Gregglobe wrote:
Man, I hear its never a dull moment in the most intriqing city in the U.S. But, I wouldn't want to live there.
I mean I"m hearing praises for cops?? Maybe Tamra or anybody else in NYC have reason to praise Joe "GetYo Man" Blue. And I can understand the positions. And she's a female, too. Less suceptible to cop harrassment than a male. A copper is the last person I would trust. And they are the first persons I would deny entrance to my home if they ever ask to come in. Looking at harrassing actions caused by NYC cops, on the nenws show, '60 MINUTES,' that only increases my deep mistrust. Of course, I've learned in life not to trust any human being 100%. None. Some maybe 99%. But never the the full cup.
I lived in the bay area of California for years.That's up north. Some cities are quiet and cops get bored. Trouble starts, then, strangely enough. I've been framed twice by cops over nothing. In Cali and Nevada. Going through all those pretrials, being jailed from a few hours to a week while the frame is being uncovered-no evidence- and high bailed over trumped up charges surely woked me up. Eventually, i was cleared in two different incidents. One cop inside the jail in Reno, Nev, told me, word for word, what the prosecutor would say and how the crap they charged me with will be swept under the rug and dropped, like it was a prewritten script. He was right on the mark! They was no crime. I just bought some groceries, received a receipt from the store, walked out and 8 cops grabbed me, tortured me in a back alley behind a casino for resisting them, then took me to a spanking brand new Reno jail.That was 12 years ago. In San Jose, Cali, I flew from Narita, Japan, where the cop, there, treated me like royal citizen, even in the middle of the night, to jail in San Jose, CA. once I claimed my baggage. I was then awaken that there are different rules for blacks. My boss even told me that, then. The more things change, the more they remain the same. Those cops said I was on drugs. No proof. I keep the charge papers to remind myself of the evil in the world. I went through 4 pre-trials. They made up so much, with no proof and offer all kinds of pleas. In California, jail or prison is truly a business! The NAACP stepped in on that for me. The year was 1992. That case was dismissed due to lack of evidence. Why did the crap go up the ladder so far?
I take the lesson with me i heard Steve Jobs, a founder of Apple Computer, whom i worked for once.

He said something in effect that group behavior can be very eerie. Thus collectively, a strange side to it. He's right 100%. For sure, I see that as a growing body of data. And some people just got to follow the beat of their own drum or the "collective" will define one's destiny.
I'm live in southern California now. San Diego. These cops, here, have the highest gun firing percentage in the U.S. For years. And the crime level, here, is not even at the level of NYC. Yeah, we have our "mindless" element in this city, too. And San Diego PD is still plague for killing an NFL player 5 years ago, Demitrius DeBose. They got away with it, too. He didn't have a weapon. Now, when cops want to bend my arm and show me "my place" , which the last time they done that was 3 years ago, I'm going to let the whole nation know. Whether strong police unions tried to defend the cop's psychotic actions, I'm going to get my free press out. And call the mayor's word a bunch of b.s. I done that 3 yrs ago. Amazing what can happen when one get up in the morning and expect to carry on a normal routine life. One never know, who disagrees with you and is hiding behind governmental armor to harm you. Who have the nerve to take govenment-city, county, state or Federal-totaly for granted? Question Authority. That's what came out of the 60's hippie era. It applied then, it applies now. If you all had good experiences with the fuzz, more power to you. I, myself, had gotten warnings for speeding or making illegal U turns, particularly when Job Blue is just by himself.