Re: Political meme thread for both sides of the spectrum.
Posted: Tue Apr 13, 2021 12:52 am
Not when that police officer is acting outside their authority. Why do you hate America?
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Not when that police officer is acting outside their authority. Why do you hate America?
When did sucking cops dicks become a thing? Who the fuck are they? They get away with the God shit because we let them. That shit is gonna change.



It's funny, and sad, how quickly people change and fall in line.
Getting away with illegal shit: Yay Social Justice!CaptQuint wrote: ↑Tue Apr 13, 2021 12:49 am New law bans police from pulling over Virginia drivers solely for certain car safety violations
Officers can also not stop people if they smell marijuana
ROANOKE COUNTY, Va. – New legislation taking effect Monday makes it harder for authorities in Virginia to pull over drivers.
Several minor infractions, while still illegal, can no longer be the primary reason police stop you while you’re driving.
These include certain defective equipment, objects dangling from your rearview mirror, loud exhaust, tinted windows and smelling marijuana to name a few.
An expired inspection or registration sticker can only get you pulled; however, it has to be at least four months late. The legislation lists more changes here.
For social justice advocates, this is a win.
“I think it’s a first step. It’s a huge first step,” said Brad Haywood, founder and executive director of Justice Forward Virginia.
Haywood said these violations have long been used to stop people for drug investigations and disproportionately target people of color.
“Why should they be allowed to investigate people based on hunches when they have no evidence? Why don’t we expect them to actually get probable cause for drug possession or gun possession before they pull a car over?” Haywood said.
On the other side, Roanoke County Police Chief Howard Hall said it’s not about race, but safety and enforcing the law.
“This has got to be one of the dumbest pieces of legislation I’ve ever read,” Hall said. “If someone’s getting arrested off one of these traffic stops, it’s because they’re wanted, they’ve committed some other crime, perhaps we found drugs or an illegal weapon. Those are people that we want to arrest because they’re criminals.”
The battle over whether these changes are more dangerous or more just is still drawing a sharp divide.
“We ought to expect better of our police than to just shake people down because they feel like it,” Haywood said.
“There really isn’t much point behind this and it’s really not going to accomplish anything positive,” Hall said.
These changes were approved during the General Assembly’s Special Session in 2020.
https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2021/03 ... iolations/
CHEEZY17 wrote: ↑Tue Apr 13, 2021 11:43 amGetting away with illegal shit: Yay Social Justice!CaptQuint wrote: ↑Tue Apr 13, 2021 12:49 am New law bans police from pulling over Virginia drivers solely for certain car safety violations
Officers can also not stop people if they smell marijuana
ROANOKE COUNTY, Va. – New legislation taking effect Monday makes it harder for authorities in Virginia to pull over drivers.
Several minor infractions, while still illegal, can no longer be the primary reason police stop you while you’re driving.
These include certain defective equipment, objects dangling from your rearview mirror, loud exhaust, tinted windows and smelling marijuana to name a few.
An expired inspection or registration sticker can only get you pulled; however, it has to be at least four months late. The legislation lists more changes here.
For social justice advocates, this is a win.
“I think it’s a first step. It’s a huge first step,” said Brad Haywood, founder and executive director of Justice Forward Virginia.
Haywood said these violations have long been used to stop people for drug investigations and disproportionately target people of color.
“Why should they be allowed to investigate people based on hunches when they have no evidence? Why don’t we expect them to actually get probable cause for drug possession or gun possession before they pull a car over?” Haywood said.
On the other side, Roanoke County Police Chief Howard Hall said it’s not about race, but safety and enforcing the law.
“This has got to be one of the dumbest pieces of legislation I’ve ever read,” Hall said. “If someone’s getting arrested off one of these traffic stops, it’s because they’re wanted, they’ve committed some other crime, perhaps we found drugs or an illegal weapon. Those are people that we want to arrest because they’re criminals.”
The battle over whether these changes are more dangerous or more just is still drawing a sharp divide.
“We ought to expect better of our police than to just shake people down because they feel like it,” Haywood said.
“There really isn’t much point behind this and it’s really not going to accomplish anything positive,” Hall said.
These changes were approved during the General Assembly’s Special Session in 2020.
https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2021/03 ... iolations/

I just dont see how allowing illegal stuff is a positive...or a "win".CaptQuint wrote: ↑Tue Apr 13, 2021 11:50 amCHEEZY17 wrote: ↑Tue Apr 13, 2021 11:43 amGetting away with illegal shit: Yay Social Justice!CaptQuint wrote: ↑Tue Apr 13, 2021 12:49 am New law bans police from pulling over Virginia drivers solely for certain car safety violations
Officers can also not stop people if they smell marijuana
ROANOKE COUNTY, Va. – New legislation taking effect Monday makes it harder for authorities in Virginia to pull over drivers.
Several minor infractions, while still illegal, can no longer be the primary reason police stop you while you’re driving.
These include certain defective equipment, objects dangling from your rearview mirror, loud exhaust, tinted windows and smelling marijuana to name a few.
An expired inspection or registration sticker can only get you pulled; however, it has to be at least four months late. The legislation lists more changes here.
