Treating everyone cordially is definitely good advice and I agree that your chances of being killed/kicked in the nuts/etc. by the cops goes down when you're polite.

But running from the cops, while dumb as hell, should in no way result in a prolonged beating or bullets in your back. The police signed up for a government job and it's not too much to ask government employees to avoid senslesely beating people. Even when the cops get very very mad.

Sorry it's a shitty job, and I even agree that they probably deserve better pay, but when these incidents happen I can't stand when the first thing people say is "He was running..."

Then arrest him! It's the job. The rules don't stop applying when you're angry.

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Posted by PikeBishop

Bristol, TN

Member since Feb 2014

975 posts

Posted on 4/10/15 at 5:40 pm to Dawg in Beaumont

You know, I read and hear people saying the cops aren't trained properly. I don't think that's the root problem. It has to with the screening process in selecting police officers. If you're hiring someone with bad character to begin with, you can't train your way out of these kinds of problems.

I seriously doubt this beating in CA and what amounts to a summary execution in SC in any way resembles how they were trained.

It's individuals with bad character. "By their fruits ye shall know them."

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Posted by Kentucker

Cincinnati, KY

Member since Apr 2013

19351 posts

Posted on 4/11/15 at 10:57 am to Dawg in Beaumont

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Sorry it's a shitty job, and I even agree that they probably deserve better pay, but when these incidents happen I can't stand when the first thing people say is "He was running..."

We should take a lot of the government money that goes to welfare and give it to cops' salaries. Then we could hire more mentally stable officers and avoid most of these gym-rats-on-steroids types.

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