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I was cooperating with two undercover police officers

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Anonymous #3 said:

if this fine was 'off the record' doesn't that render it a....a bribe? and if it went on the record then the court would have access to its documentation, right?

is it better for cops to take bribes 'off the record' or put people through the courts/whatever legal process it requires/paperwork?

i was considering becoming a cop before just to be a beacon of light amongst police, just to be that 'good cop' who sees people for who and their situations for what they are. i would totally join 'cops for legalization' and wouldnt put anyone through the system for entheogen/empathogen related charges, i'd regard the law with moral insight and wouldn't just do things because "that's the way the law goes", i'd come down hard on scum like rapists, violent gangs etc but for the average joe bloggs who enjoys a toke, let them be. oh yeh and fuck ice.

but no, i don't think i will become a cop, it just doesn't seem morally right for me to uphold these worldly laws decided, imposed and upheld by omnipotent politicians playing political football with our freedom.

But yeh, i reckon the "fuck cops" attitude is flawed, there are some decent ones out there.

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Anonymous #11 said:

That is the dumbest story I've ever heard. Don't you know that the police will pretend to be your friend to get the confession out of you and create a smaller hassle for themselves?

They don't care about your welfare. Some may be decent people underneath, but they are never your friends. And that fine trickles back to them. It's like you gave up your wallet and defense without a fight.

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I was cooperating with two undercover police officers and when they asked me if I was in trouble with police before, I stated that I have a pending court date for shoplifting charge... I didnt mention fraud.

They said that if I cooperated and told them if I have any other stuff that I stole then hand it over... I said no comment but then handed over everything. They said they will keep the whole thing civilised, didnt put any hand cuffs on me and treated me with great respect.

They said I am under arrest and then asked me if I wanted to pay for my goods that I stole. I agreed to pay. I was really going out of my mind because I was thinking my life is over for sure now.

The police took me to this remote cop shop, which was an empty open floor... they decided to give me a ....FINE. I was so relived with this, because they could have easily taken me to court and Id get the double knockout... but now all I need to do is pay the 200 dollar fine and that is the end of it, then go to my original court and resolve it there. The court should not even find out about this fine as its off the record.

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Anonymous #11 said:

That is the dumbest story I've ever heard. Don't you know that the police will pretend to be your friend to get the confession out of you and create a smaller hassle for themselves?

They don't care about your welfare. Some may be decent people underneath, but they are never your friends. And that fine trickles back to them. It's like you gave up your wallet and defense without a fight.

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To be a cop, you must be fucked up in the head. Most cops derive sexual pleasure from exhibiting power and sway over their fellow man. Hannibal Lecter would've made a good cop, so would have Hitler and Stalin and Suharto and Mussolini etc etc etc

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Anonymous #17 said:

Anyone bashing the cops need to take a reality check, they protect your sorry asses every day, when you get shot at who do you call? when you get kidnapped, who do you call? when you have some crack heads breaking into your house, who do you call? when some crazed fools are going on killing rampages who do you call?

I'm sure alot of those guys wouldn't mind smoking a joint or at the very least sitting back chilling out with their family and friends having a beer instead of having to put on bullet proof vests and hope that it's not the day some loon they pull over for murder somewhere does not shoot him in the throat right before they shoot him in the eye so then his family gets to deal with a closed casket visitation.

Or better yet the guy's that have to look at crime scene investigation photo's for month's trying to catch some fool that shot a mom and her two year old to death....

If all of us were perfect we wouldn't need the police.

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when you get shot at who do you call?

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Anonymous #17 said:when you get shot at who do you call?

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Anonymous #17 said:When you get kidnapped, who do you call?

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Anonymous #17 said:when you have some crack heads breaking into your house, who do you call?

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Anonymous #17 said:when some crazed fools are going on killing rampages who do you call?

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People who hate all police officers unconditionally are ignorant and scared.  Mostly hopeless drug addicts.

I have cop friends.  Many of them are good people.  Yes, there are bad cops, but generalizing and saying they are all bad, or just "FUCK DA POLICE" is fucking juvenile are retarded.

My advice if you hate all cops:  grow the fuck up, stop being a nigger, and let the police do their job.

Oh yeah, did I mention: grow the fuck up, stop being a nigger.

"DURR FUCK DA POLICE!!!"

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This must be that guy.!!!

I used to live in a place where there were no police; only the army. FUUUCKKK that.

Security is a vital tenant of civilization. Without cops, security would diminish greatly. Do you really expect your grandmother, an elder version of you, or a handicapped person to be able to fend for themselves, pick up an AK-47 and blast people, should all the police disappear and people try to harm them or take their property? Is that the kind of society you'd want to live in? Go to Somalia or Afghanistan then.

Sure, some police are corrupt, some are scum, but not all. Some police act like they are in a gang, but not all. Generalizing all cops as scum is as logical as calling all drug users scum.



EDIT: From the book The Blank Slate: The modern Denial of Human Nature

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As a young teenager in proudly peaceable Canada during the romantic 1960s, I was a true believer in Bakunin's anarchism. I laughed off my parents' argument that if the government ever laid down its arms all hell would break loose. Our competing predictions were put to the test at 8:00 A.M. on October 17, 1969, when the Montreal police went on strike. By 11:20 A.M. the first bank was robbed. By noon most downtown stores had closed because of looting. Within a few more hours, taxi drivers burned down the garage of a limousine service that competed with them for airport customers, a rooftop sniper killed a provincial police officer, rioters broke into several hotels and restaurants, and a doctor slew a burglar in his suburban home. By the end of the day, six banks had been robbed, a hundred shops had been looted, twelve fires had been set, forty carloads of storefront glass had been broken, and three million dollars in property damage had been inflicted, before city authorities had to call in the army and, of course, the Mounties to restore order.

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Anonymous #4 said:

The real problem is that the war on drugs has decimated our relations with law enforcement.  They are supposed to protect and serve us, but the WOD has turned them into our enemies, eager to throw us all in fucking cages.  If drugs were legal, nobody would have a problem with the pigs, and they would be free to concentrate on real police work.

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They are encouraged to lie to you and destroy your own trust for them as long as it ensures a conviction.

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Well the police to don't make the laws

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Well that's kinda the point.  Anybody with half a conscience should be able to see how epically fucked a lot of laws are, and it takes a special kind of person to smash little Jiminy Cricket and volunteer to enforce those fucked up laws...and we call that special kind of person a porker.

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