For social justice advocates, this is a win.
“I think it’s a first step. It’s a huge first step,” said Brad Haywood, founder and executive director of Justice Forward Virginia.
Haywood said these violations have long been used to stop people for drug investigations and disproportionately target people of color.
“Why should they be allowed to investigate people based on hunches when they have no evidence? Why don’t we expect them to actually get probable cause for drug possession or gun possession before they pull a car over?” Haywood said.
On the other side, Roanoke County Police Chief Howard Hall said it’s not about race, but safety and enforcing the law.
“This has got to be one of the dumbest pieces of legislation I’ve ever read,” Hall said. “If someone’s getting arrested off one of these traffic stops, it’s because they’re wanted, they’ve committed some other crime, perhaps we found drugs or an illegal weapon. Those are people that we want to arrest because they’re criminals.”
The battle over whether these changes are more dangerous or more just is still drawing a sharp divide.
“We ought to expect better of our police than to just shake people down because they feel like it,” Haywood said.
“There really isn’t much point behind this and it’s really not going to accomplish anything positive,” Hall said.
These changes were approved during the General Assembly’s Special Session in 2020.
https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2021/03 ... iolations/
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I fully agree with this.CHEEZY17 wrote: ↑Tue Apr 13, 2021 12:37 pm 1.)Personally I think every major city should have a police oversight committee with real authority and power over the department. Although we'd have to be careful that its not made up of people who simply want to hamstring and punish the department. It has to actually be unbiased and willing to acknowledge when citizens do stupid shit AND when police do stupid shit.
2.) Police officers should be paid more. If we want better officers we have to attract them and make it worthwhile.
3.) Training should be vigorous and comprehensive and overhauled where needed. Model departments and officers should be rewarded and failing departments and officers should not be protected. They should be forcefully improved by their states at the behest of the Federal Government.
i agree with that.Stapes wrote: ↑Tue Apr 13, 2021 2:26 pm The average salary for a cop in NJ is around 80,000 a year. In minnesota its almost 70,000. It's a police culture problem, not pay. Some think they are the ultimate authority and can do what they want with impunity. They need to be disavowed of that mindset and held accountable for bad behavior like every other job in this country.
It’s a training and funding problem.officers should spend 25% of their time training and the other 75% policing. Instead, we set them loose after the academyStapes wrote: ↑Tue Apr 13, 2021 2:26 pm The average salary for a cop in NJ is around 80,000 a year. In minnesota its almost 70,000. It's a police culture problem, not pay. Some think they are the ultimate authority and can do what they want with impunity. They need to be disavowed of that mindset and held accountable for bad behavior like every other job in this country.
I can agree with 1 and 3, but not 2. It's a government job, a civil service job. It comes with great benefits, and often those benefits are better than with private sector jobs. My cop buddies that I used to rent a house to will have three cop pensions each on top of their military pensions. Only cops (and firemen, but who can hate on a fireman) get those sorts of pensions now, since many counties and municipalities have changed those "rich" government pensions that the average civil servant used to get into shitty 401(k)s. Without increasing their pay. But cops (and firemen) still get the traditional pensions. The pay was supposed to be shit, since it was to encourage people who really wanted those jobs to have them, and they were tax-payer supported jobs, jobs meant to support the community. The benefits made up for the shit pay.CHEEZY17 wrote: ↑Tue Apr 13, 2021 12:37 pm I just dont see how allowing illegal stuff is a positive...or a "win".
1.)Personally I think every major city should have a police oversight committee with real authority and power over the department. Although we'd have to be careful that its not made up of people who simply want to hamstring and punish the department. It has to actually be unbiased and willing to acknowledge when citizens do stupid shit AND when police do stupid shit.
2.) Police officers should be paid more. If we want better officers we have to attract them and make it worthwhile.
3.) Training should be vigorous and comprehensive and overhauled where needed. Model departments and officers should be rewarded and failing departments and officers should not be protected. They should be forcefully improved by their states at the behest of the Federal Government.
The original article is behind a paywall, but police jobs are in such demand in NJ that people that want them put up with this:Apparently most police agencies always have a good number of cop positions open, they just can't hire 'em fast enough.
No benefits, low pay, almost all of the responsibilities, just a hope they'll get a real position.More NJ towns are relying on special police. But do the benefits outweigh cops' risks?
burlingtoncountytimes.com
19 days ago
Cover picture for the article
Tommy Balistrieri wanted to be a police officer since he was a teenager. But landing his dream job has been harder than he thought. Balistrieri, 34, of Butler, has been a part-time special police officer in Elmwood Park for 14 years. He's spent the last 18 months working part time as a "class II special," carrying the same gun, wielding the same power and shouldering the same responsibilities as a regular officer.
She's everything shes supposedly against.Animal wrote: ↑Tue Apr 13, 2021 7:03 pmI finally got the irony of this meme. Its not that she milked BLM for all of that cash. Its that she is a "self proclaimed marxist" and yet she buys multiple homes. She has become so successful at being a marxist that now she's a hypocrite who is a capitalist.
I guess Republicans are no longer conservative then
