[quote=svelte][quote=FlyerInHi]What about in states where there are open carry laws.
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You need to read up on the situation before you comment.
Also..you breezed right by the custom rims part…he can sell those effing things on craigslist, give his kids some of what he owes them, and ride on steel rims like I did when I had no dough! But to ride around with a customized ride with nice rims and tinted windows…nah….he should get himself an old POS (like I did when I was broke) and give his kids the difference. No sympathy from me!
Scaredy – you’re sounding more and more like a defense lawyer every day! If he got pulled over illegally, then he should STAND RIGHT THERE, let’em haul his ass in and get it thrown out in court! Maybe even sue the police and get a tidy bunch-o-cash! I’m all for that! But don’t run! That disrespects the very foundation of American society. If he thinks he got a raw deal, then plead his case in court, not via the Adida Hustle.
I’ve been shortchanged and even lied to by police before…I know they aren’t always honest or right. But I never ran. Never.
Do police have prejudices? You betcha, like every other white AND black AND Asian person in the United States. Every stinkin’ person!
But to assume it is a racial thing is a little too much for me to take.
Let me give you a real world example.
I typically don’t put front license plates on my sports cars, for a variety of reasons. I have driven that way for over 20 years during the day, at night, around bars, everywhere. Never been pulled over once for it. Never.
My sons and their friends emulated this and didn’t put the front plates on their cars when they were in high school. It seemed like monthly there were getting stopped for it…so much so they gave up and put the plates back on. They were ticked at me and the profiling that police were doing. They were young so of course they must be up to no good, right?
These boys were as lilly white as they come. They could never be mistaken for a person of color.
Now. Imagine the same cars, same driving patterns, same everything but turn my son and his friends black.
Do you suppose folks would be saying the cops were pulling them over due to racial profiling?
Do I think the young man should have been shot in SC? No I do not. The cop should stand trial and I bet he will rightly be convicted.
But I don’t have a lot of sympathy for the victim.
Before you all run off and misconstrue that comment, here is an analogy.
My heart gets heavy when I read of a person dying in a car accident that was not their fault. Pure bad luck, I feel bad for them.
But, when I hear of a person dying while skydiving, I don’t get a heavy heart. They knew their behavior was risky, they did it anyway. Oh well. I wish it didn’t happen, but no tears will be hitting my pillow. Same way I feel if someone runs from the police. Wish it wouldn’t have happened, cop should stand trial. But no tears on my pillow.
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i get what you’re saying.
I think the bigger problem in this case is that it highlights just what a bunch of coldblooded liars police can be.
I mean ok, say you don’t feel sorry for the guy. I see your point of view.
The fact remains the police officers (plural) lied about the whole scenario. LIED. and would neevr have been found out but for a tape.
they lied about giving CPR to the fellow.
Lied about the location of the taser.
planted evidence, allegedly.
lied about the circumstances of the shooting.
and were just so coldblooded about it on the tape that frankly, i got a little chilled watching it…
so this kind of thing makes it very difficult for normal people to trust the police. even if you think the victim had it coming for participating ina risky activity. you still should feel a little queasy about a bunch of lies from police officers…because its very difficult to beleive that this is some unvbelievably rare incident of lying.
call me crazy, but i require honesty from the police. it makes it very difficult to run a criminal justice system if you don’t ahve faith that the overwhelming majority of police officer tell the truth the overwhelming majority of the time, with perhaps slight shadings here and there…
i guess the response might be, well, if you didn’t run, we wouldn’t have to become a bunch of dishonest liars. and if wr’re lying you’ll just have to beleive we are lying because the fellow had it coming, in our opinion.
