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armyowalgreens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 03:02 AM Original message |
Poll question: When I am around a police officer I feel... |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 03:02 AM Response to Original message |
1. Depends on the occasion. |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 03:14 AM Response to Reply #1 |
7. Also depends on where |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 03:41 AM Response to Reply #7 |
11. I'm not quite sure how we've gone from one Cop to All Cops..... |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 03:47 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Some places have a nasty culture that tends to "breed" bad cops |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 03:07 AM Response to Original message |
2. I'll say that never in my life have I ever thought that I was glad a cop was around. |
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Bette Noir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 09:05 AM Response to Reply #2 |
52. Once, I saw a guy pulled over for an illegal u-turn that had held up traffic. |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 05:57 PM Response to Reply #2 |
68. When a drunk young stranger was crawling through my teenage daughter's window |
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Prism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 03:08 AM Response to Original message |
3. Nervous |
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armyowalgreens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 03:10 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Yeah that's how I feel. But then again, I often have reasons to be nervous. |
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Chemisse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 06:18 AM Response to Reply #3 |
34. That's just how I feel |
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misanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 05:54 PM Response to Reply #3 |
66. Same here**nm |
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armyowalgreens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 03:09 AM Response to Original message |
4. Being a college student with an affinity for a few things illegal... |
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cboy4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 03:11 AM Response to Original message |
6. Other. That I'm going to be fucked with |
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murielm99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 03:18 AM Response to Original message |
8. I guess I am going to have to risk being flamed. |
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cboy4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 03:37 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Yes murielm99 .. but the argument that the cops don't want all the paperwork |
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ccharles000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 03:19 AM Response to Original message |
9. safer |
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REP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 03:44 AM Response to Original message |
12. I was told, as a young child, that 'Officer Friendly' was a lie |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 04:01 AM Response to Reply #12 |
15. Driving an old car while having black hair and very fair skin? |
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REP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 04:07 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. At night, I might be confused for Being Hispanic |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 04:18 AM Response to Reply #17 |
20. At night, you might be confused for being ExtraTerrestrial. |
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cboy4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 04:26 AM Response to Reply #20 |
24. He said he was pulled over for driving an old car with cracked lights. |
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REP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 02:14 AM Response to Reply #24 |
79. Actually, I was pulled over for no reason one more than one occasion |
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REP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 02:16 AM Response to Reply #20 |
80. ' 67 Mustangs aren't '86 6000 LEs in Silicon Valley |
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JonLP24 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 05:39 AM Response to Reply #20 |
85. Civility |
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Bette Noir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 09:11 AM Response to Reply #12 |
54. When I used to drive an old junker, I got pulled over all the time. |
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REP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 02:17 AM Response to Reply #54 |
82. Well, it didn't happen to him, so it doesn't happen |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 03:53 AM Response to Original message |
14. Other - Safer if I'm not breaking any laws, paranoid if I am. |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 04:06 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. "Why should I feel otherwise?" |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 04:12 AM Response to Reply #16 |
18. Point me to the specific record of what the "candid blogger" alludes to and I will apologize for my |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 04:15 AM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Run a search for Tehana, Texas- here's another article from the "mainstream" media |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 05:58 PM Response to Reply #19 |
70. Deleted message |
TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 04:23 AM Response to Reply #18 |
22. Run a search for "sexual misconduct, police" |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 04:28 AM Response to Reply #22 |
25. Never said they were |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 04:47 AM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Some of those who hold power will abuse it. |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 09:14 AM Response to Reply #22 |
55. like teachers, pastors, and doctors... |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 03:51 PM Response to Reply #55 |
61. This topic is about police. Not teachers, not pastors, not doctors. |
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misanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 05:58 PM Response to Reply #61 |
69. Teachers, pastors and lawyers aren't protected when it comes to physical force**nm |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 04:21 AM Response to Reply #16 |
21. Here's a much worse case, involving sexual misconduct by officers. |
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misanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 05:56 PM Response to Reply #14 |
67. You forgot the "check" for... |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 02:16 AM Response to Reply #67 |
81. That would be Tulia, Texas -every bit as bad and in some ways worse |
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brer cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 04:24 AM Response to Original message |
23. I'm always glad to see them |
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pecwae (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 04:52 AM Response to Original message |
