Police Brutality - Time to get pissed

[petros]

Oh well... What would the police say if someone was getting stabbed or beaten and they were busy with an all points bulletin on a red bike.

I wonder if the CBC would be defending the police's actions in helping little Billy retrieve their bike instead of dealing with the very real and violent crime in Regina.

Why did they bother to stop and talk to the kid if they had such urggent priorities? The police presence in the neighbourhood this took place in the heaviest patrolled neighbourhood. If there is a high priority call they are there within a minute. I see it daily/nightly 24/7 365 days a year.

 

[captain morgan]

Why did they bother to stop and talk to the kid if they had such urggent priorities? The police presence in the neighbourhood this took place in the heaviest patrolled neighbourhood. If there is a high priority call they are there within a minute. I see it daily/nightly 24/7 365 days a year.

Would you feel better if they ran the kid down in the street? Maybe the cops were on the way to a serious incident and thought that this kid needed help for something a little more serious than a bike... Hell, by your own admission, it is the heaviest patrolled neighborhood in the city. It's heavily patrolled for a reason.

 

[petros]

They do run people down. I've seen that too.

 

[captain morgan]

They do run people down. I've seen that too.

And I've seen a flock of geese once.

Out of curiosity, did you report the event or were you bound by a secrecy pact?

 

[petros]

And I've seen a flock of geese once.

Out of curiosity, did you report the event or were you bound by a secrecy pact?

It was in the paper too.

 

[captain morgan]

.. And?

 

[TenPenny]

Would you feel better if they ran the kid down in the street? Maybe the cops were on the way to a serious incident and thought that this kid needed help for something a little more serious than a bike... Hell, by your own admission, it is the heaviest patrolled neighborhood in the city. It's heavily patrolled for a reason.

Which explains why they couldn't simply radio in for some extra help for the kid, doesn't it.

When a kid needs help from the police, the best response is to tell them to call the police. Because that will make the kid wonder, isn't that what I'm doing now? Talking to the police? And then he'll learn that it's futile to ask the police to help you, because they won't. And he'll learn that you're on your own, and the best solution is to join a gang so that you have someone to turn to when you need help. Because the police have told you that they won't help.

That's the lesson this incident has taught. But that's okay, because the police are busy with the violent crime. Much of which is gang-related. You know, those gangs made up of people who are backing each other up. Because, when they were young, they learned the same lesson.

 

[petros]

And it's just one of many you never hear about.

Which explains why they couldn't simply radio in for some extra help for the kid, doesn't it.

When a kid needs help from the police, the best response is to tell them to call the police. Because that will make the kid wonder, isn't that what I'm doing now? Talking to the police? And then he'll learn that it's futile to ask the police to help you, because they won't. And he'll learn that you're on your own, and the best solution is to join a gang so that you have someone to turn to when you need help. Because the police have told you that they won't help.

That's the lesson this incident has taught. But that's okay, because the police are busy with the violent crime. Much of which is gang-related. You know, those gangs made up of people who are backing each other up. Because, when they were young, they learned the same lesson.

There was absolutely no excuse for ignoring the boy. The boy did what they are taught in schools by police who have officers in every school in the hood.

"Trust us. We are here to help. If there is trouble don't take it on yourself. Come to us." Blah blah blah.

 

[captain morgan]

Which explains why they couldn't simply radio in for some extra help for the kid, doesn't it.

Thanks for the tip TJ Hooker - I'll pass it along to the boys.

Hey wait! - There's an all-points on a code 52-909; kitten stuck in tree.. Better get all resources onto that stat!

 

[petros]

It's the FD you call for kittens in trees but it will cost you $1500

 

[TenPenny]

Thanks for the tip TJ Hooker - I'll pass it along to the boys.

Hey wait! - There's an all-points on a code 52-909; kitten stuck in tree.. Better get all resources onto that stat!

Or, they could say there's a kid who had his bike stolen, here's where he's at, and they could tell the kid they were on their way to another crime.

But that would be too difficult, far better to tell him to phone the police. Who might tell him to call the police. And when he did, they'd tell him to phone the police.

 

[petros]

If he had of called, they would have told him to come and file a report at the police station during business hours.

 

[TenPenny]

Probably too busy with this

 

[captain morgan]

It's the FD you call for kittens in trees but it will cost you $1500

FD is too busy providing an emergency fill for Timmy's wading pool.

 

[petros]

Probably too busy with this

They tazer old people. Especially ones who had strokes and talk funny.

FD is too busy providing an emergency fill for Timmy's wading pool.

That would still cost Timmy $1500

 

[captain morgan]

That's a really amateur photoshop.... Funny all the same.

 

[petros]

$2,000 compensation for Taser incident an insult: Kelowna senior - British Columbia - CBC News


They paid him off. $2000 for torture? That's it?

 

[captain morgan]

They tazer old people. Especially ones who had strokes and talk funny.

That would still cost Timmy $1500

Nope... It's his right, and besides, the CBC will make a big deal about it.

Or, they could say there's a kid who had his bike stolen, here's where he's at, and they could tell the kid they were on their way to another crime.

But that would be too difficult, far better to tell him to phone the police. Who might tell him to call the police. And when he did, they'd tell him to phone the police.

Hey, maybe they could have backed that up with a crash course in criminology.

Hell, maybe they could have drove him to go shopping for a bike lock.... But that would be a little too difficult for him to do on his own, right?

 

[petros]

Hey, maybe they could have backed that up with a crash course in
criminology.

Being a cop in Regina requires going to university to study criminology and psychology. Why?

Criminal minds have behaviour patterns?

 

[TenPenny]

Hey, maybe they could have backed that up with a crash course in criminology.

Hell, maybe they could have drove him to go shopping for a bike lock.... But that would be a little too difficult for him to do on his own, right?

I guess the part that you're missing is that an innocent citizen approached the police for help with a crime in progress, but they told him to call the police.

I understand that you don't see any problem with this, but some of us do see it as a problem. Perhaps, if we see it as a problem, that's part way to improving things. Nothing is improved if we all dismiss every problem as being nothing.