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ORIGINAL: Real0ne

This 99% is nothing more than bullshit.  60% of any interaction i have had with the police was less than desireable, and god damn you if you expect them to uphold and respect your rights.

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ORIGINAL: kittiekatt

Why do you keep bringing up signing the ticket? He wasn't tazed because he didnt sign it. The cop was ARRESTING him... and the reason doesn't matter. All that matters is the man resisted arrest.

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ORIGINAL: Lordandmaster

I haven't had too many interactions with the police, so I can't give you statistics expressed in percentages, but they've all been about what I expected, and I have pretty high expectations.  The only mildly negative experience I can remember was a police officer who laughed at my contention that the traffic light was frozen.  I got out of that one in court.

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ORIGINAL: Real0ne
Geez my seester is a cop, well was a cop.

This 99% is nothing more than bullshit.  60% of any interaction i have had with the police was less than desireable, and god damn you if you expect them to uphold and respect your rights.  First off they are not here to serve the public that is pure horseshit, they meaning in most communities are charted to serve the courts not the public at large.
Traffic tickets is big business.  I suppose people sitting on the bench side dont deal with the reality of it on the street.

I was being robbed once and called it in as soon as i seen them coming in, skipping all the details the cops finally showed up 15-20 minutes later.  i described the kids to them gave them precise heights and colors etc and what they brought back was fucking hilarious.  I actually called them dumb sons a colorblind bitches to their face.

Nah no need to sing the cop praises to me man.

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ORIGINAL: kittiekatt

Why do you keep bringing up signing the ticket? He wasn't tazed because he didnt sign it. The cop was ARRESTING him... and the reason doesn't matter. All that matters is the man resisted arrest.

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ORIGINAL: kdsub

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ORIGINAL: Level

Working in a court, I've met and gotten to know quite a few cops. A small percentage are control freaks and assholes; another small percentage are absolutely devoted to the idea of public service. The majority are normal men and women, just doing a job.

Same here Level... the vast majority are good people… certainly not thugs with badges.

It really gets to me when people assign a character to all because of the actions of a few.

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according to UHP's nine-page policy. They are taught to use them in three circumstances:
* When a person is a threat to themselves, an officer or another person.
* In cases where the physical use of force would endanger the person or someone else.
* When other means of lesser or equal force by the officer has been ineffective and a threat still exists.

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ORIGINAL: subrob1967

I'm wondering if we all watched the same video, and who's smokin what.

The kid was being an antagonistic asshole, the officer explained to him why he was pulled over.

The cop orders him out of the car, and as they walk back to the cruiser the kid swings his right arm, and says, let's go look at the sign.

The cop pulls the tazer and orders the kid to turn around, and place his hands behind his back.

The kid argues with the cop, who tells the kid he's gonna tazer him, about what he's being arrested for.

The kid then tells the cop he needs to calm down, turns his back on the cop, and as he's walking back to his car, sticks his hand in his front right pocket.

If I were the cop, I'd tazer him too. The wife's just lucky the cop didn't draw his weapon and shoot her when she jumped out of the car, and started for the cop.

The kid was a smart ass roadside lawyer, and he happened to run into John Q Law.

The ONLY thing unprofessional I heard or saw, was the cop telling his back up, "He took a ride on the tazer."

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It is in mine. The cop does not have to tell you what you are being arrested for at the moment of arrest.

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ORIGINAL: subrob1967
The kid then tells the cop he needs to calm down, turns his back on the cop, and as he's walking back to his car, sticks his hand in his front right pocket.

If I were the cop, I'd tazer him too.

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ORIGINAL: Real0ne

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ORIGINAL: subrob1967
The kid then tells the cop he needs to calm down, turns his back on the cop, and as he's walking back to his car, sticks his hand in his front right pocket.

If I were the cop, I'd tazer him too.

the cop never thought he was in danger. When the kid asked why he would have said "cuz you put your hand in your pocket" but that is not what he said.
the appropriate thing to do is hollar freeze then put his hands up against the car if the cop felt he may be in danger. if he did not freeze then taze, however nothing like that happened and use of potentially lethal force is completely unwarranted.

what do you expect people to beg cops to tell them what they are under arrest for and read them their rights?