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Originally posted by roadgravel
How about, when a person tells the police that they do not wish to speak with them, the police leave the person alone and leave. Darn it, I keep forgetting that the Constitution is just a piece of paper.
Originally posted by Sleuth
... The media played up the "victim" angle, but we heard little but the official details about the LE end of the story. That means we only have 50% of the story.
Originally posted by roadgravel
And the shame is that in todays world when we get LE's side of the story, we still don't have the truth. Cover ups or withholding facts seem to be the rule, not the exception.
Originally posted by Unlimitedpossibilities
SOME police men and women make it very hard not to hate and despise ALL police men and women.
I think its time we started shooting back.
Originally posted by Spreadthetruth
A tazer should be reserved in the same way a firearm should be.
Originally posted by fatdad
another step towards hunting season for cops..i can honestly say things like this make me happy when they get shot....
Originally posted by Sleuth
She initiated violent contact. There is a specific response to every level of force used against a police officer. When the fists are flying or the knives are swinging, LEO's are sensibly and legally entitled to use a level of force appropriate to the situation.
In case you were unaware of it, we're entitled to use a level of force one step higher than the assailant, but we rarely do. The reason for this is that we are responsible for bringing the situation under control as soon as possible using the least amount of force necessary to accomplish that.
Originally posted by Sleuth
That would depend upon the circumstances of the contact. Did the officers have a duty to pursue, as in "hot pursuit"? Was she obstructing? Was there a warrant involved? You get the picture.
Originally posted by me_ofef_seraph
Originally posted by fatdad
another step towards hunting season for cops..i can honestly say things like this make me happy when they get shot....
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I guess something is seriously wrong when this is how citizens view the police. You just made it very clear why the police acts over-authoritarian from time to time. It's a dangerous job, and a lot of civilians just makes it that much harder.
Unless the warrant was issued for her then she didn't have to talk to the officers at all.
Even if there was a warrant issued for her she doesn't have to speak to them without an attorney.
Just because they are cops doesn't mean that she's going to give up information about her child, there are very few parents out there that would do that, it's against human nature and the parental instinct to protect their child. Maybe when they saw that she wasn't going to willingly cooperate with them they should've just called it a day & tried a different way.
Maybe the police force should pay a little more attention to the Constitution and people's constitutional rights.