# It's official: Police Officers can murder anyone without any reprocussions **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 13, 2008, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-official-police-officers-can-murder-anyone-without-any-reprocussions/456329 "2008-07-13T14:38:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Carol\_Stream](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c2a13f/32.png) [@Carol\_Stream](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carol_Stream)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2008, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-official-police-officers-can-murder-anyone-without-any-reprocussions/456329/61 "2008-07-14T00:49:45Z")
[QUOTE=samclem] I’m sure you’re right, and I’ve forgotten to enforce a rule. Which one? [/QUOTE] Are you going to enforce the rule, or not? ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2008, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-official-police-officers-can-murder-anyone-without-any-reprocussions/456329/62 "2008-07-14T00:57:29Z")
[QUOTE=SmartAleq] Isn’t there an exhaust pipe you could be sucking on right now? [/QUOTE] **SmartAleq** , if you’re suggesting that **Carol** should suck on an exhaust pipe until the point of asphyxiation, then I’ll note that such a request is against the rules of this forum. Please don’t do it again. ---
**Author:** ![Carol\_Stream](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c2a13f/32.png) [@Carol\_Stream](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carol_Stream)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2008, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-official-police-officers-can-murder-anyone-without-any-reprocussions/456329/63 "2008-07-14T01:00:49Z")
[QUOTE=Giraffe] **SmartAleq** , if you’re suggesting that **Carol** should suck on an exhaust pipe until the point of asphyxiation, then I’ll note that such a request is against the rules of this forum. Please don’t do it again. [/QUOTE] You’re funny. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2008, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-official-police-officers-can-murder-anyone-without-any-reprocussions/456329/64 "2008-07-14T01:26:43Z")
[Quote= Giraffe] SmartAleq, if you’re suggesting that Carol should suck on an exhaust pipe until the point of asphyxiation, then I’ll note that such a request is against the rules of this forum. Please don’t do it again. [/quote] [QUOTE=Carol Stream] You’re funny. 🙂 [/QUOTE] So, he’s funny and I’m a jerk. When you inserted yourself into this thread, your first post said > [@](#): > > What is a reprocussion? You added nothing to the discussion. Your next post said > [@Carol Stream](#): > > You are a jerk. Can’t you enforce your own godamn rules? . So, what did you add to this thread? And, just to clarify, I’m not posting any of this as a moderator on the Boards. I truly don’t see what you’re on about. I personally(no hint of any employment on this Board), think you shoud suck on an exhaust pipe until you vomit out some of your bile. I don’t want you to die. I don’t wish that on any poster. But, if you got a near-death experience out of it(sorry, **DT** ) then that would be OK. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ea5d25/32.png) [@Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Scrappy_Hero_Pup)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2008, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-official-police-officers-can-murder-anyone-without-any-reprocussions/456329/65 "2008-07-14T01:45:47Z")
[QUOTE= samclem] So, what did you add to this thread? [/QUOTE] Definitely not the proper amount of "d"s in the cussword. 😃 Seriously, people, if the evidence we have is to be believed, there’s no way a conviction was coming out of this. There may not even have been enough to establish all the elements of a homicide, much less a murder. There are actual outrageous things to get all recreational on. ---
**Author:** ![Carol\_Stream](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c2a13f/32.png) [@Carol\_Stream](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carol_Stream)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2008, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-official-police-officers-can-murder-anyone-without-any-reprocussions/456329/66 "2008-07-14T01:53:27Z")
[QUOTE=samclem] So, he’s funny and I’m a jerk. [/QUOTE] Yes, because you don’t enforce the rules equally. Wishihg death oh another poster is not alllowed, right? ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ea5d25/32.png) [@Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Scrappy_Hero_Pup)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2008, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-official-police-officers-can-murder-anyone-without-any-reprocussions/456329/67 "2008-07-14T02:09:33Z")
