Bad- How is a guy shooting his neighbor over a lawn watering dispute even remotely compare to this incident?

 

Hello stro,

The ipmc incident draws attention to a number of LEO issues (in my opinion only, not saying I'm right). the ipmc issue points to a growing number of LEO's who have lost sight of the time honored tradition of being and LEO and who are out of control.

The front lawn story involved an LEO. If its the incident I am thinking of, it happened in Rhode Island. The LEO neighbor handled his neighbor dispute by flat out shooting the guy when he went to retrieve his sons ball. I may be wrong and happily will stand corrected. There's just so many of crimes that involve LEO's these days its hard to keep track of them or keep them straight.

 

The whole thing between the ip & angels remind me of the incident between the angels & mongols in vegas...except at sturgis it was a leo club...both start jawing one of the jumps the other & shhoting starts....except in vegas..The penaltys were alot diffrent...

 

No one will dispute the fact that some cops go bad, or make bad decisions. It happens. Cops are, after all, people. When you think of the number of cops in this country, though, compared to the number of crimes committed by cops, it's gotta be WAY less than average. I've said it before and I'll keep saying it.. MOST cops are GOOD at what they do and are GOOD people. Some of us even have a sense of humor and might make good company. The nature of police work means that MOST of the interactions they have with the general public will be negative. It's tough to keep a good image when so many are convinced you're a ****head from the word go. Almost every time I write a traffic ticket, I'm told "thank you" (never ceases to amaze me), but I'm sure as soon as I walk away they're thinking "********". When you see a cop crime in the paper, remember, it's probably only a story BECAUSE he's a cop. Makes good media.

 

Here is the link about the dispute over water the lawn or whatever, article says plant, (what knid??) and this man did not even shot at anyone and still charged with attempted murder, as a matter of fact he did not even harm anyone, so why can a drunk cop shoot someone and walk? I do not understand our legal system, I guess.

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5i...81QnAD934O4RO0

 

Stro, you are beating your against the wall.

One call at a time, and maybe one positive interaction at a time.....It's the best you can hope for.

 

Different story. Heres the one I was referring to:

http://www.projo.com/news/content/pr...g.bafab5d.html

 

Banks aren't off limits in TX unless posted properly with a 30.06 sign.



I couldn't care less if they cooperate or not, but you can't refuse to cooperate and then scream you got screwed. You screwed yourself.



See above



BTW: I don't eat doughnuts and I'm not a cop, but I do exercise common sense.

 

I agree. I know a few. In fact I just loaned my motorcycle trailer to one and helped him load his bike in the pouring rain and watched his 2 little kids for him while he took care of some monetary transactions. He's a great one though.

However the cop stories are more then just a story. To have gotten to that point, somethings rotten in Denmark besides the cheese. And the bad cops and bad cop stories are at an all time high. And what better way to fix the problem then w/in the ranks. I am sure you work with a number of undesirables. I am sure you know who they are. The challenge is getting him/her out of the LEO career ranks for ever and to pursue work else where.

Yes cops are people too. However they are in charge of an extraordinary capacity...to combine courage,humility and wisdom. Not ego, bravadocio and abuse of power. And for damn sure not to be committing the plethora of crimes we see being commited today by LEO's today.

Step outside the blue box and see things from the law abiding civilians/citizens who have been mistreated while at the mercy of the badge and the gun or who read the same stories about criminal LEO's that I do............

If I was an LEO my nick name would be "SERPICO JUNIOR" and I would be proud of that label. Any cop I saw acting remotely contradictory to how I would want to be represented I would report his biotch ***, blue wall my ***.

 

Bottom line is that LEO's are not supposed to be seen in a bad light, at least this is the upheld public perception. Furthermore, LEO's should have even more accountability with in the public and should be held to higher standards, period than is JQ Public.

If the IP in question is such a do gooder, he would not have even been in the bar at that time in the morning, knowing full well that something like this had the potential of happening.
Come on I was born in the day, but it sure wasn't yesterday.

Let's see be a LEO and wear a 3 piece patch into a bar that is over run with 81's at that time in the morning, knowing that most in the bar at this time are probably intoxicated.
Got his ticket punched and cries foul.
What did he expect?
Hang out and talk shop.
I think not........
You wanna hang with the 1%ers, this is what can happen.

He's lucky he didn't get killed.
I highly doubt that this is even close to being finished on many different levels.