[Sailor Abbey]

In all honesty, it sounds like the cop might have been dippin into the angle dust before work. That’s really the only explanation for someone to act so regoddamndiculous. Abuse of power happens all the time. Hell, if I was a cop I’d be crooked as fuck: taking bribes, crashing high school parties and "confiscating" everyone's weed, letting people out of traffic violations in exchange for sexual favors, ect. But to just start acting like a psycho? That definitely sounds drug induced.

[Grinov]

In all honesty, it sounds like the cop might have been dippin into the angle dust before work. That’s really the only explanation for someone to act so regoddamndiculous. Abuse of power happens all the time. Hell, if I was a cop I’d be crooked as fuck: taking bribes, crashing high school parties and "confiscating" everyone's weed, letting people out of traffic violations in exchange for sexual favors, ect. But to just start acting like a psycho? That definitely sounds drug induced.

If there were only more Police Officers like you.

[MyPantsAreOnFire]

Ofcourse I have, but I haven’t heard of a Police Officer putting their gun to the heads of children outside of the United States.

Then you're really only hearing what you want to hear. There are places out there where the police figures are more likely to do just that at times AND fire the weapon. This is an inexcusable action by the cop but to try and paint behavior like that as somehow "American only" is ludicrous.

[Gobbler]

Wait a sec...

* Wields a gun, check
* Doesn't really know what to do with it, check
* Threatens harmless civilians, check
* Chickens out, check

Sounds American enough for me.

[Deepsycher]

How about the Jean Charles de Menezes case in England when police officers shot a man who was unarmed which they thought was a terrorist?

In Thailand on the Massacres of the students who were protesting.
And in China were to what I see as mostly in secret.

In a suppose to be civilised place that sounds like a bad example to take guns away but encourage them in children's faces by the emotional state of the police.

[Gobbler]

How about the Jean Charles de Menezes case in England when police officers shot a man who was unarmed which they thought was a terrorist?

Had a reason, didn't chicken out.

In Thailand on the Massacres of the students who were protesting.

Knew exactly what they were doing, didn't chicken out.

And in China were to what I see as mostly in secret.

Same as above.

In a suppose to be civilised place that sounds like a bad example to take guns away but encourage them in children's faces by the emotional state of the police.

If you said or wanted to say what I think you said or wanted to say, then yes.

This post has been edited by Gobbler: 21 September 2006 - 01:13 PM

[Sailor Abbey]

I’m telling you guys he was on some bad acid trip. He thought the van was one of those creatures from Starship Troopers and the little girl was its alien brain or something. That’s the only way something like that would ever happen.

Do your drugs kids. Don’t let your drugs do you.

[Deepsycher]

I mean for painting America and I take it you mean chicken out in running away for comment?

Had a reason, didn't chicken out.

I thought they were trying to protect the officers for a while in the investigations. Shoot to kill in a situation when a gun or bomb is questioningly present or unpresent. I find that chickening out for a while.

Knew exactly what they were doing, didn't chicken out.

Wern't they peace protesting? Now the government using violence to take their voices away I find that chickening out.

Same as above.

In China isn't it chickening out when they want everybody to be the same but they themselves hold secrets and rely on a non secret fact that they can't confirm over the country's security?

This post has been edited by Deepsycher: 21 September 2006 - 01:31 PM

[Gobbler]

*sighs*

[Deepsycher]

*sighs*

Sarcasm?

Do explain what you mean I prefer that better.

[Jordan]

rofl

Cops in other countries are even WORSE. My pal got an ak-47 shoved in his face, at the age of 14, for tripping his firends silent house alarm in Kiev.

[barend]

i had a similare experiencce in amsterdam at the same age for setting off the metal detector at the airport.

thank christ they at least left me a BCS virgin.

[Zatoichi]

A military buddy told me a story of something that happened while he was sttioned in Japan.
Him and a buddy had just gotten out of a bar (a bit drunk of course). Out of nowhere three cops kicked the shit out of them (in case you didn't know, Japanese cops must hold black belts in three different martial arts before they can join. Their weapon is an extentable baton, I forgot it's actual name). They were brought to the local station where they were continously roughed up whilst being accused of rape and murder, and not admitting to it. After a little while an old lady, who was apparently a witness of some sort, told the cops that it wasn't them. The officer said "So sorry, you go now", and that was that. There was nothing that they could do about it. This story took place some time ago, and I'm not sure if all of the facts would still hold true. Damn, if I ever end of Japan with cops after me for something I didn't do, I'm going to just run like a bat out of Hell.

[Grinov]

Then you're really only hearing what you want to hear. There are places out there where the police figures are more likely to do just that at times AND fire the weapon. This is an inexcusable action by the cop but to try and paint behavior like that as somehow "American only" is ludicrous.

I was talking about First World countries, I’m sure that things like that do happen, just not here.

[MyPantsAreOnFire]

I was talking about First World countries, I’m sure that things like that do happen, just not here.

It would still be an incorrect assumption. And even so, it's not like this is happening left and right here. It's a news story in the first place because it is so unusual and, quite frankly, awful.