chopendoz

(2012-05-21 09:54:39)

Unbelievable !

I watched a couple of episodes late at night when I had nothing to do.As I lived in las Vegas some 20 years ago, it was of passing interest.However, I was horrified to see the actions of the police who seemed tobe very suspicious and aggressive. One 'veteran' cop called upon a guyto stop and when he didn't he was tackled around the neck from behindand handcuffed. He could easily have been deaf or, with the streetnoise, not heard the officer call out. At this point that was his only'crime' - not 'doing what he was told'. Another guy was arrested for'suspicious running'. This is police work at its worst. If it werepossible arrest a guy for resisting arrest, these cops would do it.This was taking probable cause to the extreme. 'Hey that guy is notacting normally - let's arrest him' - the guy was celebrating his 21stbirthday and had been drinking. A walking crime wave no doubt. Thisseries seems to be similar to other 'cop reality' programs where peopleare arrested and assaulted for traffic offences. The fictional TV showsare worse. An address is found for a suspect that detectives want totalk to so they go there with a fully armed SWAT team, with snipersprepared to shoot anything that moves. Is this the reality of thepolice in America?