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Always keep a physical space between you and the police and never volunteer anything. The police are not you friends.

This pretty much sums it up.

As long as cops have qualified immunity from prosecutions lots of folks won’t trust them. The reason we trust strangers on the street is we know they are constrained by fear of prosecution if they harm us.

Shoot, I've seen 250K in a shoe box.

I was in a bar one evening and a girl told me "Cops are just like n-----rs. They're fine as long as there's less than three in the same room."

I spit beer.

Is it possible that your friend was totally full of schit?

His friend is DB Cooper.......


Book it.

Oh yeah......You're coming out on top on that one!!!!!

Lol, So you didn't make the cut.

That's funny as sheit and very true.

That would be a negative. 10-4

A friend, who was a police chief, told me, "The difference between some cops and criminals, is which side of the bars they are located".

We also tend to judge organizations or groups by their worst member.

I'll bet drunk drivers just love Cops.........

Hell Ya Buddy, flaming hot lattes? hurled by a snowflake are fuggin deatly.

That's for certain. They are looking for somebody to ticket or arrest and it's not going to be me. Did my best to educate my daughters on this one.

ON THE OTHER HAND: If you're in real trouble a Cop is great to have around. I've had them on my side several times over the decades.

Cops are just people.
That makes me very cautious, until I know them.
Then, I still never trust completely.

It's the power and authority that gives me pause.
I despise arrogance, and a certain level of aloofness
helps an officer an officer with many of his duties.

I recently got a ticket for an out of date (almost a year) vehicle inspection.
A younger cop, he was very pleasant, polite, and respectful of me.
He apologized for writing a ticket, and said a month or two would be a warning,
I interrupted, laughing, and said "it a freaking year, write the thing up".

Wife got a call from his boss, wanting to know how the interaction was.
When she told him I liked the cop, that the kids and I came in the house laughing,
And that I was glad it happened, so the girls experienced a stop and learned what to do,
He was speechless.



So, I never tried to be a cop.
Never have had a really bad experience, but have been ticketed unfairly. (But I had broken the law)
I like that they are there, they provide some control of the bad in society

But no, I don't really trust them.

My Dad was a LEO for 32 years. Growing up around LEOs they were a mixed bag.

Just because in some situations I may have no other legal recourse but to call one, that doesn't mean I trust them.

It's apparent, that many are answering without watching the video. I would probably answer the same way. I've heard of civil forfeiture but had no idea how out of control it is. Lot's of people walk around with maybe $50 in their pocket and if the cop takes it, no big deal in the long run. But what if they take your car? You have a lot of things of value that could be a real issue to you, or at least to me. It's not right to take your stuff, because they pulled you over for something unrelated. I'm just saying just like there are little towns that make their money giving out tickets, there are whole states that help pay for their police force by civil forfeiture. Just doesn't sit well with me. I've personally never had a negative encounter with a police officer, and would help one in a minute if he/she were in trouble. But something is rotten with civil forfeitures.

Well said, LT.