06 03:19 PM   #98 
  - Just my little story here as to most everyone not trusting  TAPat   Nov-18-06 05:05 PM   #122 
  - Well I'm readin this just about an hour after someone knocked a hole  AJ9000   Nov-18-06 02:36 AM   #10 
  - Would promote a little responsibility.  acmejack   Nov-18-06 07:25 AM   #15 
  - "you always need to give the benefit of the doubt to ALL involved, cops and victims."  personman   Nov-18-06 05:54 AM   #12 
  - No you are not  nadinbrzezinski   Nov-18-06 01:21 PM   #21 
     - I never stated we should convict the cops without a trial...  personman   Nov-19-06 06:39 PM   #132 
  - I see the OP to be about caricatures of reality  elocs   Nov-18-06 07:16 AM   #13 
  - The OP is a case in point.  Jed Dilligan   Nov-18-06 02:18 PM   #32 
  - Also realize many of this country's police forces harbor pockets of violent corruption  Syncronaut Seven   Nov-18-06 09:37 AM   #16 
  - This was a statement in general  nadinbrzezinski   Nov-18-06 01:23 PM   #22 
  - I've known good cops, I've know bad cops, hell I've got cops in the family  MadHound   Nov-18-06 09:48 AM   #17 
  - I've talked with cops  nadinbrzezinski   Nov-18-06 01:26 PM   #23 
  - New Orleans is a case in point  alarimer   Nov-18-06 06:28 PM   #124 
  - Just because "all cops aren't individually bad" doesn't mean that  readmoreoften   Nov-18-06 02:09 PM   #28 
  - Read above that particular case is AS IT SHOULD  nadinbrzezinski   Nov-18-06 02:17 PM   #30 
  - Great cop story  readmoreoften   Nov-18-06 02:12 PM   #29 
  - I got picked up in SF once  Mythsaje   Nov-18-06 02:18 PM   #31 
  - Well, if you like FR's caricature so much better  Jed Dilligan   Nov-18-06 02:20 PM   #33 
  - Both are caricatures  nadinbrzezinski   Nov-18-06 02:22 PM   #36 
     - The only nerve you hit  Jed Dilligan   Nov-18-06 02:23 PM   #37 
        - If you cared to read you'd understand I am not defending it  nadinbrzezinski   Nov-18-06 02:33 PM   #43 
           - Look, we all know the justice system will not punish their own  Jed Dilligan   Nov-18-06 02:36 PM   #44 
              - The justice system does punish its own  nadinbrzezinski   Nov-18-06 02:43 PM   #48 
                 - Yes, you are  Jed Dilligan   Nov-18-06 02:46 PM   #49 
                    - Son you truly are clueless  nadinbrzezinski   Nov-18-06 02:50 PM   #54 
                       - Then why is Justin Volpe still alive?  Jed Dilligan   Nov-18-06 02:55 PM   #64 
                          - Have you ever herad of  nadinbrzezinski   Nov-18-06 02:58 PM   #70 
                             - Yeah I have  Jed Dilligan   Nov-18-06 02:59 PM   #75 
                                - Tha is why that cop is still alive  nadinbrzezinski   Nov-18-06 03:02 PM   #81 
                                   - He hasn't been raped and murdered,  Jed Dilligan   Nov-18-06 03:03 PM   #83 
                                      - Key WORDS for the readying impaired  nadinbrzezinski   Nov-18-06 03:06 PM   #87 
                                         - Which is much better than being gang-raped  Jed Dilligan   Nov-18-06 03:08 PM   #89 
                                            - We will have to agree to disagree  nadinbrzezinski   Nov-18-06 03:13 PM   #93 
                                               - Well, I hope you're right...  Jed Dilligan   Nov-18-06 03:14 PM   #94 
                                                  - Oh he will get it  nadinbrzezinski   Nov-18-06 03:44 PM   #108 
  - Very false statement:  madmusic   Nov-18-06 02:21 PM   #35 
  - Not ffrom raedying psts  nadinbrzezinski   Nov-18-06 02:25 PM   #39 
     - Pro "War on Drugs" =  madmusic   Nov-18-06 02:43 PM   #47 
     - Yours is the typical Right-wing straw man...  madmusic   Nov-18-06 02:52 PM   #56 
        - You are again misunderstaindng, willfully by the way  nadinbrzezinski   Nov-18-06 03:28 PM   #104 
           - Maybe that is why San Diego is so Red  madmusic   Nov-18-06 04:17 PM   #116 
              - Sadly san diego is not that red  nadinbrzezinski   Nov-18-06 04:42 PM   #119 
  - People should know that cops deal with the part of society  Rex   Nov-18-06 02:26 PM   #40 
  - That's a load of bull  Jed Dilligan   Nov-18-06 02:43 PM   #46 
  - Prime example of the caricature I wrote about  nadinbrzezinski   Nov-18-06 02:47 PM   #50 
  - No, National police force is gestapo.  readmoreoften   Nov-18-06 02:50 PM   #52 
  - What part of they already do  nadinbrzezinski   Nov-18-06 02:52 PM   #57 
     - BULL-SHIT.  Jed Dilligan   Nov-18-06 02:53 PM   #58 
     - Then go to YOUR CITY CONCIL  nadinbrzezinski   Nov-18-06 02:54 PM   #62 
        - Oh so you actually ARE a cop,  Jed Dilligan   Nov-18-06 02:56 PM   #65 
        - No I am not, but I know plenty of them  nadinbrzezinski   Nov-18-06 02:57 PM   #68 
           - Great. So the cops in San Diego are nice guys. They aren't in certain  readmoreoften   Nov-18-06 03:00 PM   #76 
              - I went extensiely into the problem with the LAPD  nadinbrzezinski   Nov-18-06 03:01 PM   #79 
