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« Reply #500 on: July 15, 2011, 10:28:10 AM »
Or a gun if its easier to shoot someone.    ;D

Had a lady in a town meeting ask why the officer didn't just shoot the knife out of the suspects hand rather than shoot the suspect... you sound an awful lot like her ya know..

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« Reply #501 on: July 15, 2011, 10:32:42 AM »
Had a lady in a town meeting ask why the officer didn't just shoot the knife out of the suspects hand rather than shoot the suspect... you sound an awful lot like her ya know..

That is insane.   Knives are no joke at all, and to be honest - I would rather fight a guy with a club, bat, chains, brick, pipe, etc over someone with a knife.   

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« Reply #502 on: July 15, 2011, 12:39:48 PM »
Police in Ga. shut down girls' lemonade stand
AP News ^ | 07/15/2011 | AP News

Posted on Friday, July 15, 2011 3:49:27 PM by The Magical Mischief Tour

MIDWAY, Ga. (AP) -- Police in Georgia have shut down a lemonade stand run by three girls trying to save up for a trip to a water park, saying they didn't have a business license or the required permits.

Midway Police Chief Kelly Morningstar says police also didn't know how the lemonade was made, who made it or what was in it.

The girls had been operating for one day when Morningstar and another officer cruised by.

The girls needed a business license, peddler's permit and food permit to operate, even on residential property. The permits cost $50 a day or $180 per year.


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« Reply #503 on: July 15, 2011, 01:10:19 PM »
Police in Ga. shut down girls' lemonade stand
AP News ^ | 07/15/2011 | AP News

Posted on Friday, July 15, 2011 3:49:27 PM by The Magical Mischief Tour

MIDWAY, Ga. (AP) -- Police in Georgia have shut down a lemonade stand run by three girls trying to save up for a trip to a water park, saying they didn't have a business license or the required permits.

Midway Police Chief Kelly Morningstar says police also didn't know how the lemonade was made, who made it or what was in it.

The girls had been operating for one day when Morningstar and another officer cruised by.

The girls needed a business license, peddler's permit and food permit to operate, even on residential property. The permits cost $50 a day or $180 per year.


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Well uh..the cops...uh...there is an ordinance..uh....the girls should have...uh......oh hell, what the fuck were the cops thinking??? 

Did their supervisor say that morning that news was slow, the spotlight isnt on the department, go out and do something to garner media attention. Even better if it's little girls.... I mean come on!!! Man these podunk cops make life hard for us!


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« Reply #504 on: July 15, 2011, 01:13:57 PM »
With the above post I throw in the towel. Police State is apparently what we've come to. A lemonade stand for Christs sake! 

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« Reply #505 on: July 15, 2011, 01:16:01 PM »
With the above post I throw in the towel. Police State is apparently what we've come to. A lemonade stand for Christs sake! 

ITS CALLED DISCRETION

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« Reply #506 on: July 15, 2011, 01:17:44 PM »
ITS CALLED DISCRETION

or common sense..those cops had neither.. I'm embarrassed...  :o

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« Reply #507 on: July 15, 2011, 01:27:46 PM »
Had a lady in a town meeting ask why the officer didn't just shoot the knife out of the suspects hand rather than shoot the suspect... you sound an awful lot like her ya know..


hahahahahahahaha


How the hell do you guys even respond to that kind of stupidity?

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« Reply #508 on: July 15, 2011, 03:08:14 PM »

hahahahahahahaha


How the hell do you guys even respond to that kind of stupidity?

Well, we don't actually say what we're thinking..

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« Reply #509 on: July 18, 2011, 06:35:04 PM »
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MS Police Officer Shoots Chained Dog Six Times
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Posted on July 18, 2011 9:49:02 PM EDT by Immerito

MS Police Officer Shoots Chained Dog Six Times March 23, 2011

In Gulfport, MS, police were called to a subdivision to investigate a possible break-in. During the course of the investigation, an officer went into the backyard of a neighbor’s home where she encountered the owner’s chained dog. The owner, who was just coming outside to get his dog, says the officer was standing approximately 30 feet from the end of the dog’s chain when she put half a dozen bullets in the dog.

Samuel Lovato rushed his beloved pet – named Melmo – to the vet but the injuries were too extensive and euthanasia was performed in order to relieve Melmo’s suffering. Mr. Lovato:

“I’ve had her for 11 years. Eleven years. She was a great dog, a good dog and she was just in her yard doing her job and just being a dog.”

