That's for damn sure. And often really nasty bastards.
Civic claim alleges police officer said she was in home to serve traffic violation
BITCH WHAT. That's what the fucking postal service is for. Also..."police officer...she..." Found another problem.
God damn. I don't hate all cops, but plenty of them, absolutely. I heard a story about the "Kansas Two Step" recently too, where Kansas cops were pulling people over, then stepping back...and claiming the stoppee "engaged the police voluntarily" when they asked why they'd been pulled over...thus voiding all their rights, including to refuse a search. When the courts told the cops "hol' up, the fuck you doing, let's set some ground rules so you stop violating rights" and the cops were like "nah, that sounds hard, we don't need no stinking rules, let's just keep violating rights...we'll just pay them if they can prove it." Fuckers.
I don’t think all cops suck, but I do think that many of them do. Fortunately, body cameras are great for the protection of both citizens and cops from both the behavior you described and from false allegations of such behavior. I think they should be 100% standard, and I’d go so far as to say that without a very compelling reason for lack of a body cam, the assumption should be that the cop pretty much can’t do anything, and that alleged violations of rights are presumed to have occurred unless other evidence proves they did not. I think it’s the only (short term) way to address the problem of the power imbalance between cops and civilians.
SCAB: Some Cops Are Bastards.
That's for damn sure. And often really nasty bastards.
BITCH WHAT. That's what the fucking postal service is for. Also..."police officer...she..." Found another problem.
God damn. I don't hate all cops, but plenty of them, absolutely. I heard a story about the "Kansas Two Step" recently too, where Kansas cops were pulling people over, then stepping back...and claiming the stoppee "engaged the police voluntarily" when they asked why they'd been pulled over...thus voiding all their rights, including to refuse a search. When the courts told the cops "hol' up, the fuck you doing, let's set some ground rules so you stop violating rights" and the cops were like "nah, that sounds hard, we don't need no stinking rules, let's just keep violating rights...we'll just pay them if they can prove it." Fuckers.
I don’t think all cops suck, but I do think that many of them do. Fortunately, body cameras are great for the protection of both citizens and cops from both the behavior you described and from false allegations of such behavior. I think they should be 100% standard, and I’d go so far as to say that without a very compelling reason for lack of a body cam, the assumption should be that the cop pretty much can’t do anything, and that alleged violations of rights are presumed to have occurred unless other evidence proves they did not. I think it’s the only (short term) way to address the problem of the power imbalance between cops and civilians.