Hit and Run by a police officer
05-02-14, 03:02 PM
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Non-cops get their name released by the cops and put in the newspaper on a regular basis, often the worst possible mug shot is also released, but cops names get special protection. I am not against the cops, I just do not think they should be given special privilege over others.
05-02-14, 03:31 PM
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Used to be injusticeeverhwere.com (?), but I believe it got folded into or became: PoliceMisconduct.net | The Cato Institute's National Police Misconduct Reporting Project
Every day, there's usually a dozen+ cases of police misconduct reported.
Every day, there's usually a dozen+ cases of police misconduct reported.
You misrepresent the actual guidelines: A defendant is considered innocent within the eyes of our legal system until proven guilty.
Nothing in that requirement actually makes the defendant innocent before or after trial. If the defendant committed the crime, they are not innocent regardless of the court finding the defendant guilty or not guilty.
Nothing in that requirement actually makes the defendant innocent before or after trial. If the defendant committed the crime, they are not innocent regardless of the court finding the defendant guilty or not guilty.
05-03-14, 01:22 PM
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But I think you missed my qualifier in my prior post "If the defendant committed the crime, ".
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05-03-14, 03:19 PM
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If people were truely presumed innocent they wouldn't be locked up until court or pay a heafty bail bond. One that is usually way more than anyone can afford.
05-03-14, 03:56 PM
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And i just recently found out some police agencies have IQ MAX LIMITS on potential hires..........put that in your pipe and smoke it
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Because they are a flight risk, because prosecutors do not presume innocence, and sometimes because money is involved (which trumps just about everything else in our world). That's why it's more symbolic than otherwise. Should we disregard the principle just because it is symbolic, and because the system often does?
05-03-14, 07:28 PM
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Because they are a flight risk, because prosecutors do not presume innocence, and sometimes because money is involved (which trumps just about everything else in our world). That's why it's more symbolic than otherwise. Should we disregard the principle just because it is symbolic, and because the system often does?
As for locking people up before court if they are found innocent it still ruins their life because they will lose their job probably have huge family issues and the fact that they were arrested will show up on every future traffic stop causing the police to harass them because of a past arrest.
05-03-14, 10:18 PM
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I have no idea where raqball's utopia where cops aren't above the law but it isn't where I live. Our cops in Rhode Island have the magic Police Officer's Bill Of Rights in which crimes are swept under the rug without the courts being involved.
My personal experience with the local police has been to have internal affairs cover up a felony against me by a drunk wife beater who is on his way to a fat pension bloated by detail and overtime pay. This same drunk left a bar (where someone tried to get his keys and was threatened) **** faced and proceeded to hit and run a Navy PD cruiser and public bus and run, they had his plate number and couldn't "find him"
until he conveniently sobered up, they knew he was drunk because they interviewed the bartender less than an hour after the crash. No charges still on the force and still getting that fat pension.
All police in my city are guilty of protecting the criminal acts of their own. Don't get me started on the incompetent cop who responded to me getting hit by a road rager.
My personal experience with the local police has been to have internal affairs cover up a felony against me by a drunk wife beater who is on his way to a fat pension bloated by detail and overtime pay. This same drunk left a bar (where someone tried to get his keys and was threatened) **** faced and proceeded to hit and run a Navy PD cruiser and public bus and run, they had his plate number and couldn't "find him"
until he conveniently sobered up, they knew he was drunk because they interviewed the bartender less than an hour after the crash. No charges still on the force and still getting that fat pension.All police in my city are guilty of protecting the criminal acts of their own. Don't get me started on the incompetent cop who responded to me getting hit by a road rager.
05-06-14, 08:33 AM
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This happened once: In Cambridge, heading into Boston, in front of the Museum of Science, we were stopped in traffic at a light, headed straight through to Rt 1/93 onramp. Cop right in front of us, lane to our right is clear, right-turn (Storrow Dr.) only lane. Cop suddenly pulls right, exits stopped traffic and speeds off to the right, no lights, no siren. ...car which had been coming up the previously clear right turn lane jams on brakes in an emergency stop to avoid blowing into the police car; car in back rear ends her. Cop did not stop, maybe didn't even notice, was the cause of the accident.
05-08-14, 02:43 PM
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This happened once: In Cambridge, heading into Boston, in front of the Museum of Science, we were stopped in traffic at a light, headed straight through to Rt 1/93 onramp. Cop right in front of us, lane to our right is clear, right-turn (Storrow Dr.) only lane. Cop suddenly pulls right, exits stopped traffic and speeds off to the right, no lights, no siren. ...car which had been coming up the previously clear right turn lane jams on brakes in an emergency stop to avoid blowing into the police car; car in back rear ends her. Cop did not stop, maybe didn't even notice, was the cause of the accident.
05-08-14, 02:49 PM
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When cops are willing to leave their badge at home, and not mention that they are on the job, or retired......... then, I will believe they treat everyone the same. But, that does n ot happen in the real world!
When they stop another cop, it's a back slappin reunion...................
When they stop another cop, it's a back slappin reunion...................
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