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bigwillq

(72,790 posts)

8. Let's get real

Reply to srican69 (Reply #3)

Wed Jan 23, 2013, 01:16 PM

Jan 2013

That's not all they do. They put their lives on the line every day. Yes, there are some bad eggs out there, and when they do something like this, we hear about it because it's posted all over the web and in every news report.
We often don't see a lot of the good that cops do on a daily basis.

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cop throws preg. woman to ground, hog ties her, for talking on cellphone while driving [View all] dixiegrrrrl Jan 2013 OP

eating while driving is causes 80% of ALL traffic accidents (link) uponit7771 Jan 2013 #1

Some things never change dipsydoodle Jan 2013 #4

hey d_r Jan 2013 #27

Video... 99Forever Jan 2013 #2

I hate cops ... they get to retire at 47 with a 100 k pension ... srican69 Jan 2013 #3

Let's get real bigwillq Jan 2013 #8

I see that often enough ... srican69 Jan 2013 #12

What you say is true. Dawson Leery Jan 2013 #13

6 men to restrain one unarmed woman...WTF? Sekhmets Daughter Jan 2013 #5

6 cops and not one of them tried to stop the abuse. Mariana Jan 2013 #30

Yep... Sekhmets Daughter Jan 2013 #33

Unusual for HP officers in CA... Bennyboy Jan 2013 #6

It gets harder to not paint them all as jerks when several of these kinds of stories come out almost DogPawsBiscuitsNGrav Jan 2013 #10

They're obviously starting to take their cues from LAPD. kestrel91316 Jan 2013 #14

they are, traditionally, the easiest LEOs to deal with.. frylock Jan 2013 #18

They're jerks Politicalboi Jan 2013 #28

Fire them and take their bloated pensions away! Dawson Leery Jan 2013 #7

The money the state paid out to this woman should come from the officers paychecks. TeamPooka Jan 2013 #20

Driving while gestating cannot be condoned. lpbk2713 Jan 2013 #9

for cellphone use or texting while driving? datasuspect Jan 2013 #11

Article says so far there's no indication of any disciplinary actions nick of time Jan 2013 #15

Poor lady. She appears to have been oblivious to how they were stalking her ecstatic Jan 2013 #16

She may not have been able to make out what they were saying Mariana Jan 2013 #31

fuck tha police.. frylock Jan 2013 #17

these guys still have their badges and that's the real crime here. nt TeamPooka Jan 2013 #19

So it's ok to throw a pregnant woman to the ground, nick of time Jan 2013 #21

i agree and whoever lied about the video should be fired too. TeamPooka Jan 2013 #22

I misunderstood what your earlier post was about. nick of time Jan 2013 #24

no worries mate TeamPooka Jan 2013 #25

I don't agree. Mariana Jan 2013 #32

Yay, Cops! Iggo Jan 2013 #23

Brain Dead? One_Life_To_Give Jan 2013 #26

Because the asshole cops didn't ticket her for that. Mariana Jan 2013 #34

She should have got more than $250,000 Politicalboi Jan 2013 #29

Pig Rage! RandiFan1290 Jan 2013 #35