This is why I hate some cops

[Parker]

it's usually the younger guys fresh out of the academy. They adopt a save the world mentality for the first 2-3 years. They tend to settle down after that.

I got a buddy who's 26 years old and is fresh off a suspension with pay for one month for choking out a drug dealer in west Baltimore. He's also a trained MMA fighter(he's a serious badass, not some TAPOUT T-shirt wannabe) so he loves combat in any form. He found out real quick that he couldn't do shit like that because all potential suspects have more rights than the cops themselves. Cops have to be extremely careful when enforcing the law because of all the legal loopholes that protect the suspect.

Fuck that. I want cops to use their authority to impose order and rule. The people who usually complain about cops are jerkoffs in life who find trouble instead of trouble finding them.

I love cops. God bless 'em.

Everybody's a trained MMA fighter. Those are the fuckers that cause problems. Many people get into MMA because they insurities, and many join the Police force because they were either Bullied were bullies in High School.  Many officers in MD go to Baltimore because they are looking ACTION. It was like that for some Montgomery Co officers. They say, either go to Baltimore or PG county. That officer who is your friend possibly has a bullet waiting for him, trust me. But at least he is not a Anne Arundel Co officer, they are some of the worst cops around, and many don't know how to write a Statement of Charges for the life of them. The sgts. don't check paperwork, etc.

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[tonymctones]

I saw this shit too, pretty fuked up if you ask me i understand pulling him over but it wouldnt have taken much to verify his story and let them go see their relative and if he still felt like giving them a ticket...although in bad taste i would still agree with it...On the other side you have left wing nut jobs in san fran marching for lovelle mixon the guy who shot 4 cops 

I think i would give those fukers a curb smile if i got the chance.

[Option D]

I saw this shit too, pretty fuked up if you ask me i understand pulling him over but it wouldnt have taken much to verify his story and let them go see their relative and if he still felt like giving them a ticket...although in bad taste i would still agree with it...On the other side you have left wing nut jobs in san fran marching for lovelle mixon the guy who shot 4 cops 

I think i would give those fukers a curb smile if i got the chance.

First off..Fucking amazing. I have never seen anything like that in my life. im speechless

[body88]

I saw this shit too, pretty fuked up if you ask me i understand pulling him over but it wouldnt have taken much to verify his story and let them go see their relative and if he still felt like giving them a ticket...although in bad taste i would still agree with it...On the other side you have left wing nut jobs in san fran marching for lovelle mixon the guy who shot 4 cops 

I think i would give those fukers a curb smile if i got the chance.

Now here  is the other extreme.....these are also some idiots that should be locked up or smacked around a little.

[Cap]

Yep.  You will find no bigger supporter of law enforcement than me, but this guy is a bad apple.  With the exception of the LAPD NYPD, which seems to have corruption in its DNA, I think most law enforcement agencies do great work and are full of good people.  When idiots like this slip through the cracks, they need to be immediately removed.   

Fixed.  LAPD is bad but nobody beats NYPD.  Too large to keep bad apples out.

[The Showstoppa]

I'm getting you on this, but I think the general tone of the officer's voice and the lack of common sense and intuition that this cop displayed was ridiculous.  Honestly, Moat creeped through the redlight with his hazards on and then pulled up to a hospital with his wife, his father-in-law and another women.  They were in a nice car and they pulled up to am actual hospital in hysterics.  This cop just wanted to be a prick, then he tried to save face when he knew he fucked up (by continuing on with "protocol".

I have a problem with the condescending and sarcastic tone the officer took with Moat from the get-go.  Thats not how you act as a police officer, period.

I agree 100% on the protocol.  I think the guy realized midway thru that he had f'd up.  Normally the more smartass someone gets in that situation, the more they realize the screwed the pooch and are trying to save face.  Either way the guy displayed terrible judgement in a stressful situation, which is the single most impotant quality to be a good police officer, firefighter, military member, etc....

[UPINTHEMGUTS]

Everybody's a trained MMA fighter. Those are the fuckers that cause problems. Many people get into MMA because they insurities, and many join the Police force because they were either Bullied were bullies in High School.  Many officers in MD go to Baltimore because they are looking ACTION. It was like that for some Montgomery Co officers. They say, either go to Baltimore or PG county. That officer who is your friend possibly has a bullet waiting for him, trust me. But at least he is not a Anne Arundel Co officer, they are some of the worst cops around, and many don't know how to write a Statement of Charges for the life of them. The sgts. don't check paperwork, etc.

Calm down, dude. My friend doesn't even begin to match your description. My friend likes to fight within legalized forms of combat, not abuse his power and authority. He may be a little aggressive from time to time, but he does his job well. Who is else is going to deal with the garbage? You? Please. Go back to sipping your little latte and go finger point somewhere else.

[Option D]

Now here  is the other extreme.....these are also some idiots that should be locked up or smacked around a little.

thanks body

[Parker]

Calm down, dude. My friend doesn't even begin to match your description. My friend likes to fight within legalized forms of combat, not abuse his power and authority. He may be a little aggressive from time to time, but he does his job well. Who is else is going to deal with the garbage? You? Please. Go back to sipping your little latte and go finger point somewhere else.

Since you live in MD, I'm the one who decides the bail or to release the def. And the Police have NO CONTROL over that. I'm also the one to decide if there is probable cause in a Officers statement of charges...Something Balt officers are famous for effing up...No Lattes for me...

[jon cole]

i'm a cop.
i hate that kind of "cops".
they are responsible of our bad "image".
 

