doofo

im going to hire corrupt cops to beat up all you cop haters

edit: and to plant drugs on the worst of you

mustang1

Or he could use your tax money to haul some a55 like in Bad Leiutenant.

But seriously, you can't dish on the OP - intersection was gridlocked, cop had nothing better to do? Discretion is the better part of valour, this cop had neither.

willypilgrim

Driveby in front of my first apartment in st. paul and cops never came.

Granted, to prove the "smart guy" wrong, I never called them, nor did anyone I live with. I also didn't call them during the one traffic accident i was in.

My neighbor once called them because someone broke into her car and stole her purse. Cops took 4 hours to show.

4 hours. Good thing there is ususally at least 3 squad cars sitting around at a perkins, idling, wasting gas, wasting tax payers time and money.

lima_bean

I like how people are arguing about the nobility of an imaginary cop that the OP made up.

doofo

yeah obvious lie

skingry

That cop was my father. You guys are a bunch of *******s. He got fired because of what ChromePista did. We had to eat dirt that year for Christmas dinner.

Thanks a lot jerks.

youth

hahahah awesome story... fu fu **** the po-lice! ;p

also the face was lol

oktokrewl

they wont need to plant anything on me! haha!

deathhare

..and you wont have to hire em. They already beat people up.
Bad boys, bad boys!

EMT

next topic please

doofo

wtf is up with all librarians being total *******s
?

its like the power of the position draws the most ****ed up control freaks

those jerks have serious anger and superiority issues!

deathhare

No doubt.
Ya know, domestic violence is 2 to 4 times more common in librarian families than in the general population. It used to be cops.
Well, its still is cops but, yeah..

dblock

train conductors are the worst.

deathhare

driving that train, high on cocaine

acoldspoon

Whatever. Cops have had my six, and I've had theirs. I've saved lives hand in hand with Cops. There are ******bags in every facet of society. In fact, there are a lot on this board. I'm proud that I've had the honor to work with Law Enforcement heroes again and again. Say what you will, but the fact remains that not all Cops are bad, some are excellent people, and some are true American heroes. The fact that you may have had experiences with negligent or corrupt Cops doesn't negate this truth. Holding all Cops in contempt for the actions of some Cops is a form of bigotry like any other. It is wrong, it is based on ignorance, it is hurtful to the misjudged, and it furthers such prejudice. As with all forms of bigotry, I for one will neither subscribe to this bigotry nor will I ignore it. And maybe instead of whining about problems in Law Enforcement in the areas in with some of you live, some of you could become productive citizens and do something constructive to help resolve such issues. Join a Neighborhood Watch group, the Police Aux., a CERT group, sit on a community board, etc. Complaining without CONSTRUCTIVE action is a cop out (very little pun intended).

doofo

generalization vs nuance

ggg300

cop = wussy

acoldspoon

I've watched Cops lay it all out on the line to save lives. I've gone to the funerals for a number of them when they have been killed in the line of duty saving lives. How many have you personally saved? What risks were you willing to take to do so? Yeah, that's what I thought. You want to call a specific cop a wussy, fine, you want to say that as a general statement, then you are nothing but a clueless bigot. Remember that when you refer to all Cops as wussys, you including in that statement people like:
Moira Ann Smith

Service Honors Fallen Female Officer

February 13, 2002

Twice during her police career, Moira Smith plunged herself into disaster scenes, repeatedly pulling out the maimed and wounded only to turn around and selflessly return to the danger.

She emerged from the first disaster -- the Aug. 27, 1991, subway crash in Union Square in which five were killed and more than 130 hurt -- with the Police Department's Distinguished Duty Medal for saving dozens of lives and earning the respect of her fellow officers.

The second time -- the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center -- she never made it out.

For her efforts on Sept. 11, Smith, the only female NYPD officer to die in the attacks, was posthumously awarded the department's highest accolade, the Medal of Honor.

Tomorrow, on St. Valentine's Day and what would have been her 39th birthday, she will be memorialized at St. Patrick's Cathedral as a hero.

"She was ... oh, God ..." Charles Barbuti, a lieutenant in the 13th Precinct and Smith's friend, paused before continuing. "I would have to describe Moira as active, dedicated, courageous. We had indications that on a number of occasions she had come out of the World Trade Center, carrying people out, then gone back in. She had the opportunity to leave and she chose not to."

