tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3885203279714221712.post9144272881714422023..comments2023-11-26T18:43:47.312-05:00Comments on the pawnbroker: i have met the police and he is us...the pawnbrokerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16643081755036536592noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3885203279714221712.post-51065994514514754892008-06-16T12:13:00.000-04:002008-06-16T12:13:00.000-04:00just stumbled onto your site, on other business. T...just stumbled onto your site, on other business. This subject is big with me, so here's MY windbag opinion:<BR/><BR/>Police forces have been transformed due to a massive infusion of military thought.<BR/><BR/>Police units are thought of as 'security' forces, not law enforcement.<BR/><BR/>If you have an adversarial encounter with the police, say you disagree with them about anything at all, you can expect intimidation and threats of violence, followed by a call for back-up. If you refuse to submit, you will be forcibly interred. You were a threat.<BR/><BR/>Your officers have been trained to this behavior. They believe they are correct in implementing it.<BR/><BR/>To say that an individual is not responsible for his behavior because he is indoctrinated into a system or even 'following orders' is false.<BR/><BR/>Police officers are sworn to uphold the law, but police DEPARTMENTS have no such obligation. They are pursuing privatized agendas while hiding behind the law as their defense.<BR/><BR/>I believe the term for this sort of behavior is 'fascism' - and it's here in America now.<BR/><BR/>JCAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3885203279714221712.post-39621242860693783462008-04-15T18:05:00.000-04:002008-04-15T18:05:00.000-04:00I did not beg to differ. If that's how you read it...I did not beg to differ. If that's how you read it, there is a misunderstanding.<BR/><BR/>I know cops, too, jtc. I've spent the last fifteen years behind the glass at a gun store myself and count many among my friends. Heck, I've walked the deer fields of Georgia with MattG and his dad.<BR/><BR/>What I <I>said</I> was that the cops in the Kathryn Johnson case are not just innocent guys like our buddies, haplessly caught in the gears of the machine.<BR/><BR/>Those PARTICULAR cops were dirty as the day is long. They were caught red-hand lying to gain a warrant and planting evidence to cover their mistake, and in the process, an innocent old woman paid for their deliberate, premeditated <B>malfeasance</B> with her LIFE.<BR/><BR/>Like I said, I have lots of friends who are cops, some of whom have been innocent guys caught in the gears, and I'm sure they don't want to be associated with those guys either.Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3885203279714221712.post-61099380774815886842008-04-11T20:52:00.000-04:002008-04-11T20:52:00.000-04:00right the first time, ctone, sal was killed but hi...right the first time, ctone, sal was killed but his is still a victim...<BR/><BR/>i don't know if you took the time to follow the links and comments back to tam's original post, but if you start at the beginning and read the progression you will see that a comedic reference became a rant against the misuse and abuse of warrants...and fast became a pretty sharp disagreement about the reasons and the blame...and as i say, i have been taken aback by the them.against.us feelings toward cops as individuals.<BR/><BR/>the biggest factor in all of this is the subject of the letter from friedman to bennett...about 90% of this warrant activity to cease if this advice were taken...the pawnbrokerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16643081755036536592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3885203279714221712.post-73802952580398746472008-04-11T14:59:00.000-04:002008-04-11T14:59:00.000-04:00My mistake. I meant to say "So was Sal Culosi" as...My mistake. I meant to say "So was Sal Culosi" as Sal was killed by a SWAT team.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02544360303504618447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3885203279714221712.post-80479045601835353222008-04-11T14:57:00.000-04:002008-04-11T14:57:00.000-04:00I kinda, sorta agree and disagree. I think much o...I kinda, sorta agree and disagree. <BR/><BR/>I think much of the strongarm tactics that police use nowadays hail from bad policies conjured up from the political "leaders" who were origionally voted into office to serve us. Now it seems like they only want to save us from ourselves.<BR/><BR/>Mrs. Johnson didn't sell drugs; she was good person who was killed by the few corrupt cops amongst the many good ones. They were exercising tactics that are the same regardless of the principles of the armed agent.<BR/><BR/>Ryan Frederick is a victim of the same policies. So is Sal Culosi. <BR/><BR/>I think that in their heart, most cops are acting sincerely, but just like in Nuremburg, one cannot claim to just be "following orders" when they negligently shoot an unarmed optician in the chest, or plant drugs in a house to get a "bust," no matter how righteous it may seem. <BR/><BR/>I don't think that SWAT tactics are taboo per se - they have their place - I just don't think that it's great policy to inject violence into an otherwise non-violent situation, and nowadays it seems that everything qualifies sending in the guys with armor and automatic weapons.<BR/><BR/>This is a subject of much interest to me, and I feel that we are heading fast into the wrong direction with tactics like this.<BR/><BR/>Do you read Radly's blog, The Agitator? He covers this stuff well.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02544360303504618447noreply@blogger.com