> [@](#): > > Yes, because you don’t enforce the rules equally. Wishihg death oh another poster is not alllowed, right? Looks like you made up for the missing “d” with an extra “l.” Pretty funny for the drive-by threadshitter making fun of another’s spelling. And these days, with the [advent of the catalytic converter, it is unlikely that sucking on an exhaust pipe would kill you.](http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=1034654) It would probably just render you unconscious and give you a heck of a headache. So unless he asked you whether you had an exhaust pipe from a pre-1975 model year car on which to suck, which the court reporter informs me he did not, then he was probably only wishing you mild to moderate discomfort. Can we be warned for wishing mild to moderate discomfort on people? Can I get a mod ruling? ---
**Author:** ![Pedro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/919ad9/32.png) [@Pedro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pedro)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2008, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-official-police-officers-can-murder-anyone-without-any-reprocussions/456329/68 "2008-07-14T02:17:47Z")
[QUOTE=Happy Scrappy Hero Pup] And these days, with the [advent of the catalytic converter, it is unlikely that sucking on an exhaust pipe would kill you.](http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=1034654) It would probably just render you unconscious and give you a heck of a headache. So unless he asked you whether you had an exhaust pipe from a pre-1975 model year car on which to suck, which the court reporter informs me he did not, then he was probably only wishing you mild to moderate discomfort. Can we be warned for wishing mild to moderate discomfort on people? Can I get a mod ruling? [/QUOTE] No mod ruling here, but that’s a hell of an ignorant thing to say. Exhaust fumes have carbon monoxide, which is poisonous and lethal in large enough concentration. ---
**Author:** ![Klaatu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Klaatu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Klaatu)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2008, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-official-police-officers-can-murder-anyone-without-any-reprocussions/456329/69 "2008-07-14T02:18:42Z")
[QUOTE=Carol Stream] Yes, because you don’t enforce the rules equally. Wishihg death oh another poster is not alllowed, right? [/QUOTE] You are not well liked here. Nor am I. I don’t give a shit but you scored a point with **Giraffe** , (and that was a perfect example of non-biased moderation BTW Kudos) and you shit it away, you dumbfuck. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ea5d25/32.png) [@Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Scrappy_Hero_Pup)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2008, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-official-police-officers-can-murder-anyone-without-any-reprocussions/456329/70 "2008-07-14T02:42:44Z")
[QUOTE= Pedro] No mod ruling here, but that’s a hell of an ignorant thing to say. Exhaust fumes have carbon monoxide, which is poisonous and lethal in large enough concentration. [/QUOTE] Which large concentration is NOT going to be achieved by wrapping one’s lips around an exhaust pipe. Get a GRIP, man. ---
**Author:** ![Pedro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/919ad9/32.png) [@Pedro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pedro)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2008, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-official-police-officers-can-murder-anyone-without-any-reprocussions/456329/71 "2008-07-14T02:50:46Z")
[QUOTE=Happy Scrappy Hero Pup] Which large concentration is NOT going to be achieved by wrapping one’s lips around an exhaust pipe. Get a GRIP, man. [/QUOTE] Fair enough. The catalytic converter efficiency is much higher than I thought, so ignorance fought for me too. But if you suck on it you’ll breath all 1% of it in. Even if you pass out before reaching critical toxicity levels, still dangerous. I was reacting to the “headache” comment. That’s not something I would be comfortable saying, is all. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2008, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-official-police-officers-can-murder-anyone-without-any-reprocussions/456329/72 "2008-07-14T02:59:32Z")
[QUOTE=Kinthalis] Also known as a typo. Give me a break. Where are they getting these juries from, they never indict when it comes to police officers. Are they all related to police personnel? [/QUOTE] From the general voter roles, same as a regular jury summons. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2008, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-official-police-officers-can-murder-anyone-without-any-reprocussions/456329/73 "2008-07-14T02:59:41Z")