Barbuti said they have at least two pictures from newspaper photographers showing Smith rescuing people trapped inside Tower Two. Like 13 of the 23 city police officers killed at the World Trade Center, Smith's body hasn't been found.

At 11 a.m. today on a pier a few blocks from Ground Zero, a new East River high-speed ferry will be christened "The Moira Smith." From 5 to 10 p.m. today, a wake will be held for Smith at the Bay Ridge Manor at 476 76th St. Then tomorrow at 2 p.m. will be the memorial Mass at St. Patrick's.

Det. Julia Koniosis, president of the Policewomen's Endowment Association, said that at a dinner-dance Feb. 27 they will name Smith the organization's Woman of the Year. It's an honor Glamour and Ms. magazines have already bestowed upon her.

"She was bringing people out, she was doing her job and she was doing it heroically," Koniosis said.

Smith was Brooklyn-born and bred. Advancing from PS 170 to Our Lady of Angels to St. Savior and Our Lady of Perpetual Help, she met the friends who would remain her lifetime confidants.

After attending Niagara College upstate, she joined the New York Police Department in 1988. She met her husband, Jimmy Smith, also a Transit officer, introducing herself in her usual outgoing way by snatching his Yankees cap off his head and flinging it across the squad room.

"She was a lot of fun," Barbuti said. "She was vivacious, she was fun-loving, she was a joy to be around. That may sound like a cliche, speaking well of people who have passed, but in her case, it was true. She made everyone around her feel comfortable. Everyone liked her. No one had a harsh word to say about her."

The couple married in May 1998, and on July 20, 1999, Moira Smith's dream came true, her friends said, when her daughter, Patricia Mary, was born.

"After that, Moira seemed happier, more fulfilled," Barbuti said. "Having Patricia was the happiest day of her life. She was devoted to Patricia."

In a heartbreaking episode this past December, the tiny little girl, dressed in a red velvet dress, accompanied her father onto the stage of Carnegie Hall to accept the Medal of Honor for a mother she would never see again.

"That was a tough day," said Barbuti, who accompanied Jimmy Smith. "She's a doll, that kid; she's an angel. It's going to be hard, but Jimmy's a tough guy. So far, he's keeping everything together. He's got to be tough for her."

-- Sean Gardiner (Newsday)

Blue Jays

Excellent post and I concur with you 100%.

willypilgrim

Cop apoligists never understand when people hate cops, because if the exact reasons you are stating.

It's not "the actions of some bad cops" like you assume. It's the institution itself I have a problem with, and therefore, regardless of nice cops i've met, or even some people that were friends that became cops, I inherently dislike police because their job is inherently oppressive, racist, and classist.

I might have already posted it in this thread, who knows:
"kurt loder asked me what i'd say to a dead cops wife,
cops kill my people every day, that's life."

willypilgrim

And I will support any community group that is NOT affiliated with law enforcement whenever possible, but tie the police in, and I want nothing to do with it.

Hence why if my building hasd a get together for the community, I'm down, but I did not show up for national night out.

doofo

so its the current laws that you dont like

or is it all law

the idea of law

become part of a political movement

and suggest a solution

willypilgrim

The police are the un-challenged muscle of the ruling class.

The solution, in part, has been around forever, but getting it to fly here is a slow train at best.

And no, i'm not some silly idealistic anarchist. Just a silly idealistic socialist.

Doofo! your post format has always intrigued me. Do you post on some mobile device or you just always type in that format?

acoldspoon

To post this quote after a posting mentioning the death of Moira Smith is worse than distasteful, it is simply cold hearted. I went to her funeral. She was an American hero. Period.

So your reaction to a Cop saving somebody's life, and possibly getting killed in the process, is dislike of the Cop herself (or himself)? Just want to be clear about this. Sounds like you are being no less oppressive, racist, and classist. And what are you doing on a personal level to change this problem you perceive to be inherent to all members of all Police forces?

As for me being an apologist, you are beyond wrong in that statement. I am a huge critic of bad Cops. That does not need to be mutually exclusive to me hailing good ones. I work with the Police, they are my brothers in the Emergency Services. That does not make me an apologist for their wrong doing when there has in fact been such. It also does not in itself allow you to discount my viewpoint because of my association.

deathhare

Did anyone bother to read this crap? I didnt.