Police rant!!!!!!!!!!!!

[MattDMC]

It's pretty clear but from the way he is saying it , maybe the cop could of explained that to him as some peoples clock or what not maybe broke or need to check a time or maybe turn off an alarm with just a swipe of a finger... if he wasnt just sitting there texting im sure he could of let that one breeze by, buy hey maybe he was bored

I'll give you that one as it is a touchy situation. The laws state any use of phone in hands is ticketable but most people wouldn't think of checking the time as a violation of the law. I can see how that goes both ways.

the gun thing is a touchy situation as he probably could have just either put his hand on it as opposed to just taking it halfway out, or maybe told him to calm it down because its makin him feel that way.... i just dont see if you are not reaching for anything and hands are in clear view, why does the pistol even have to be involved.. but if he truly feels what he did ensures him he will go home that night.. guess i cant blame the man, doesn't mean i can't feel a certain way about him or the way it seemed to come off

Always be ready is the simple response. His hands may be visible and have nothing in them but it only takes a split second to reach under the chair and grab a weapon the cop has no idea about. When someone is angry arguing and ripping up a ticket they could snap in a second and reach for something thats why we have our hands on our guns just in case as we don't know the person in the car.

I'll go back and read the whole thread as I thought I saw OP state his hand was on his gun I don't recall him saying the gun was pulled half out. I could be wrong but I'll double check.

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[lloydr04]

^^ few responses down on the 3rd page for the gun thing

[MattDMC]

^^ few responses down on the 3rd page for the gun thing

I see it now.

I myself wouldn't pull a gun if somebody was arguing or getting unruly with me but I would certainly have my hand on or near my gun to be prepared. I will say that if in this case the cop did actually pull the gun that the cop is wrong in this situation.

But as a rule of thumb if you don't want a cop reaching towards there gun don't try to argue or fight with them. At the end of the day if you just take a ticket and take it to court peacefully 90% of the time there will be no issue. When people start raising their voice and tearing up tickets thats where the problem starts and thats where OP's problem started in this case.

[mrveggieman]

NO COP IS A COWARD.

Please do not take this as a personal attack on you but what world do you live in? So the cops that beat the hell out of rodney king and did time in club fed over it were not cowards? What about the ones who killed Malace Green? What about cops who rape kids? Or the one cop in Ohio who killed his wife and young son? Need I go on. Yes they are some good cops but last time I checked no cop is walking on water or turning water into wine. If you have to carry a gun around (cop or criminal) in order to feel like a man, cannot handle your business on your own and have to pick on people weaker than you to make you feel better about yourself you are a coward bottom line.

[Star_Cards]

It was a sunny day and i did nothing wrong but had a seatbelt on and signaled to pull over to shoulder... was told to get out wit gun in hand and was asked about illegal things which i knew nothing about such as large amounts of cash or guns

where the hell did they get all those questions from

lets just say being it happened in tennessee outside of memphis im not very suprised

I've been questioned in an investigation of a crime that I had no involvement. Not as intense as having guns drawn and such.

[Star_Cards]

you gotta also love how its illegal to accidentally hit the turn signal and turn it right off... just to ask for insurance and license and where i was going


told him none of his business , only people who are puppets feel they need to bow down to these dudes when they are pulled over.. you also have rights


watch and learn

http://www.worldstarhiphop.com/video...0JYPAPX06115cX

puppets? My path crosses very little with the police. I haven't had negative experiences with them so I don't have the animosity that you obviously do and that's not saying that your animosity isn't just. I'm sure I'd feel similar if I had unwarranted negative experiences with them. I do however take offense to you calling me a "puppet" because I comply with an officer's questions when I've been pulled over for a legitimate reason or if they are investigating a legitimate crime.

[MattDMC]

Please do not take this as a personal attack on you but what world do you live in? So the cops that beat the hell out of rodney king and did time in club fed over it were not cowards? What about the ones who killed Malace Green? What about cops who rape kids? Or the one cop in Ohio who killed his wife and young son? Need I go on. Yes they are some good cops but last time I checked no cop is walking on water or turning water into wine. If you have to carry a gun around (cop or criminal) in order to feel like a man, cannot handle your business on your own and have to pick on people weaker than you to make you feel better about yourself you are a coward bottom line.

What I should have said is that the every day cop is not a coward of course there is always that 1% in any group but the cop in OP's original post does not fit the coward name tag.

"If you have to carry a gun around (cop or criminal) in order to feel like a man, cannot handle your business on your own and have to pick on people weaker than you to make you feel better about yourself you are a coward bottom line."

^^^trust me that is the 1% of cops the majority are no where near that. Media seems to only highlight the 1% of bad cops with the police brutality and stories like that because it gets attention. You rarely see the news portraying a normal cop on a normal days routine the only thing that gets shown are the bad examples.

[Star_Cards]

Oh and if someone non violently gets loud, doesnt reach for anything at all and takes out their frustration on a piece of paper, they should be prepared to get popped? nice policy bro, thought they had mase for that

huh? who got popped for ripping up a piece of paper?

[MattDMC]

huh? who got popped for ripping up a piece of paper?

Thank you!

Somebodies stretching the story a little on that one.
Theres a big difference from having his hand on the holster and getting popped.

[Star_Cards]

Does everyone realize that people lie to the police all the time? I wonder how many times that particular officer has heard the "I was checking my clock" statement? Not saying the OP was lying, but just pointing out the other side of the story.

I do agree that there are bad cops out there. I was just trying to look at things from the cops perspective of having legit reasons to pull the OP over. There may be "cowards" on the force but I still don't think lloydr04 has legitimate experience to call this officer a coward just from the OPs statements of the run ins with him.

As for the no texting law in general, we just got it but it's really weird because the law in indiana is only for texting so legally you can do other things on your phone while driving. I find these laws tricky because with the amount of things your phone does these days you can be messing with it and not texting at all. I do see where it gives police officers a lot more reason to pull people over where these no texting laws are. I guess the safest thing is to no even touch them while driving as to not look like you are texting.