Guns seldom just “Go Off“.
Methinks he needs to learn to keep his Booger Hook off the BangSwitch.
But cops are the only ones with enough training to have firearms, right?
(This isn’t an indictment of police officers, just making a point).
Watching those people who preach “tolerance” and “respect for other’s beliefs” tearing themselves up trying to quash those who happen to believe differently from them.
The Gays who want “tolerance”, but have none for those who find the gay lifestyle disgusting. (I really don’t care, mind you, that’s your business) but who would doeverything in their power to destroy those who won’t validate their lifestyle.
And I am amused when those same gay groups (a very tiny, but VERY vocal minority) try to destroy someone who disagreed with them are shocked and amazed when the rest of society rallies ’round those whom they would try to destroy.
I think that the Gay and the seriously Anti-gay folks are both truly a minority. I believe that the rest of us really don’t give a shit. I also think that each time the “Outrage Brigades” (on every side) pick a target we should rally round and give ’em the good ole Razberry like in the above case.
But I, for one am disgusted by the tactics of those who would preach “tolerance” but will not practice it. Those who feel “tolerance” means “agree with me or die”.
Damned if you do, damned if ya don’t.
It’s not like there have never been any incidences of people pretending to be cops….especially at night. And it isn’t like there is an easy way to determine (especially at night) that the vehicle behind you is really a cop or just a car with flashing lights on top.
And it isn’t like the suggested procedure if you aren’t sure is to turn on your emergency flashers and proceed to a lighted (and public) area in order that you can more easily identify the person as a uniformed officer with a badge and proper Police Department issued photo ID. ……
Unless, of course, you are in northern Porter County Indiana. Then, yer screwed unless you immediately pull over and wait to see what happens next.
It is bad enough that this happened. Worse, that Porter County has officers that behave like this (Sadly, nearly every police force has them (and knows it), and fails to weed them out) but worse, the Sheriff and his staff are “supporting our officer’s decision in this matter” .
This isn’t some lowlife with a record, where there (might) be a question regarding the decision not to pull over. Rather, this is a nurse, with absolutely zero record of criminal behavior. Yet the officer, Porter County Sheriff’s Department Patrolman William Marshall, escalated the incident into an arrest. Further, the police department and the County Prosecuting Attorney are pursuing this as a felony: resisting arrest.
The decisions made in this case bring into question the suitability of the officer to continue to exercise police powers. Further, the fact that his superiors, up to and including the Sheriff,support his actions bring into question the judgement of the entire department’s administration.
And now, they won’t back down. Nothing like doubling down on stupid.
This is Bad Policing. Period.
If they won’t come to their senses soon, she’ll end up with a felony charge which will later be overturned, but which will cause her difficulties finding employment as a nurse….which will end up in court….which will end in a multi-million dollar settlement that the County taxpayers will have to pay. All because some asshole didn’t get his authoiteh ticket punched that night.
And I will remember this next election. Both the Sheriff AND the Prosecuting Attorney that pursues this.
HT: Opie
I mean, NASCAR has issued a statement decrying the current Indiana law.
One would wonder…if they are serious, are they gonna cancel the upcoming Brickyard 400? Or is their statement just another feeble attempt to be relevant on the Political stage?
I doubt that they will cancel. Too much money involved, both or them and their sponsors. So they are hypocrites.
They should spend more time being concerned about racing, and less time trying to be Politically Correct.
……Done that, got the t-shirt, wore it out, got the hat too…then wrote a song about it and all that shit……I learn slow sometimes.
I’ve had Truly Psychotic ™ chicks (one three times). Yes, they rock your world, but in the end, we all go elsewhere …The price is too high.
THIS should be required reading for everyone age 17 or older. I wish to God that I could go back and force my younger self to read it (or that I could sit down with him over a beer and a smoke and I could warn him about S and K and R and L and T and J and L (again) and M and CC (and her sister!) and L(again again). Yes, it made for some wild times, but always left me broke, exhausted, drained and weary.Psychos all of them.
I’d like to think I am smarter today. Got a good (and nonpsychotic) woman. Am happier.
Plus the adults (the bulk of the border traffic) , plus the drug smugglers (and who knows what (and who) else?)
Yet we won’t build a fence, and won’t close the border. Won’t put Border Control boys and girls to interdict the flow of humanity from Mexico.
But we do, of course, have thousands of Border Patrol Agents to staff all those internal checkpoints.
He backs down from his stance on Religious exemptions for businesses.
Weak willed,gutless weasel. Shoulda thought about that before you signed the (IMO, good) legislation.
They were making noises that he might run for president. He just lost my vote.
Here is a hint, just in case you need it:
Your GPS is a GUIDE. Look outside the car…. pay attention.
Man drives car off of partially demolished bridge.
I know this bridge. I live sorta nearby. You gotta go around 4 sets of orange and white signs and 2 sets of Jersey barriers to get to where he fell off the end of the bridge.
It’s been closed since fall of 2009 or so.
I’m sorry the Mrs. died. Shoulda been him, if only for stupidity. Dying while trapped in a burning car isn’t the end I’d wish for anyone.
But seriously, you gotta TRY to get to where he did in order for this to happen.
One wonders.
Oh, and update your GPS maps occasionally…….. the bridge had been closed since 2009….
on Police behavior.
Court indicts Alabama policeman for throwing 57 year old Indian man to the ground.
I’m not sure of the “Indian” part had anything to do with it, but I suspect it did. Either way, if he can’t behave better than that, he should be in jail. If it were you or I there would have been no doubt…we already would have been incarcerated. Police should be given a small amount of latitude and benefit of doubt. But not Carte Blanche.
Nice to see that there are limits.