Looks like the racist thug cops in town are finally getting some press. Actions like these are not new in Evansville, but rarely see the light of day.
http://www.courierpress.com/news/2013/aug/14/police-herp/
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2395250/George-Madison-The-moment-African-American-firefighter-pastor-handcuffed-waved-police.html
http://wonkette.com/525896/black-off-duty-indiana-firefighter-should-have-been-in-uniform-before-waving-at-cops
That's what he gets for being... ... I mean, making an aggressive gesture!
Jesus berkeleying christ.
Only linking because I randomly saw it today. And people wonder why kids say "berkeley it. I'll stay home & smoke pot."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JL-8RCyJkTU&feature=youtube_gdata_player
so let me get this right.. you can't even do a friendly gesture?
In reply to mad_machine:
The cop's story is that he was getting flipped off.
Which is still completely legal.
This is all kind of pathetic.
mad_machine wrote: so let me get this right.. you can't even do a friendly gesture?
Well... I am pretty sure you can flip them off and it's OK.
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1923125,00.html
Not that I would recommend it of course... especially if you are in Madison... or are...
Am I the only one to notice the guy was on a bicycle and admitted that he was in the process of (illegally I might add) running a stop sign? I'm not saying the cop is right by any stretch of the imagination, but if you're turning left and an shiny happy person bike rider blows the stop sign and starts waving at you, you'd probably be a little pig-headed, too...
In reply to Javelin:
Hell, I want to taze folks who do that, and I'm not even a LEO. 
Don't taze me, bro!
then don't run a red light/stop sign 
According to his statement, he did not blow through the intersection. He said he wasn't planning to stop, but that the officers made a left turn in front of him before he could roll through.
And last I checked, neither running a stop sign on a bicycle or flipping off the cops (neither of which actually happened) are offenses that involve the police being allowed to use physical control.
The problem is that quite a large number of the people that want to be police are the exact people that should never be police.
Obviously there is a racial element to this particular incident, but I can say from personal experience that there are cops that don't need that pretext, or barely any provocation at all to respond ridiculously aggressively to minor, or even non-events.
The fire fighter's description of how it went down, how the cops spoke to him, and how he felt about it, is uncomfortably similar to an experience that I had a few weeks ago. 
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I'm gonna keep saying this until it gets fixed one way or another. The police need to quit acting like the military or take the same degree of responsibility for their actions. Preferably both.
In reply to aircooled:
Case in point.
This sounds as bad as the 3 y.o. Girl that was just cited from the police for having "aggressive" conduct in her front yard. 
Everyone is so berkeleying jumpy these days, including me.
It really sounds like the guys who were in uniform were quite in the wrong. Sounds like this guy would have been shot if he had escalated his actions to say, thinking mean thoughts.
Kenny_McCormic wrote: I'm gonna keep saying this until it gets fixed one way or another. The police need to quit acting like the military or take the same degree of responsibility for their actions. Preferably both.
I'm with Kenny on this one.
Remember when the police were "peace officers"?
Come on now.. Cops are always right, and always justified!! Remember, when it goes to court who are they going to believe.. The regular citizen with no witnesses... Or the cop with no witnesses....
drsmooth wrote: Come on now.. Cops are always right, and always justified!! Remember, when it goes to court who are they going to believe.. The regular citizen with no witnesses... Or the cop with no witnesses....
....And politicians always tell the truth, doctors never make mistakes and scientists have all the answers....
I never felt as free as I did when I was living in Costa Rica.
Says a lot about American "freedom," don't you think?
Taiden wrote: I never felt as free as I did when I was living in Costa Rica. Says a lot about American "freedom," don't you think?
It does.
What were some memorable "free" moments?
Taiden wrote: I never felt as free as I did when I was living in Costa Rica. Says a lot about American "freedom," don't you think?
I could only imagine. I just spent 12 days there, and it was berkeleying awesome.
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