How can anyone think good about police after hearing stories like this one???
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/08/0...ter-in-tacoma/
How can anyone think good about police after hearing stories like this one???
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/08/0...ter-in-tacoma/
Wow...
Sad.
yeah! FTP! F'in pigs!
Originally Posted by deadline
Yeah, f'in pigs! It's not like they ever do anything good anyway. The whole lot of 'em are useless, amiright?
Yup. That pretty much sums it up!
They should all be flogged for the mistakes of the few, that'll make things right.
Throwing one to the wolves wouldnt hurt
mob mentality
Get the pitchforks and torches. We's gonna have a good time tonight.
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Where do I contribute to the poor woman's defense fund
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LMAO, the posts in here so far are priceless.
Poor lady, geeze, hope a good lawyer helps her sue the shit outta the Tacoma pigs involved. (yes I know most cops are good, but these ones are pigs!)
Last edited by Ghosty; Tue Aug 14th, 2012 at 08:24 AM.
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I just like the rough split on "hang the pigs" vs. "there's only a few bad apples" folks.
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If she sues... guess who is going to pay for this mess! the taxpayers. So people are going to be screwed in the aftermath of this as well.
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Pretty sure our founding fathers would have a problem with shit like this. Also im sure they would agree that armed law enforcement would be unconstitutional.
I can't blame the officer who saw her running towards him, as he did not know who she was or anything other than it probably appeared to him his safety was in jeopardy.
Nonetheless, this is unfortunate. Even more unfortunate is that they didn't provide an ASL interpreter for her as they were required to do. Two days in the can with those reprobates, no way to communicate, and no reason to be there. Sad.
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Perhaps just holding them accountable for their actions would be a good start...
Except the article states the cops were made aware she was deaf beforehand
"Tacoma Police Officers Ryan Koskovich and Michael Young arrived at the apartment complex about six minutes later. Police records obtained by KIRO showed that both officers had been repeatedly informed that White was deaf."
Now I agree that there are good cops, but seems odd to me that so many people have had issues with their abuse of power. Usually if it happens often enough for "decent" people (like on this board) to dislike cops means it very well may be a problem that needs to be addressed. For the cops on the board you have to realize that you are most likely treated differently by other cops when they find out you are also a cop; so maybe you are not seeing the same viewpoint as others. Just a thought.....
And yes I feel I have had cops abuse their power more than once. Biggest one that comes to mind is the cop swerving in front of me where I had to smoke my brakes to not hit him. His excuse "You were speeding and I thought you were going to run; most sportbikers do". Sh*t I had no time at all and one minute I was going around a corner in Deckers and the next minute I was fearing for my life that I would hit his car. Yeah I was speding, but trying to kill me wasn't justified. Told it to the judge and she didn't even take it serious.
Last edited by bulldog; Tue Aug 14th, 2012 at 08:17 AM.
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Note to self - Don't RUN towards officers... just walk calmly.
I don't blame the cops. I would probably had done the same thing. Responding to a violence call then someone started to run towards me, I would've done the exact same thing.
Last edited by I`m Batman; Tue Aug 14th, 2012 at 08:52 AM.
Ya can put lipstick on a pig .............
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My comment was tongue in cheek response to the OP and initial responses. I would love to see some accountability for some of the misuse of authority, which unfortunately hardly ever happens, but to lump all cops together as untrustworthy is silly.
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