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Originally posted by Landru
Originally posted by TheWalkingFox
reply to post by fordrew
All of you sorry sacks who keep stroking off on how the police need to get "tough on crime," give yourself a pat on the back.
This is what YOU wanted Americans.
Originally posted by WarmHeartedWorld
reply to post by fordrew
I am retired cop --State Trooper actually --- yes even 30 years ago saw some "PDs" not so nice with people. Thought even back then that "if you are not on the right side (power and authority), anyone could be "VICTIMIZED" and it "ain't getting any better!
The leaders - a joke - no matter what level, be they private or public just squeeze more power for them self and TAKE TAKE TAKE from "those they serve"- another joke ----
But sad to say -- "people love to be taken care of" so they give their rights and votes to anyone ho promises to care for them" -- give them something in other words --- HA HA -- Those that serve and say "they give" are in the business of TAKING only for "them & theirs" ---
I write about it- speak of it and advise how to be free from it --BUT MOST COVER THEIR EARS -- They like being "In The Matrix" ------- "no worry man"
Most are not living --most are not alive so I guess it matters not what, where or how --- It's not "the Night Of The Living Dead" movie anymore --It's the "living dead in America" --the masses!
We get what we reap!
Originally posted by weedwhacker
reply to post by fordrew
Not sure if anyone mentioned, yet.....but, if you didn't know the place it happened, I recognize the area. It is the corner of 13th Street and U Street, NW. At the Metro station entrance. On corner is a Starbuck's, next to it a Quizno's, and across the street, there, is the famous "Ben's Chili Bowl" landmark eatery. (Pres. Obama has been there, took a head of state, forget who...).
I'm sure Google StreetView will have it, you can see better that way, in case you're interested....
Enter: 1300 U Street Northwest, Washington D.C., DC
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Adding, after saw:
Originally posted by Landru
Landru's link to the local NBC affiliate.....it was the "Metro" Police...as in, the WMATA Police (Washington Metro Area Transit Authority)....apparently, not regular DC cops.
edit on Sun 22 May 2011 by weedwhacker because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by MysticPearl
Yeah, sounds like this guy was a real threat to the safety of everyone in that neighborhood.You think because some people want murderers, rapists, child abusers, drug dealers, and the like locked away, and because they cast their vote that way by backing a politician who says he'll be hard on crime, that's an excuse for throwing an elderly man in a wheelchair onto a sidewalk a cuffing him for sipping a beer or whatever he was drinking? What, do yo think he deserves a dui for using his wheelchair while drinking?
You reply showed you aren't capable of looking at the entire picture, and can't see that the problem is law enforcment officials themselves, and the culture surrounding them. I doubt you would feel the same way if someone raped your mom. Big difference between being tough on crime and harassing assaulting an elderly man in a wheelchair for doing no wrong. You sounds as intelligent as the cops involved.