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Biannoshufu
how does this happen? I mean, aren't you guys all Horde or Alliance or on the same faction?
[Other] FL STATE TROOPER pulls over Miami Police Officer Caught Driving 120 mph
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Looks like MPD guy was running that speed with out lights. Which should mean that he's not running hot (in pursuit.) So he's as dangerous as any other douche running that speed. A cop will wave a fellow cop on if they are only doing 5-10 over the speed limit, but to double (likely double) the speed limit will get your ass thrown in jail. It does not matter who you work for.
I am happy she pulled the douche over and arrested him. He's likely a Mall Cop by now.
I am happy she pulled the douche over and arrested him. He's likely a Mall Cop by now.
Snarky response: Glad SOMEONE thinks that the law also applies to cops
Joke response: If Super Troopers and Reno 911 has taught me anything, it's that Troopers and PD might as well be bloods and crypts
Real response: I don't know.
Snark response to Sixpackshaker : It's probably the trooper who's a mall cop now. If cops started policing each other they wouldn't get the power trip that comes with a badge.
Apology to cops on the forum: I love you guys. Buy ya a beer?
Joke response: If Super Troopers and Reno 911 has taught me anything, it's that Troopers and PD might as well be bloods and crypts
Real response: I don't know.
Snark response to Sixpackshaker : It's probably the trooper who's a mall cop now. If cops started policing each other they wouldn't get the power trip that comes with a badge.
Apology to cops on the forum: I love you guys. Buy ya a beer?
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Biannoshufu
he was not arrested but charged with reckless driving according to news reports.
Unless we're responding to an incident with emergency equipment activated, we're no more exempt from traffic law than anyone else. I'm not going to say that I've never sped, either on OR off-duty... but this was insane. I have no doubt his own department is going to have a few choice things to say to him, too. Good on the trooper.
He beytrayed the LAW!
Here's a cop question for the resident coppers: So I was on the highway, getting close to my exit when a trooper sped way up, no lights, no sirens, got in front of everyone just as I took my exit right? I'm on the other highway now which runs parallel for a bit so I can see what happens. He slows WAY down. Like to 30mph. And starts swerving from far lane to far lane, slowing down the entire highway. Again, no lights, no sirens.
This goes on for a few minutes then my highway turns away.
What the hell was going on?
This goes on for a few minutes then my highway turns away.
What the hell was going on?
I'm not a police officer, but I know the answer. This is what the police do when there is a need to close down the freeway temporarily. For example, if there was a really bad accident or spill that needed all or most lanes to clean up, this is what the police would do. Usually they use their lights, though.
Some possibilities:
1. He was drunk
2. He was talking/texting on a cell phone
3. He was receiving oral sex from someone in the shotgun seat
4. He was grappling with the perp he'd picked up earlier, who had managed to escape the handcuffs and was now trying to seize control of the wheel.
5. A combination of 3 and 4.
6. A combination of 1 through 4.
1. He was drunk
2. He was talking/texting on a cell phone
3. He was receiving oral sex from someone in the shotgun seat
4. He was grappling with the perp he'd picked up earlier, who had managed to escape the handcuffs and was now trying to seize control of the wheel.
5. A combination of 3 and 4.
6. A combination of 1 through 4.
Lol @ bhamv3
See, thats what I figured but it was the not using his lights thing that seemed really weird.
There would be no way he could shut down the lanes without using his lights.... although, we are all but human, so it's ENTIRELY possible that he simply forgot to activate his equipment. I've seen similar things happen...
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Biannoshufu
"I haven't had a good day. Time to fuck with civilians' heads."
I'm.... NOT going to say that it doesn't happen.... 
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Biannoshufu
you mean like this?I'm.... NOT going to say that it doesn't happen....
see @ 31 second mark
More like Tress's. That was an excessive use of force.
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Biannoshufu
yeah, mine was more like sarcasm.
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Biannoshufu
So filming cops in the middle of a SWAT population suppression action is a terrorist act, right?
I gathered that, but shit like that, as well as your OP piss me off. The badge is supposed to stand for something - it's not for no reason that most are designed as a shield. When officers overstep their authority and abuse the trust that's been placed in them by the public, it stains the badge, dishonors the profession, and marks the rest of us as equally base cowards and reprobates.
This is my profession. My career. If it doesn't stretch the bounds of good taste TOO much, you could say it's my life. I'd like to think that my life stands for more than shooting the equivalent of a combat cameraman with a supersock.
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Chibibar
OC: I see you post here and see the good side of what a policeman should be. I have certain view for our officers and when I see these things, I am a little shock that these things happen. I am not saying that all cops are saints (we are human after all) but I like to see all officers are more like you OC 
In the same way that protestors can get riled up and start acting outside of their original intentions, all those police lined up hoping there's no reason to use force are also getting worked up, joking with each other to diffuse the tension, and may be egging each other on. It's not necessarily that the person who fired the shot is a bad officer, but they certainly performed the wrong action in this instance, and it's hard to say whether they would have under any other circumstances. Like most stupidity they probably regretted it just as soon as they pulled the trigger.
That doesn't excuse them, of course, and they shouldn't be compared to those protestors who chose instead to riot - officers should be held to a higher standard.
But we have to acknowledge our inherent humanity and the roles that instinct plays within ourselves and others.
I'm curious if what the context was. Were the people being told to leave the area? Why were all the police lined up like that? What was occurring for the 15 minutes prior to this shot?
Even if the protestor had a right to be in that area, common sense should dictate that when you are faced with a line of officers and have a bunch of angry protestors behind you, you accept a certain amount of risk merely by hanging around.
Again - that's not to excuse the action taken - just that from an objective viewpoint the outcome doesn't seem extraordinary.
That doesn't excuse them, of course, and they shouldn't be compared to those protestors who chose instead to riot - officers should be held to a higher standard.
But we have to acknowledge our inherent humanity and the roles that instinct plays within ourselves and others.
I'm curious if what the context was. Were the people being told to leave the area? Why were all the police lined up like that? What was occurring for the 15 minutes prior to this shot?
Even if the protestor had a right to be in that area, common sense should dictate that when you are faced with a line of officers and have a bunch of angry protestors behind you, you accept a certain amount of risk merely by hanging around.
Again - that's not to excuse the action taken - just that from an objective viewpoint the outcome doesn't seem extraordinary.
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Biannoshufu
Enh, I think in this day and age anyone who equates you or the other cops here with bad apples because you work in the same profession is a whack-job troll. And from what I've gathered people arent as mad at the cops as they are at Mayor Quan and other decision makers. What I'd like to know though, is if there are cops who march with the protestors when off duty.
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who?
A little late, but I think I know. Or rather, something happened over here a few weeks ago that might explain it.
In this case, there was a car chase on the highway. Some punks stopped at a gas station and drove off without paying for the refueling. The police noticed it, went after them and gave them a stop sign, which they ignored. They tried to outrun the cops by speeding up a lot. The police then created an artificial traffic jam in order to force them to stop. Unfortunately, the thiefs were driving reckless, ramming several cars and finally crashing into another car, killing one of it's passengers. It was quite unsettling, particularly since car chases like this hardly ever happen here..
Crazy cop-hater guy with a duck avatar?
Depending on his level of resistance at time of stop, there could be...
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Chibibar
I always wonder the mentality of trying to "outrun a cop" does that ever work? (i.e. work as in a good percentage say over 20% chance of escape?)
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