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The culture of police support has been known since the first sheriff's were sworn in.

They are not held to the same standard as all other citizens. They should be. Because they are lawmen, they should suffer the full extent of the law.

Had they sent a cruiser over to the girls house it would have been a different story.

Instead they went all wacko on them. This happened in Texas, they are lucky the father, or mother didn't come out with a Semi Auto and wipe every one in the van out. I do not mean that as a joke, although it does sound like a joke.

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prostitution needs to be legalized. When it is monitored, indoors, and not on the streets, the safety of women goes up, STIs go down (actually in countries where prostitution is legal, prostitutes spread the LEAST amount of STI's because they have mandatory check ups once a month, while demographics such as teens spread the most), and pimps are eliminated. How many times has a prostitute been beaten and abused, and she cant even go to the police! How many times are they murdered and no one cares? Still people. A woman's body is her own, let her decide what to do with it. The oldest profession in the world..and all you Christians, dont even bother saying its against you religion because guess what... THE CATHOLIC CHURCH used to own brothels in Europe and cash in on them!!!!

This is all kinds of fucked-up.

From the link above:

Update: This is from the officers' lawyer, William Helfand:

Both the daughter and the father were arrested for assaulting a peace officer. "The father basically attacked police officers as they were trying to take the daughter into custody after she ran off."

Also, "The city has investigated the matter and found that the conduct of the police officers was appropriate under the circumstances," Helfand says. "It's unfortunate that sometimes police officers have to use force against people who are using force against them. And the evidence will show that both these folks violated the law and forcefully resisted arrest."

Damnit. Just...damnit. I like to think of myself as a pacifist and someone that always tries to do the right thing. However, stories like this make the ball of rage in my stomach burn it's way to the surface. Had the police department admitted their mistake and just tried to sweep this under the rug, I would have found this story disturbing, but not rage inducing. As it stands, to arrest the family for protecting their daughter from criminals (that happened to be plain clothes cops) makes me insane with anger.

I usually denounce violence and hope for peaceful solutions, but in this case I can honestly say that I hope some gun crazed vigilante shoots all 3 of those cops in the face. Maybe if cops started fearing the public, they wouldn't choose to act so heavy handed in the future.

I expect this comment to get downvoted to hell because of the above statement, but I sincerely mean it. The police are getting out of control in this country and no one is doing a damn thing about it.

Until police departments start going after their own bad cops, I say Fuck the police! This shit pisses me off so much, and makes my thinking completely irrational. http://www.videosift.com/video/Fuck-The-Police

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If three dudes jumped out of a van and tried to grab my daughter, I would try my damnedest to kill every single one of them, with my bare hands if I had to. If they started yelling about being cops but had no uniforms, I doubt I'd stop trying. And I wouldn't feel bad about it.

I knew this couldn't be as simple as the guy in the video makes it sound.

http://www.galvnews.com/story.lasso?ewcd=85aa1df1635a3bbb

Police claim they identified themselves and wore badges and shirts emblazoned with the word "Police". They also claim she shouted "I hate the police" as they tried to detain her.

Still, I couldn't find anything indicating why they tried to grab her in the first place, considering she was not three white prostitutes. Strictly speaking, if the police try to arrest you, even when it is obvious they have the wrong person, citizens are required to cooperate. The jury deadlocked, which probably means 3 people refused to convict her because she should not have been put in that position in the first place. And I have to agree. If they convict her of assaulting a police officer, which technically she did, then she would never be able to successfully sue the police department for wrongful arrest. And they sorely need to be found guilty on that count.

Assaulted by a 12 year old girl? Maybe it's time to cut back on the Krispee Kremes and go to the gym.

>> ^NordlichReiter:
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The culture of police support has been known since the first sheriff's were sworn in.
They are not held to the same standard as all other citizens. They should be. Because they are lawmen, they should suffer the full extent of the law.
Had they sent a cruiser over to the girls house it would have been a different story.
Instead they went all wacko on them. This happened in Texas, they are lucky the father, or mother didn't come out with a Semi Auto and wipe every one in the van out. I do not mean that as a joke, although it does sound like a joke.



It's funny because, from her perspective, they would have had every right to do it as well. Well not so much funny, as horrible.

BoingBoing has been posting coverage of this for awhile... wonder why it isn't circulating in major news circuits?

What the hell was her parents thinking letting her go outside dressed like a ho?

the kid's name is Dymond? really?

maybe the parents had been planning on her being a prostitute/poledancer anyway...

the cops just went all Minority Report on her, for crimes she committed in the future as a prostitute.

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on a more serious note, yeah, it seems all the cops ever have to do is come up with a seemingly plausible story, and are somehow infallible for the crimes they themselves commit.

I generally don't support the death penalty. But if the information in this video is accurate, I would like to see these police officers lawfully put to death, and in public.

I find myself a little surprised at saying that, especially considering the girl is presumably okay, but when this sort of shit is happening in the United States of America, a strong message needs to be sent.

>> ^MaxWilder:
I knew this couldn't be as simple as the guy in the video makes it sound.
http://www.galvnews.com/story.lasso?ewcd=85aa1df1635a3bbb
Police claim they identified themselves and wore badges and shirts emblazoned with the word "Police". They also claim she shouted "I hate the police" as they tried to detain her.
Still, I couldn't find anything indicating why they tried to grab her in the first place, considering she was not three white prostitutes. Strictly speaking, if the police try to arrest you, even when it is obvious they have the wrong person, citizens are required to cooperate. The jury deadlocked, which probably means 3 people refused to convict her because she should not have been put in that position in the first place. And I have to agree. If they convict her of assaulting a police officer, which technically she did, then she would never be able to successfully sue the police department for wrongful arrest. And they sorely need to be found guilty on that count.


For the record I'm not arguing against the author of this quote above, I am noting the usefulness of the evidence at hand.

Three cops say they wore the gear, however two private citizens say they didn't? So we assume that the officers are telling the truth and the citizens are lying. Or we assume that the officers were lying and the citizens were telling the truth.

Its a 50% chance that one group was lying. However justice should not deal in chance. Chance means there will be collateral damage.

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^um, though I can understand your anger, I think a public execution of the police involved might be a bit of an over-reaction.

>> ^arrendek:
If three dudes jumped out of a van and tried to grab my daughter, I would try my damnedest to kill every single one of them, with my bare hands if I had to. If they started yelling about being cops but had no uniforms, I doubt I'd stop trying. And I wouldn't feel bad about it.


Damn right.

Police always arrest people they hurt to try and "balance out" the charges. Evil bastards deserve to have their arms cut off with rusty spoons.

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It depends on it the uniform makes it grounds for assault or not, don't know enough legalize to make a distinction. Then again, it said it was night, and even if they were in uniform, jumping out of an unmarked van at night outside your house should be considered defending yourself. Assault implies intent of which it doesn't sound like there is any. If they knew the were police, they have to submit, unfortunately.

this is what the 2nd amendment was intended for.
fight back.