[Hugo Chavez]

How funny. I went on my Vegas trip with four cops.

People may claim to hate them but that perception goes out the window when you need them the most. Same thing with lawyers.

not all cops suck but it's amazing how may do.  serious superiority complex with to many of them.  protect and serve seems like a joke to some of them.

[BigNBloated]

not all cops suck but it's amazing how many do.  serious superiority complex with to many of them.  protect and serve seems like a joke to some of them.

I think there is only a small percentage of police who base their work as an officer around this principle.

[UPINTHEMGUTS]

Since you live in MD, I'm the one who decides the bail or to release the def. And the Police have NO CONTROL over that. I'm also the one to decide if there is probable cause in a Officers statement of charges...Something Balt officers are famous for effing up...No Lattes for me...

Oh...Cops must fucking love you, then. You might as well be sipping lattes with Internal Affairs then.

[peruke]

Officer delayed Moats as relative died

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PLANO, Texas -- A Dallas police officer who delayed Houston Texans' running back Ryan Moats from visiting his mother-in-law before she died in a Plano hospital has been reassigned to dispatch pending an investigation.


Video: NFL player pulled over
On the Web site of the Dallas Morning News, video from a police dashboard camera shows a Dallas police officer stopping Texans running back Ryan Moats in front of the hospital where his mother-in-law lay dying of cancer. Watch 


Moats, his wife and other family members rushed from their suburban Dallas home to Baylor Regional Medical Center at Plano during the early hours of March 18 after getting word around midnight that Moats' mother-in-law, Jonetta Collinsworth, was dying. She had breast cancer.

According to Dallas-area media reports, Moats' vehicle, which rolled through a red light, was stopped by Officer Robert Powell in the hospital's parking lot.

Powell kept Moats and another family member for 13 minutes, threatening Moats with arrest and lecturing him. By the time Moats was released and entered the hospital, Jonetta Collinsworth had died.



 
Moats

Dallas police have dropped the ticket.

The Moatses, who are black, said Wednesday that they can't help but think that race may have played a role in how Powell, who is white, treated them.

"I think he should lose his job," said Ryan Moats, a Dallas native, according to the Dallas Morning News.

Dallas-Fort Worth television station WFAA-TV also obtained dashboard video from inside Powell's cruiser, detailing the exchange in which Powell threatened Moats with arrest.

When the car was pulled over, Moats' wife, Tamishia Moats, and her great aunt got out of the car to get into the hospital.

"Get in there!" Powell said, according to the Dallas Morning News' account of the footage. "Let me see your hands!"

"My mom is dying," Tamishia Moats replied. She and her great aunt ignored the officer and headed into the hospital, while Ryan Moats and another family member stayed behind, according to the report.

"I waited until no traffic was coming," Moats told Powell, explaining why he had rolled through the red light. "I got seconds before she's gone, man," he said, the newspaper reported.

Powell demanded his license, which Moats produced, and proof of insurance, which Moats could not find. "Just give me a ticket or whatever," Moats said, his frustration beginning to show, according to the report.

"Shut your mouth," Powell told him, the newspaper reported. "You can cooperate and settle down, or I can just take you to jail for running a red light."

In another exchange reported by the Morning News, Moats again asked the officer to complete the traffic stop quickly.

"If you're going to give me a ticket, give me a ticket," Moats said.

"Your attitude says that you need one," Powell replied.

"All I'm asking you is just to hurry up," Moats added.

"If you want to keep this going, I'll just put you in handcuffs," the officer said, "and I'll take you to jail for running a red light."

Powell continued on, making several more points, and Moats replied "Yes sir" to each.

"Understand what I can do," Powell said, according to the report. "I can tow your truck. I can charge you with fleeing. I can make your night very difficult."

"I understand," Moats responded. "I hope you'll be a great person and not do that."

Hospital security guards then arrived and told Powell that the Moatses' relative really was upstairs dying, the newspaper reported. But Powell spent several minutes inside his squad car, checking Moats for outstanding warrants. He found none.

Another hospital staff member emerged from the hospital and spoke with a Plano police officer who had arrived on the scene. "Hey, that's the nurse," the Plano officer told Powell, according to the Morning News. "She said that the mom's dying right now, and she's wanting to know if they can get him up there before she dies."

"All right," Powell replied, according to the report. "I'm almost done."

As Moats signed the ticket, Powell made another point.

"Attitude's everything," he said, the newspaper reported. "All you had to do is stop, tell me what was going on. More than likely, I would have let you go."

Powell, hired in January 2006, did not return a call for comment, the newspaper reported. But Dallas Assistant Chief Floyd Simpson said Powell told police officials that he believed that he was doing his job.

"When people are in distress, we should come to the rescue," Simpson said, according to the report. "We shouldn't further their distress."

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The worst thing about cops is the attitude when they pull people over.  I understand they need to watch their backs, but not everyone is a "wanted Felon".    Its difficult not to generalize about them, but the average public does not trust cops.   If you ask them for help, they check your ID, your license...They were the same before "911"....Cops have earned the distrust they receive......Not all cops are abusive, or hostile, but a large percentage of them are that way...

[UPINTHEMGUTS]

Just stay out of trouble, period. Problem solved.

[Parker]

Oh...Cops must fucking love you, then. You might as well be sipping lattes with Internal Affairs then.

I'm cool with some, but I'm neutral, a "independant State Official" LOL. I make it a priority to stay neutral. No drinking with cops, no effing with criminals. If one sees you with either, your fucked. I don't eff with IA either.

But yep, as you said, stay outta trouble. Period