Police will investigate themselves, as usual:

Police are looking into the incident, according to Lt. Craig Petersen with the Gulfport Police Department.

“First, we need to conduct our internal investigation,” Lt. Petersen said. “I feel really bad for the gentleman and the loss of his dog, but we’ll conduct the internal investigation.”

He also said that officers have to make life and death decisions in an instant, including assessing threats from animals.

“The officer has discretion in how to protect themselves in these situations, totally up to the officer based on the facts and circumstances of that particular case.”

Sound like they’ve already got the “Justified Killing” stamp all inked up? But wait, there’s more:

There is no timetable for when the investigation will be completed. The officer involved in the shooting remains on active duty.

So I guess it’s ‘Gulfport dog owners, hide your dogs’? Maybe while you’re at it, hide your kids too. I hate to think of a kid being in a yard with a dog where half a dozen bullets are flying.

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« Reply #510 on: July 18, 2011, 06:36:04 PM »
Laura Ingraham: Airport Workers Stole My Baptismal Cross!
http://dailycaller.com/ ^ | July 18, 2011 | Mathew Boyle
Posted on July 18, 2011 8:34:08 PM EDT by Biggirl

Laura Ingraham’s baptismal cross went missing from her checked luggage at the Newark airport this weekend, and the syndicated radio host says either a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) worker or a Continental Airlines employee is responsible.

Ingraham had just finished several radio and television appearance in New York City and was in a rush to the airport. She told The Daily Caller she normally carries her luggage on planes, but since she was pressed for time and was carrying copies of her new book, she checked a suitcase before her Friday evening flight from Newark to Denver.

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« Reply #511 on: July 20, 2011, 09:52:42 AM »
Law enforcement to begin iPhone iris scans amid privacy concerns
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By Zach Howard



CONWAY, Mass (Reuters) - Dozens of police departments nationwide are gearing up to use a tech company's already controversial iris- and facial-scanning device that slides over an iPhone and helps identify a person or track criminal suspects.

The so-called "biometric" technology, which seems to take a page from TV shows like "MI-5" or "CSI," could improve speed and accuracy in some routine police work in the field. However, its use has set off alarms with some who are concerned about possible civil liberties and privacy issues.

The smartphone-based scanner, named Mobile Offender Recognition and Information System, or MORIS, is made by BI2 Technologies in Plymouth, Massachusetts, and can be deployed by officers out on the beat or back at the station.

An iris scan, which detects unique patterns in a person's eyes, can reduce to seconds the time it takes to identify a suspect in custody. This technique also is significantly more accurate than results from other fingerprinting technology long in use by police, BI2 says.

When attached to an iPhone, MORIS can photograph a person's face and run the image through software that hunts for a match in a BI2-managed database of U.S. criminal records. Each unit costs about $3,000.

Some experts fret police may be randomly scanning the population, using potentially intrusive techniques to search for criminals, sex offenders, and illegal aliens, but the manufacturer says that would be a difficult task for officers to carry out.

Sean Mullin, BI2's CEO, says it is difficult, if not impossible, to covertly photograph someone and obtain a clear, usable image without that person knowing about it, because the MORIS should be used close up.

"It requires a level of cooperation that makes it very overt -- a person knows that you're taking a picture for this purpose," Mullin said.

CONCERNS

But constitutional rights advocates are concerned, in part because the device can accurately scan an individual's face from up to four feet away, potentially without a person's being aware of it.

Experts also say that before police administer an iris scan, they should have probable cause a crime has been committed.

"What we don't want is for them to become a general surveillance tool, where the police start using them routinely on the general public, collecting biometric information on innocent people," said Jay Stanley, senior policy analyst with the national ACLU in Washington, D.C.

Meanwhile, advocates see the MORIS as a way to make tools already in use on police cruiser terminals more mobile for cops on the job.

"This is (the technology) stepping out of the cruiser and riding on the officer's belt, along with his flashlight, his handcuffs, his sidearm or the other myriad tools," said John Birtwell, spokesman for the Plymouth County Sheriff's Department in southeastern Massachusetts, one of the first departments to use the devices.

The technology is also employed to maintain security at Plymouth's 1,650 inmate jail, where it is used to prevent the wrong prisoner from being released.

"There, we have everybody in orange jumpsuits, so everyone looks the same. So, quite literally, the last thing we do before you leave our facility is we compare your iris to our database," said Birtwell.

One of the technology's earliest uses at BI2, starting in 2005, was to help various agencies identify missing children or at-risk adults, like Alzheimer's patients.