              - Exactly. There are systemic problems that need fixing.  readmoreoften   Nov-18-06 03:04 PM   #84 
                 - I am not defaming you  nadinbrzezinski   Nov-18-06 03:19 PM   #99 
              - It's not a matter of where they are,  Jed Dilligan   Nov-18-06 03:06 PM   #88 
                 - Again depends  nadinbrzezinski   Nov-18-06 03:23 PM   #100 
                    - I'm always courteous with cops  Mythsaje   Nov-18-06 04:18 PM   #117 
                       - The problem  nadinbrzezinski   Nov-18-06 04:44 PM   #120 
                          - The basic fact is that they have more discretion with how to deal  Mythsaje   Nov-18-06 04:49 PM   #121 
                             - The blue wall phenomena  nadinbrzezinski   Nov-18-06 08:09 PM   #127 
        - Wow you're a cop and you didn't even admit that little conflict of interest? /nt  readmoreoften   Nov-18-06 02:58 PM   #71 
           - What part of I am not you cannot read  nadinbrzezinski   Nov-18-06 02:59 PM   #74 
              - Maybe it has to do with your writing not my reading.  readmoreoften   Nov-18-06 03:02 PM   #80 
                 - No I just happen to know them  nadinbrzezinski   Nov-18-06 03:05 PM   #85 
     - Oh please. Cops live in the communities they serve?  readmoreoften   Nov-18-06 02:55 PM   #63 
        - Depenmds on the department and regs  nadinbrzezinski   Nov-18-06 02:59 PM   #73 
  - Oh yeah, Colombia's nightmare is entirely the result  Jed Dilligan   Nov-18-06 02:50 PM   #53 
     - It is part of the war on drugs  nadinbrzezinski   Nov-18-06 02:53 PM   #59 
  - Great solution. /nt  readmoreoften   Nov-18-06 02:48 PM   #51 
  - You're living in fantasy land.  Rex   Nov-18-06 02:54 PM   #61 
     - People who apply to police departments  nadinbrzezinski   Nov-18-06 02:57 PM   #66 
     - Oh, I'm the authoritarian now, officer?  Jed Dilligan   Nov-18-06 02:59 PM   #72 
        - What feelings  nadinbrzezinski   Nov-18-06 03:00 PM   #77 
           - Never said Federal  Jed Dilligan   Nov-18-06 03:01 PM   #78 
     - Maybe it seems that way from the gated community.  readmoreoften   Nov-18-06 02:57 PM   #67 
        - Oh yes, down with authority and all that crap.  Rex   Nov-18-06 03:02 PM   #82 
        - What the fuck are you talking about? Where did I say "down with authority"  readmoreoften   Nov-18-06 03:09 PM   #90 
        - Well I'm not laughing about the topic  Rex   Nov-18-06 03:16 PM   #95 
           - The only person who says "so what" about the dangers of unchecked power  readmoreoften   Nov-18-06 03:18 PM   #97 
              - You go ahead and fear the law.  Rex   Nov-18-06 03:24 PM   #102 
                 - "Law," in and of itself  Mythsaje   Nov-18-06 03:50 PM   #111 
        - Any time I drive across town  Mythsaje   Nov-18-06 03:17 PM   #96 
           - Cops are tools that people abuse.  Rex   Nov-18-06 03:23 PM   #101 
              - I DO happen to think it's systemic  Mythsaje   Nov-18-06 03:29 PM   #105 
                 - I know it has grown worse over the last 6 years.  Rex   Nov-18-06 03:35 PM   #107 
                    - I've actually heard/read some testimony  Mythsaje   Nov-18-06 03:46 PM   #109 
                       - I will only speak from my PERSONAL experience  nadinbrzezinski   Nov-18-06 03:53 PM   #112 
                          - Tit for tat...  Mythsaje   Nov-18-06 04:02 PM   #115 
        - You sure there are no problems wtih police brutality  nadinbrzezinski   Nov-18-06 03:25 PM   #103 
  - What spooky "part of society" do the campus police at UCLA deal with?  readmoreoften   Nov-18-06 02:53 PM   #60 
     - You are getting the people and the cops mixed up.  Rex   Nov-18-06 02:58 PM   #69 
     - Yes I am saying that gated communities in white neighborhoods are bourgeouis.  readmoreoften   Nov-18-06 03:13 PM   #92 
     - You know where UCLA is right  nadinbrzezinski   Nov-18-06 03:31 PM   #106 
        - Tax it REASONABLY...  Mythsaje   Nov-18-06 03:48 PM   #110 
        - True but it needs to be taxed  nadinbrzezinski   Nov-18-06 03:54 PM   #113 
           - I agree...  Mythsaje   Nov-18-06 03:57 PM   #114 
        - I think you might be thinking of USC, UCLA is in one of the nicest,  greyhound1966   Nov-19-06 05:57 AM   #131 
  - Police are recruited from the general population  aint_no_life_nowhere   Nov-18-06 04:41 PM   #118 
  - Your observations are correct as far as they go, but you've left out the  greyhound1966   Nov-18-06 06:08 PM   #123 
  - Yes and no  nadinbrzezinski   Nov-18-06 08:14 PM   #128 
     - Well I referred to law enforcement as opposed to the police specifically,  greyhound1966   Nov-19-06 05:36 AM   #130 
  - Spot on rant  ProudToBeBlueInRhody   Nov-18-06 06:39 PM   #125 
  - I think it's a mischaracterization to say that the right supports cops  Election   Nov-18-06 07:23 PM   #126 
  - Don't get me wrong  nadinbrzezinski   Nov-18-06 08:16 PM   #129 
  - Years ago I learned;  greiner3   Nov-19-06 06:58 PM   #133 
 

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