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Oct 9th 2005, 2:41 pm

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Re: Bound to be controversial

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Originally Posted by ukemigrant

http://www.big-boys.com/articles/policetazer.html

This might go on to be one of the longest threads, or maybe just cut off by NC

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Personally I think the cop was in the right but wonder if there was a better way to handle the situation. It's a video of a woman being arrested after being stopped for speeding.

Whoa, that lady has some mouth on her. I wonder if her husband tazers her when he wants to shut her up

Oct 9th 2005, 2:46 pm

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Re: Bound to be controversial

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Originally Posted by gruffbrown

King......how the F can you forget that?

Of course his real name was Glen Rodney King..
Rodney sounded more innocent though ..

Oct 9th 2005, 2:46 pm

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Re: Bound to be controversial

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Originally Posted by Angry White Pyjamas

And?

click on link then look to the right and it says "brutal beating caught on tape".......click that link then click the tape bottom left.........you will see new orleans cops beat the crap out of a 64 yr old man for being drunk in the street

Oct 9th 2005, 2:47 pm

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Re: Bound to be controversial

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Originally Posted by psb182

And........

Oct 9th 2005, 2:48 pm

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Re: Bound to be controversial

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And?

Oct 9th 2005, 2:48 pm

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Oct 9th 2005, 2:48 pm

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Re: Bound to be controversial

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And........

Oh Ray.

Oct 9th 2005, 2:48 pm

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Re: Bound to be controversial

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Of course his real name was Glen Rodney King..
Rodney sounded more innocent though ..

Sounds more like a bit of a Plonker to me, del boy.

Oct 9th 2005, 2:49 pm

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Re: Bound to be controversial

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Originally Posted by rushman

Absolutely spot on dead right. You are far better off giving it the old "yes Sir, yes Sir, three bags full sir" than giving a cop a mouthful of attitude. Give him attitude and you are basically asking him to find something else to ticket you for.

I find that the cops here (been stopped loads of times for speeding) display a distinctly polite but buisnesslike attitude to stopped motorists. I always have been polite and cheerful (Ok I don't do "cheerful" but as near as I can get to it), apologised and NEVER disagreed with their estmates of my speed.

So far I've had one ticket, from a fresh out of cop school snotty nosed, wet behind the ears, greenhorn, *****ing rookie, son of a bitch little Hitler bastard on a mission to make a name for himself, but I bare him no malice, he was only doing his job. Though why he couldn't be out catching burglars and rapists instead of picking on innocent motorists going about their buisness is beyond me.

Not sure why, but this reminded me of an interview with a woman that was mad that she got caught speeding through an English village. She said it was not fair that there wasn't a sign warning of the impending speed camera. I thought, why should they warn you, if you hadn't been speeding it wouldn't have been a problem!!!

I have to admit that I'm sometimes a bit of a girl racer, but at least when I've been caught, I take it like a woman! I got caught doing 88 when I was in Texas, the cop pulled me over & I was polite & said that I was sorry, he let me go & just told me to slow down & like a good little girl, I did!

Oct 9th 2005, 2:50 pm

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Re: Bound to be controversial

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try this.........http://www.comcast.net/providers/fan...cbsfannews.xml

You'll have to give me your password first.

But as far as I can tell these are seperate incidents in seperate places with different officers. Are you suggesting that the actions of one affect the actions of another? Wouldnt that be like, tarring all with the same brush? Generalisations? And all that?