# How to stop someone from jaywalking: punch them in the face.

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**Created:** [June 17, 2010, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-stop-someone-from-jaywalking-punch-them-in-the-face/543557 "2010-06-17T15:33:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2010, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-stop-someone-from-jaywalking-punch-them-in-the-face/543557/318 "2010-06-22T19:22:13Z")

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> [@Cartooniverse](#):
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> [Fuck Off.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amadou_Diallo)
> 
> [Fuck Off Some More.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abner_Louima)

Huh?

Are you completely insane?

The fact that people have been defending the officer in this particular instance does _not_ mean that we are unaware of, or unconcerned by, the real instances of police criminality and brutality. Do you get it, numbskull? Just because we defend this cop, in this situation, does not mean that we defend all cops for anything they might choose to do.

For the benefit of brain-dead fuck-knuckles like you and **gonzomax** , here are links to six separate threads from the past couple of years where i have been heavily critical of police actions. There are probably other people in this thread who could come up with a similar list.

[1](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=494500) [2](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=494301) [3](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=525244) [4](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=526619) [5](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=563079) [6](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=544631)

Thread #5 was actually started by me, and my comments in the other threads included things like:

> [@Fucking cops...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-cops/474087/31):
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> Welcome to the club.
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> I have a lot of respect for good cops, and i think the job that police are asked to do is a difficult and dangerous one. My stepfather is a retired cop, and i respect him and his sense of duty a lot.
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> But the profession does attract more than its fair share of permanent juveniles, douchebags, and plain old bullies.

and

> [@Police are gamers too!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-are-gamers-too/474280/12):
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> In what fucking universe is it reasonable for a cop to take one of your possessions merely to “make sure no one reported it stolen”?
> 
> Where would it stop? “I’m sorry sir, but while your car has not been reported stolen, we need to confiscate it just to make sure.”

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