Since then, it has been used to combat identity fraud, and could potentially be used in traffic stops when a driver is without a license, or when people are stopped for questioning at U.S. borders.

Facial recognition technology is not without its problems, however. For example, some U.S. individuals mistakenly have had their driver's license revoked as a potential fraud. The problem, it turns out, is that they look like another driver and so the technology mistakenly flags them as having fake identification.

Roughly 40 law enforcement units nationwide will soon be using the MORIS, including Arizona's Pinal County Sheriff's Office, as well as officers in Hampton City in Virginia and Calhoun County in Alabama.

(Editing by Barbara Goldberg and Jerry Norton)


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Re: Police State - Official Thread
« Reply #512 on: July 20, 2011, 10:44:36 AM »
Fascism meets the 21st century... Holy shit.


I'm not letting this shit go TU.



   


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« Reply #513 on: July 20, 2011, 10:54:34 AM »
And you shouldn't... I have no doubt that if people didn't speak up about it, this would be like Nazi Germany all over again.

It's bad enough now, but just imagine if we didn't have the Bill of Rights in the first place?

I blame those who willfully accept this bullshit just as much as the thug law enforcement "community"

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« Reply #514 on: July 21, 2011, 12:31:11 AM »
Funny how a almost bancrupt country can afford all that control..

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« Reply #515 on: July 21, 2011, 08:24:45 AM »
Video: Police officer threatens concealed-carry driver with execution, beating

http://hotair.com/archives/2011/07/21/video-police-officer-threatens-concealed-carry-driver-with-execution-beating



Ohio’s concealed-carry law requires anyone stopped by police to immediately notify the officer if they are armed. Failure to do so is a first-class misdemeanor that can result in a six-month jail term and a thousand-dollar fine, as well as losing the license to carry. It’s usually not considered a death penalty offense, unless one gets pulled over in Beachwood Canton, Ohio, in a case highlighted today by Ohioans for Concealed Carry:

"William pulled his car to the side of the road to let out two passengers, but only the female occupant managed to exit before the police pulled up and began screaming at all three parties. “Stay in that car, I’m not going to mess around,” screamed one of the officers at the two people attempting to exit the vehicle. The driver and concealed handgun licensee, William, remained seated in his vehicle when an officer entered the rear of the vehicle."

"William stated, “I have a concealed carry, and…” when he was abruptly told to shut up. Dash camera video footage shows the driver turning his head, and his voice can be heard, but the words are inaudible. A few minutes passed while the officer continued to berate the two passengers. He proceeded to the driver’s side and tries to open the door but is delayed by a seat belt. William states “I have a conceal…” and the officer demands that he better tell the truth or else! This interruption causes William to “tell the truth” and his attempt to notify is interrupted. William exited the vehicle with his driver’s license in the same hand as his concealed handgun license. He held it up for the officer to see, and the officer said, “Why are you having that?” This gave William the opportunity to say, “I have a CCW, and…” The officer then said, “Do you have a gun?” William answered yes, causing the officer to grab it from William’s waist."

"At this point, William was handcuffed and put into the police cruiser. The officer then started to berate William, stating: “I should blast you in the mouth right now … I’m close to caving in your head.” and “you’re just a stupid human being!”

The officer continued to berate the driver after arresting him and locking him in the back seat, offering such bon mots as “people like you don’t deserve to @#$%#$ move throughout public. Period!” Just after the discovery of the licensed firearm (and caught on tape), the same officer threatened to “put lumps” on a woman who had been outside of the car if he saw her in the area again.



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This is when I wish there were a venue to allow the public to take on these pigs, only they get no badge, no gun, no backup, no nightstick, nothing. 

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« Reply #516 on: July 22, 2011, 04:45:20 AM »
90% of cops aint shit without their badge and gun and they now it

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« Reply #517 on: July 22, 2011, 09:04:54 AM »
Ex-officers indicted in police Explorer scandal
San Francisco Examiner ^ | July 22, 2011 | From Associated Press




Two Richmond officers who resigned in the midst of a police Explorer scandal have been indicted on allegations they intimidated two young Explorers they illegally armed and put to work for their private security firm.


A federal grand jury in Oakland on Thursday indicted 31-year-old Danny Harris and 34-year-old Ray Thomas on conspiracy counts for allegedly trying to prevent the Explorers from telling authorities that Harris illegally bought them guns and sent them into crime-plagued neighborhoods.


Federal law prohibits people under 21 from buying or owning guns.


