“We’ve heard a lot in the last number of weeks about what police officers can’t do, and what police officers shouldn’t do,” groused Patrick Lynch, designated spokesliar for the Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association, New York’s largest police union. “No one’s telling us what we are able to do, and what we should do, when we’re faced with a situation where the person being placed under arrest says, `I’m not going. I’m not being placed under arrest.’”
“What is it we should do?” continued Lynch, his voice colored by theatrical incredulity. “Walk away?”
If the would-be arrestee isn’t involved in an actual crime — that is, an act of aggression against another person — the only morally suitable answer is: Yes. The cop should shut up, go away, and refrain from molesting one of his betters. The experience might encourage him to find honest work.
“We don’t have that option,” Lynch insisted. “Nor would the public that called and complained about these crimes want us to. If they called, it’s important to them.”
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and you all dumb ass americans can't see this is a police state?
ReplyDeletewhere the police say you should die resisting? even if the cops are unlawful and it is your right and duty to resist...
NOW CAN YOU ALL agree cops need an eye for an eye?
Teach a cop a lesson whenever possible.
ReplyDeleteThey are NOW OBAMA POLICE....they have Machine guns too that Obama bought them....
ReplyDeleteThe unjustice is un-believable!!!
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ReplyDeleteIt's the mindset that is unbelievable. Where in the hell do these street thugs dressed up in cop suits come up with these thoughts? Like the one that said that if Obama doesn't follow the Constitution, we don't have to either. Or, the chief who is defending the officer that shot and killed the kid in WalMart. Or, the Idaho cop who walks into someone's yard and kills their dog..., it just goes on and on.
I've already told Andy Harris how I feel about these 'criminals in blue', maybe if more did we may even survive.