27. Other. |
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4lbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 04:58 AM Response to Original message |
28. Other. As with others, it depends on where I am located. |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 05:11 AM Response to Original message |
29. Nervous. |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 05:36 AM Response to Original message |
30. Where I live, feeling safe is never really an issue one way or another, |
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quaker bill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 05:47 AM Response to Original message |
31. I simply |
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SalmonChantedEvening (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 05:47 AM Response to Original message |
32. No difference |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 06:17 AM Response to Original message |
33. Threatened. |
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OmmmSweetOmmm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 06:00 PM Response to Reply #33 |
71. Me too. |
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Kind of Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 06:32 AM Response to Original message |
35. Always feel less safe because |
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ejpoeta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 06:33 AM Response to Original message |
36. I am always nervous, because in the past I have been pulled over |
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specialed (276 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 06:52 AM Response to Original message |
37. Less safe... |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 06:58 AM Response to Original message |
38. Not really about safety, but if I see a cop when I'm driving... |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 07:08 AM Response to Reply #38 |
39. ...or they'll tailgate, hoping to pressure the driver into any driving variance to justify.... |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 07:28 AM Response to Original message |
40. If I am in trouble and need help - definitely safer and those I met always helped |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 07:32 AM Response to Original message |
41. I used to be one (decades and pounds ago) and can attest |
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City Lights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 07:35 AM Response to Original message |
42. Nervous, but not for the reason stated in the poll. nt |
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freddie mertz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 07:39 AM Response to Original message |
43. Depends, of course. |
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RB TexLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 07:43 AM Response to Original message |
44. We are supposed to notice when they are around us? |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 07:44 AM Response to Original message |
45. Safer. |
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1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 07:49 AM Response to Original message |
46. when they are directly behind me in my car? i am the best driver ever! |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 07:50 AM Response to Original message |
47. Police have no duty to protect. Why would anyone feel safer around them? |
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1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 07:58 AM Response to Reply #47 |
50. To "protect and serve" is a great slogan... |
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graywarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 07:55 AM Response to Original message |
48. They start off with good intentions (maybe) when they first become cops |
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misanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 06:00 PM Response to Reply #48 |
72. Sometimes they remind me of merely another gang or crime family**nm |
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Thothmes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 06:46 PM Response to Reply #48 |
77. They probably get that way because of the psychotic |
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varelse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 07:58 AM Response to Original message |
49. I tend to feel like leaving |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 08:53 AM Response to Original message |
51. Depends on the cop |
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blueamy66 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 09:09 AM Response to Original message |
53. voted other |
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michreject (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 09:18 AM Response to Original message |
56. no difference |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 09:21 AM Response to Original message |
57. I am frightened by the fact that they could easily kill me with their guns. |
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a la izquierda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 09:24 AM Response to Original message |
58. Other: |
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guitar man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 09:24 AM Response to Original message |
59. I still get nervous around cops |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 09:25 AM Response to Original message |
60. Cop = person who's allowed to kill me and not get in trouble. |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 03:53 PM Response to Original message |
62. Other: Anxious. |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 03:55 PM Response to Reply #62 |
63. Sorta like being around nitroglycerine ... can't be sure when it'll go off. |
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burrfoot (801 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 05:41 PM Response to Original message |
64. So yeah, |
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Juche (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 05:45 PM Response to Original message |
65. Depends on the occasion |
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bermudat (985 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 06:07 PM Response to Original message |
73. It all depends on one's perspective |
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Raine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 06:08 PM Response to Original message |
74. Nervous |
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misanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 06:09 PM Response to Original message |
75. Nervous... |
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Mimosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 06:43 PM Response to Original message |
76. Cops work under extreme stress |
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bamacrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 07:15 PM Response to Original message |
78. Even if Im not riding dirty i still feel less safe. |
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Xicano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 02:19 AM Response to Original message |
83. It increases my paranoia |
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optimal-tomato (243 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 05:29 AM Response to Original message |
84. Nervous |
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