Unreal.

Until very recently, there was a website called badcopnews.com that listed MSM stories of cops involved in criminal conduct. These stories were posted daily and covered every crime imaginable -- police involved in murder, rapes, theft, planting evidence and more.

A common theme in those stories is that cops can often get away with multiple crimes for some time (even years) before they are caught. One cop in the southwest was a serial rapist. He kept raping women and was identified quite a few times before he was finally arrested.

Judging from the MSM stories, police from Florida are some of the worst. I've personally witnessed police helicopters harassing civilians on the ground there. Apparently one of their SOP's is to push someone (perhaps "anti-war" or "anti-gov" types) and see if people push back. When civilians do push back, the police respond with overwheling force. I think there are lessons to be learned from observing this behavior.

It's just one more sign of the times.




[edit on 11/22/2008 by anonymousATS]

I read the story and it does seem that the officer was way out of line. I do think that cops are pretty unfairly represented in the media. When some mess up, it makes them all look bad. It was a pretty stupid call on the officers part, but there may be more to the story than this site tells you.

Yeah did you know under the new nazi government laws that you need a receipt for purchase for every single thing you have?
And if you don't have it, its stolen and must be taken from you.
Every idea and thought you have you must first check if you need to buy a licence to think it.
Every time you hear a song or see a picture you must pay for it and get a receipt.
But hold on even if you have a receipt, if you cant prove where you got your income, and you have stuff worth more than you earn, then it must be from drugs and everything you have must be confiscated.
Im sick of this really this isn't how I wanted to live in this world.
Im sure when my mum and dad bought me into this world they didn't plan on me having to go through this.
Im sure when my grandfathers fought the Nazi's and Japanese so I wouldn't have to, they didn't plan on my own government doing to me exactly what they were fighting against.
Every page you turn, every corner you turn, there is a psychopath abusing its power.

Actually according to WFTV here when I saw the news last night, after Hillman asked the Sgt. and was told it did not make it to the property room, The Sgt. then contacted the officer whom still had it in his cruiser along with the half -finished paperwork. Actually we have had about 6 different breakin's to video game stores as well asa Best Buy in the Orlando area in the past 3 weeks. Also when they interviewed Hillman on camera he WAS OBVIOUSLY high. Also for those who do not know Hillman was pulled over and resides in Pine Hills area of Orlando. This area is the equivalent of SouthCentral LA. Now before the" just because he lives there!" crowd chimes in, I've lived here all my life, (30+) years, If anything the Sherriff's dept. needs to be even more harsh in that area to curb the rampant crime in that area. So everyone go ahead and pick the victim cards back up for the time being and chill.

[edit on 22-11-2008 by djvexd]

We have some scumbag police in NZ, too. For some reason police feel that their badge gives places them above everyone else. Do we remember Johnny Justice? At least I think that was the name.

I think these kinds of stories do need to be made a bid deal of to send a message to these kinds of cops.

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Originally posted by djvexd
Also when they interviewed Hillman on camera he WAS OBVIOUSLY high.
[edit on 22-11-2008 by djvexd]

Ok... so It's Illegal to be high in Florida? (I saw the cnn report , he didn't look high to me)... The cop pulled them over for speeding. This story smells... I'll tell you why I think so.

#1 He smelled Marijuana in the car and found nothing? (probable cause , which would allow him to check the car for contraband or drugs)

#2 There weren't any open warrants on them. (they would have been disclosed after the DL's were run into the computer)

#3 They obviously were not belligerent towards the officer , because there were no arrests or detentions made and the officer had not even finished or submitted any type of report before the end of shift.

#4 Had the officer had even an inkling of a crime commited he would have radioed a supervisor or tour commander and get his input.

This is shoddy police work at best and an attempt to defraud this man out of his property through (theft by deception) at worst. If this was on the up and up and I had pulled him over , to cover my A$$ I'd want to make sure a second officer was there that could verify what Items I took. (the guy could say "I had 50 XBOX games that he took , I know I only have the reciept for these five but I had used ones I was going to trade in") this is what scumbags and real criminals do... they're "get over artists" Now It's your word vs his word , you have no report written , no officer to vouch for you and you're riding around in your cruiser with "stolen" property , and a pending interview with IAB. The victim filed no formal complaint with the department , from the evidence presented it seems he just wanted his stuff back... anyone else have a diff spin on this?

So now they can take any property that wish on that it might be stolen?
This is a real issue that needs to be stopped now.

Issues of this type are going on all over the country. They take and you have to go and prove you did not do anything wrong.

Does anyone see a problem with this?

[edit on 22-11-2008 by Daedalu]

You NEVER give them permission to search the car

EVER

Let them call the drug sniffing dogs if your innocent so there are witnesses.