[quote=FlyerInHi][quote=CA renter] And many of those criminals who jet jail time for drugs are really there for bigger crimes, but the cops might not have been able to get them on those crimes because of technicalities, lack of evidence, luck, etc., so they take what they can get.
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Err, no. Quite the contrary. Many dealers just deal for income and spending money. There are good at what they do (well qualified for the job) so we should let them work. Supply and demand.
Trying to stop drugs is just the government/soccer moms misunderstanding the market place.
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As for the story about your wife’s carjacker,
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Sacaredy married a saint.
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it’s more about making sure they are apprehended. Cops really don’t like to let criminals get away, and I applaud them for this, as do most law-abiding citizens. [/quote]
Errr, no. Cops don’t care.
If you get burglarized and have a video. They cops don’t even bother to investigate.
Cops have a billy badass mentality. They want the chase. 1/2 the cops are physically unfit for a chase anyway… but that’s another story.
Cops like to stop guys who hang out and say “yo boy, whachat doin’ here?” Makes them feel important. Of course, those dudes and the cops all have a thing about getting dissed, so escalation ensues.[/quote]
You’re wrong on the first item, Brian. Many cops know that certain criminals are guilty of certain crimes. Cops often know, on a very intimate level, the truly bad guys/gals in the neighborhoods. They often know the parents, grandparents, siblings, romantic partners, friends, enemies, etc. and might have talked to all of them over the years, often in great detail. But knowing that someone is guilty of committing a crime and being able to produce evidence that could convict them are two separate things.
Cops most definitely use drug charges to nab criminals who are guilty of other crimes.
As for the decriminalization of drugs, though, I’m all for it. Cops have more important things to do.
Also agree that cops need to focus more on solving the crimes that should be solved…like flu’s case where the criminal was recorded and they had some kind of identifying information on him. That’s happened to me, too. I knew exactly who had committed a crime in my case (stolen credit card number), but the cops didn’t do a thing; they couldn’t have seemed less interested.
Yes, some cops have a bad-ass mentality, and that can cause problems. But it’s also what keeps many of them alive. Yes, they should try to de-escalate whenever possible, but you have to understand that’s not always possible. You really need to have some experience with truly violent thugs before you can comment on this, Brian. You sound like someone who has never been the victim of a violent crime (talking about being a random victim of a violent criminal, not a fight with friends or acquaintances, or people you’ve pissed off, etc.).
This is what they have to deal with, sometimes on a regular basis. What would you do?
It’s like when people complain that a thug who was beaten or killed while resisting arrest or mouthing off to cops was “unarmed,” without acknowledging that a cop has absolutely NO WAY of knowing that someone is unarmed until they have been physically searched.
Easy to opine while siting in front of your computer screen. Very different to be out the on the streets with a target on your back…this is their real life.
