new 'non-lethal' police weapon temporarily blinds target

[Londo_Jowo]

He isn't the one being stopped and is too stupid to understand how someone else might be.

If he was being stopped for no reason on a regular basis he would be all against this and the police stopping people.

Of course I've never been stopped

In my life I've been stopped 9 times, I've received 2 citations of which both were reduced and the other 7 times I received either a verbal warning or warning citation. Funny how treating the police respectfully results in a different situation than what is being portrayed in this forum. Based on the posts from several other forum members they have experienced the same thing.

 

[polarmystery]

I saw the term Z-RO and immediately thought of this guy:

 

[Darwin333]

Of course I've never been stopped

In my life I've been stopped 9 times, I've received 2 citations of which both were reduced and the other 7 times I received either a verbal warning or warning citation. Funny how treating the police respectfully results in a different situation than what is being portrayed in this forum. Based on the posts from several other forum members they have experienced the same thing.

My personal experience with police mirrors yours. With that said, I am intelligent to know that just because something isn't happening to me that it isn't an important issue or that it might not happen to me at some later date.

 

[Pipeline 1010]

You'll find a lot of cop-hater friends here. Some of us would like to have a forum just for cop-haters so you and your friends can spew your hate in your own little world. You can't hate on too many groups here without getting disciplined but cop hate is a-ok. But I think you already know this. I haven't figured out which RBM you are yet, but you'll give it away sooner or later.

I hate unconstitutional actions by people in power. You are showing the latest example of Cop Logic®: "If you don't support unconstitutional actions by police officers then you are a cop hater."

Gotcha. When I don't like if someone commits a crime or acts in a police-statish manner, and that person happens to be a cop, then I am a cop hater.

What is RBM?

 

[Pipeline 1010]

I've received 2 citations of which both were reduced and the other 7 times I received either a verbal warning or warning citation. Funny how treating the police respectfully results in a different situation than what is being portrayed in this forum.

Some of us don't have "get out of ticket" badges to flash. No matter how respectful we are it's a ticket. Besides, studies have shown that the vast majority of the time, cops have made up their mind whether to give a ticket or not BEFORE they ever talk to their prey. So why would being respectful result in a different outcome? (Not advocating disrespect...always be respectful toward cops when pulled over!)

As a side note...is it even possible to be let go with a warning by a motorcycle cop?

 

[Darwin333]

Some of us don't have "get out of ticket" badges to flash. No matter how respectful we are it's a ticket. Besides, studies have shown that the vast majority of the time, cops have made up their mind whether to give a ticket or not BEFORE they ever talk to their prey. So why would being respectful result in a different outcome? (Not advocating disrespect...always be respectful toward cops when pulled over!)

As a side note...is it even possible to be let go with a warning by a motorcycle cop?

Tickets are one thing but what most people don't know is that study after study and countless people (usually after they retired) in the justice department like police chiefs, judges, etc have shown that cops are the most likely people to commit perjury in a criminal trial. Let that sink in for a moment. If you have been wrongfully accused of a crime by an officer that basically comes down to your word against his, whose word do you suppose will hold the most weight at your trial? That's right, the one that is most likely to lie.

There are many reasons why but the biggest, imho, is even when caught they pay little to no consequences. How many trials in the last decade have there been when the only person committing a crime is the officer testifying against you.

 

[Londo_Jowo]

Some of us don't have "get out of ticket" badges to flash. No matter how respectful we are it's a ticket. Besides, studies have shown that the vast majority of the time, cops have made up their mind whether to give a ticket or not BEFORE they ever talk to their prey. So why would being respectful result in a different outcome? (Not advocating disrespect...always be respectful toward cops when pulled over!)

As a side note...is it even possible to be let go with a warning by a motorcycle cop?

Say what you wish, I will continue to believe treating an officer with respect during a stop results in a better outcome than being disrespectful with the officer. I will bet that someone who is disrespectful ends up getting a ticket for everything possible and potentially arrested as well.

Of course it's possible to be let go with a warning from a motorcycle officer.

 

[Pipeline 1010]

Say what you wish, I will continue to believe treating an officer with respect during a stop results in a better outcome than being disrespectful with the officer. I will bet that someone who is disrespectful ends up getting a ticket for everything possible and potentially arrested as well.

Of course it's possible to be let go with a warning from a motorcycle officer.

I just think its disingenuous to lecture people on how it's their attitude that got them the ticket when all you personally have to do is ask for professional courtesy. That said, we're in total agreement that any encounter should be kept respectful on both sides.

And it's a pretty effed up attitude that an arrest will be the result of a disrespectful attitude. Anyone who will arrest somebody, potentially causing devastating effects on that person's life, all because they got a boo-boo on their emotions, isn't fit to possess authority. They need psychological help, not authority to ruin lives.

The motorcycle cop thing was a lame attempt at a joke. Sorry, just a stereotype that probably isn't true.

 

[Rakehellion]

Why don't people stop committing crimes? No crimes = no police interaction.

Yeah, the police never harass those who aren't breaking the law.

http://news.yahoo.com/ferguson-police-arrest-two-reporters-tried-film-them-012627292.html
http://www.wdrb.com/story/26510980/video-shows-police-frisking-customers-at-bardstown-road-bar
http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2014/09/pennsylvania-teenager-hump-oral-sex-jesus-statue-prison

And that's just on the first page.