[QUOTE=Klaatu] You are not well liked here. Nor am I. [/QUOTE] I don’t know you from Adam’s off-ox\*[Adam’s off ox](http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-ada1.htm) , but why are you not liked here? ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2008, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-official-police-officers-can-murder-anyone-without-any-reprocussions/456329/74 "2008-07-14T03:01:42Z")
Still, its a thought! A special category of poster, someone with a comprehensive knowledge of The Rules…all the rules, not just the Cliff Notes version, the _complete_ Protocols of the Elders of Cecil…and they would be specially empowered to patrol threads and ensure that the mods are in strict compliance. We could call them the Mod Squad! ---
**Author:** ![Klaatu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Klaatu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Klaatu)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2008, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-official-police-officers-can-murder-anyone-without-any-reprocussions/456329/75 "2008-07-14T03:19:18Z")
[QUOTE=elucidator] Still, its a thought! A special category of poster, someone with a comprehensive knowledge of The Rules…all the rules, not just the Cliff Notes version, the _complete_ Protocols of the Elders of Cecil…and they would be specially empowered to patrol threads and ensure that the mods are in strict compliance. We could call them the Mod Squad! [/QUOTE] Well then, I would nominate you, Lib and Sam. But then that would be the Odd Squad. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2008, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-official-police-officers-can-murder-anyone-without-any-reprocussions/456329/76 "2008-07-14T03:30:11Z")
Cool, with me, but don’t think\*\* Lib\*\* will go for anything short of God Squad. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2008, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-official-police-officers-can-murder-anyone-without-any-reprocussions/456329/77 "2008-07-14T03:40:29Z")
[QUOTE=samclem] Hey! She’s too busy trying to figure out where her piano came from. Give her a break. ☹ [/QUOTE] **sam** –darling: That’s **CairoCarol** who’s got an extra piano now, not **a suburb of Chicago not known for anything remarkable in any way whatsoever except for it might have gender issues**. How can anyone think that procussions is not a typo? Maybe that Chicago suburb is ground zero for CO damaged folk? **Lucy** –there’s a Sod Squad joke somewhere in my head, but it won’t birth itself… 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2008, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-official-police-officers-can-murder-anyone-without-any-reprocussions/456329/78 "2008-07-14T04:04:50Z")
“Green side up, dammit! Green side up!” ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_fight\_the\_hypothetical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/59ef9b/32.png) [@Don\_t\_fight\_the\_hypothetical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_fight_the_hypothetical)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2008, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-official-police-officers-can-murder-anyone-without-any-reprocussions/456329/79 "2008-07-14T04:38:12Z")
[QUOTE=Vinyl Turnip] **Carol** ’s recent infatuation with SDMB law and order reminds me a lot of an episode of “COPS”—except in this case, the ignorant shirtless redneck is the one trying to enforce the law. [/QUOTE] Now that’s some godamn funny shit there. You remember the one where the ignorant shirtless redneck’s head breaks through the wooden fence? Imagine _him_ yelling procedure to the other cop. Too too funny. ---
**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2008, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-official-police-officers-can-murder-anyone-without-any-reprocussions/456329/80 "2008-07-14T05:08:20Z")
Why I swan, **Mr Giraffe,** you know I would never wish such a thing. I was thinking more of third degree burns on the lips and the mental image of **Carol Stream** deep throating the bidness end of of a late model Honda Civic fart cannon, tiny hands with stubby fingers grasping desperately to shove every last inch into his/her/its puckered little piehole. Truly, isn’t that enough? It brings a tiny tear to my eye, it does. Oh, and **Carol?** When you get done with that Civic I’m sure there’s a leper colony that needs oral servicing, a place where those puffy, blistered lips would get just the kind of workout they so richly deserve and so obviously are pining for. With modern day antibiotics I doubt you’d catch so much as a sniffle, but think of the extra parts you could bring home for later! Wishing death indeed. Some people need to get a grip. On a Honda Civic fart cannon! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-official-police-officers-can-murder-anyone-without-any-reprocussions/456329.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-official-police-officers-can-murder-anyone-without-any-reprocussions/456329.md?page=5)