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« Reply #518 on: July 22, 2011, 09:14:52 AM »
Little confused... is POLICE STATE - OFFICIAL thread for examples of a police state, or pointing out there are some bad officers among the rank and file? I suggest you start a different thread where you can post the reported allegations of corrupt cops and keep POLICE STATE for more clearer examples of your perception of Government officials, using the authority of the police, to supercede your constitutional rights and establish an enviornment where US citizens are helpless against the jack booted storm trooper thugs in uniform.

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« Reply #519 on: July 22, 2011, 09:20:52 AM »
Little confused... is POLICE STATE - OFFICIAL thread for examples of a police state, or pointing out there are some bad officers among the rank and file? I suggest you start a different thread where you can post the reported allegations of corrupt cops and keep POLICE STATE for more clearer examples of your perception of Government officials, using the authority of the police, to supercede your constitutional rights and establish an enviornment where US citizens are helpless against the jack booted storm trooper thugs in uniform.

Wrong - its not a few - its WAY TOO MANY and its pervasive at all levels of this disgusting govt you are nothing but an enforcer for. 

Cops are not protectors of the public, they are enforcers and henchmen for the govt. and the horrible policies that are put in place. 

We all make choices in life, you make the choice to be an agent of the police state, it is what it is. 

Whether its DHS making videos targeting whites, ATF & DOJ running gun scams, local police stealing cash and $$$ from dealers, etc, you are all part of the same bullshit and war on the average joe blow going to work and subject to this nonsense.

     

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« Reply #520 on: July 22, 2011, 09:37:35 AM »
Wrong - its not a few - its WAY TOO MANY and its pervasive at all levels of this disgusting govt you are nothing but an enforcer for. 

Cops are not protectors of the public, they are enforcers and henchmen for the govt. and the horrible policies that are put in place. 

We all make choices in life, you make the choice to be an agent of the police state, it is what it is. 

Whether its DHS making videos targeting whites, ATF & DOJ running gun scams, local police stealing cash and $$$ from dealers, etc, you are all part of the same bullshit and war on the average joe blow going to work and subject to this nonsense.

     

I think you are mistaken.. we'll just have to agree to disagree. Good luck with your cause

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« Reply #521 on: July 22, 2011, 09:47:50 AM »
Yeah, like you would ever admit to anything else?


Talk to the average citizen off the record what they think of 99% of law enforcement and your eyes might open a bit.   


Between bullshit speed points, onerous regulations on all levels of activity, over zealous arrests and prosecutions for what used to be minor crap, "zero tolerance" bullshit, etc, most law enforcement agencies are nothing more than a praetorian guard for the govt.   


I am not kidding, i feel safer on the subway with the thugs and gangbangers than I do around a place with 3 or more cops.       

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« Reply #522 on: July 22, 2011, 10:09:18 AM »
Yeah, like you would ever admit to anything else?


Talk to the average citizen off the record what they think of 99% of law enforcement and your eyes might open a bit.   


Between bullshit speed points, onerous regulations on all levels of activity, over zealous arrests and prosecutions for what used to be minor crap, "zero tolerance" bullshit, etc, most law enforcement agencies are nothing more than a praetorian guard for the govt.   


I am not kidding, i feel safer on the subway with the thugs and gangbangers than I do around a place with 3 or more cops.       

Again, I support your right to believe what you want, your right to vote in and out those who make the laws, and seek change for things you disagree with.

I just don't share your personal belief on this matter. Simple as that.

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« Reply #523 on: July 22, 2011, 10:20:11 AM »
Here is the difference: 



1.  The cops are looking for OT, collars, etc. and have quotas to bust balls and raise  $ $ $ $.  They have a financial incentive to bust my balls.     

2.  The gangbangers on the subway typically don't mess with me cause I usually give a head nod and they don't want to bother. 


 

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« Reply #524 on: July 24, 2011, 02:07:29 PM »
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TSA worker stole watches, debit card from LAX bags, officials say
Los Angeles Times ^ | July 22, 2011 | Allen J. Schaben /
Posted on July 24, 2011 5:08:31 PM EDT by george76

A Transportation Security Administration officer has been indicted on five charges in the theft of four watches and a pre-paid debit card from luggage at Los Angeles International Airport, officials announced Friday.

A federal grand jury indicted Paul Yashou, 38, of Torrance, on two felony and three misdemeanor theft counts Friday afternoon.

Yashou is alleged to have stolen the items from luggage going through security at LAX’s Terminal 1,

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