I smell a fed. Or a Sarah Brady cultist, which amounts to the same thing. Any time someone stands up for their liberties they drag out the tired old junk science quoted above. It’s about as honest as “when did you stop beating your wife”.

Cops have no problem using violence against the general populace for all sorts of reasons, few of which actually involve any kind of threat. Most of the time it involves for all intents and purposes summary judgment for a Contempt Of Cop citation. The question quoted above should be asked of most law enforcement in this country, given that’s the kind of scum that seems to gravitate towards that career.

When a long train of abuses are not rectified, and when it is made clear that no politicians care about reforming the system, no criminal charge will stick and no civil lawsuit will actually bring punishment upon the malefactors (thanks to government indemnity), guess what’s left? The second amendment ain’t about duck hunting — it’s about tyrant hunting. And if cops continue to act as tyrants or tools of tyrants, and as an army of occupation, don’t be surprised if the people play their part in turn.

The second civil cold war has already started. Denver and Minneapolis, as well as the 30 months handed to David Olofson for a firearm malfunction are a giant wake-up call. The Maquis isn’t that far behind — and everyone who has ever read Unintended Consequences or Enemies Foreign And Domestic knows what happens next.

http://celebgalz.com/kentucky-sheriff-joe-gaddie-brought-back-wrong-suspect-joe-oros-from-california/

http://nky.cincinnati.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/b2/20080818/NEWS01/808180392

Hmmm, ever think of sending a mug shot to California or maybe a fingerprint card BEFORE you get in your cruiser for a 4200 mile prisoner-transport junket? And how many stones does it take to refuse to sign a waiver of extradition with a bunch of armed government thugs hanging around just looking for an excuse to hand out a wood shampoo or a multiple tasering?

Lawsuit? You betcha. If that were me, the notice of claim would be written on a cement block, signed in blood, and dropped on this inbred mouth-breathing redneck Roscoe P. Coltraine wannabe’s scrotum. There is no excuse for this. None. In the real world, things like “due diligence” and failure to perform same have real world consequences. This clown will probably be reelected, if Joe Arpaio is any indication.

Nope, it came from East Hartford, CT about seven years ago, where a police candidate was washed out for scoring too high on the intelligence test. The candidate sued the township. And lost.

That story may have the best line of the week:

“It was unfortunate we had to use the Taser. … It was the only way we could subdue him without having to hurt him.”

Thank goodness they had the Taser, or he might have been hurt!

Military tactics against criminals that ACTUALLY HARM OTHERS?

LOLWUT

That meant police couldn’t look for evidence during surprise searches at their homes or try to interview people during searches to get additional information.

Yeah, that’s a shame, all right.

Meanwhile, increasing the humor value, one of the Possibly Related Posts that turned up when I clicked through was “Police search without warrant.” It was a post from an attorney who answers legal questions online:

POLICE: My boyfriend was driving home one Friday night and the police stopped him. They asked him to get out of the auto and the police searched the auto for drugs. Can the police do that without a warrant?

Yes, the police can do that. The police can do whatever is necessary if it is reasonable for them to suspect a crime is being committed or to prevent a crime from being committed even entering a home without a warrant. My advice is always to co-operate with the police. Remember, the police are also there to help and protect people generally.

Yeah, I’d hire the guy.

I found this via the Agitator and it’s just plain cool.

Next weekend two old friends are going to don tuxedos and have a public pie fight, keeping a vow they made to each other back in 1976, when they were both 18. They had decided that they di…

If you inserted the name of any other minority group (in Bell Curve fashion) Agitator readers would be (rightly) appalled. For some reason, this comment is probably ok though. Frank, for a change, makes more sense than Steve, though he ends his comments by wishing for violence (as usual). I have been, and am still involved in testing for a couple agencies and I suspect that indepence and critical thinking skills are not highly sought. I believe the “IQ ceiling” concept is probably just an urban legend that Frank picked up in the blogosphere.

Aside from the morality of this kind of comment, you totally miss the point. Moral courage, not intelligence (and the definition of intelligence is fairly subjective), is the problem here. Tribalism (“us vs. them”) is another big problem. If you guys want to be taken seriously, you might stick to policy changes and cultural problems in law enforcement instead of using grade school insults. Ok, feel free to downgrade my karma now. I’ll probably have a good cry about it.

Next on FOX: Good Hitting Police!

“Cops, in general, are not smart people.”

There is, in fact, an IQ ceiling in law enforcement recruiting. Some BS about smart people getting bored. The real reason is that smart people know when orders from the chief/mayor are illegal. The real reason is that smart people who become cops get sick of the system, go to law school, and become defense attorneys.

I just love that last story — a cop who probably participated in his fair share of drug raids and dog shootings gets hoisted on his own petard. Too bad he wasn’t shot during the event.

I’d love to see how the captain might react to claims of corruption or of politically motivated raids if a private citizen raised them.

Oh no need to wonder. He’d scoff and say it wasn’t possible. If you point out his claims he’d say, “That’s different!” and then mumble about some sort of conspiracy and what not.

Cops, in general, are not smart people. The idea of consistency, intellectual honesty, and honesty in general mean little to them if anything at all.

If your assets are seized in KY, UNITE, Inc. gets it to distribute as they see fit. Although they handed out $324k last month to local PDs and sheriffs, future assets will be retained because of “budget cutbacks”.

http://www.operationunite.org

That $2 billion figure would only pay for 40 pairs of pants!

Two words: turf war.

I fell victim to this phenomenon on reading of the fraud Juan Rangel. Except for quaint notions of due process, which the state abides by at its whim, I felt what befell Mr. Rangel was entirely appropriate. Shame on me.