(03-06-2011, 12:55 AM)notsure Wrote: as a counter to my anger toward le not having proper firearm training: I also know that LE deal with professional bullshitters for a living. everything from a perp's mouth is a hustle and all they do is try to out talk you. everything is typically a lie that they say. The perps often need to be told to "shut the fuck up, stop talking, and stop trying to out talk me" So cops having an attitude is something that is just going to be there. we ask them to deal with the lowest rung on the social ladder all day, so those same citizens will leave us alone. If all I did was deal with scum that were constantly fucking around I would automatically have an attitude everytime I had to deal with a new person. But, it has always been my experience with most cops, that you get what you give. The cop may start out with an attitude assuming that I am going to be just another asshole, but after 30 seconds of interaction everything gets diffused. They realize I'm just a normal person (just like them) I'm not trying to hustle and lie with every breath, and in turn they treat me just as decent. NOTICE I SAID MOST COPS: you still get guys who have a small dick issue, but in reality you get that everywhere, not just cops.

(03-06-2011, 01:19 AM)shitstorm Wrote: Yeah, well, the people who get their homes broken into by SWAT team psychos don't have the opportunity to be nice.

I DO get it, though. I rescued dogs in Los Angeles. Shitty, dangerous neighborhoods. If I were a cop in an environment like that, I would become jaded and jumpy. I'd sure as hell hate black people and Mexicans. People's Constitutional rights would probably be the last thing on my mind. This is problematic.

(03-05-2011, 12:05 AM)shitstorm Wrote: Many, many, many innocent pets have been MURDERED. That last one makes me absolutely crazy. When I read these stories or see the videos all I can think of is how much I would like to shoot the asshole cowards who did it. OF COURSE, I NEVER WOULD. I don't want to go to prison.

This video shows a search warrant served by the Columbia Mo. police department. The cops bust in this guys house in the middle of the night and shoot his two dogs (one a pit bull that was caged in the kitchen and the other a Corgi) with children in the home. it turns out that rather than a big time drug dealer, this guy had a small pipe with some resin in it, a grinder, and what the cops here call "a small amount of marijuana" (meaning less than a few grams). We here in Comlumbia want everyone to know what kind of police department we have here, check out our "finest" in action.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbwSwvUaRqc

BTW, I cannot even watch that video, again. WAY to upsetting.