# Woman calls police. They brutalize and arrest her. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 22, 2010, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-calls-police-they-brutalize-and-arrest-her/547653 "2010-07-22T23:10:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2010, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-calls-police-they-brutalize-and-arrest-her/547653/141 "2010-07-27T18:12:54Z")
[quote=“gonzomax, post:140, topic:547653”] > [@billfish678](#): > > And that is what happens. The police are never at fault. it is a citizen who is stupid enough to think they should defend their constitutional rights against a cop who is perfectly willing to ignore them. Many cops get pissed when a person does not blindly respect the authority of the cops over the rights we have guaranteed in the constitution. Getting arrested for not obeying a cops directions is absurd. It is necessary for citizens to stand up against the over reaching aggression of the bad cops to expose them. The cops don’t clean their own nests. they protect bad cops. That is one of the problems ,the bad cops they protect taint them all. Fight for your rights IN the courts, not on the street. That just ends up with your ass getting whipped. It takes two to tango. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2010, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-calls-police-they-brutalize-and-arrest-her/547653/142 "2010-07-27T18:22:43Z")
> [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > > [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > > > > [@Nobody](#): > > > > > > At least they were able to use the dash cam against the officers. > > > > > > While listening to Talk of the Nation a week or two ago about laws making it illegal to record cops ([Link](http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128387108)) the guest mentioned an incident in Prince George’s County where a journalist was mistreated by cops. There were seven police cars which all had malfunctioning dash cams. :rolleyes: > > > > [I started a Pit thread for that one at the time.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=317347) > > Ugh. There really is at least one person to support the cops no matter what they do, isn’t there? They could brutalize a three year old with a tazer and someone would be right there pointing out that some three year olds really are that strong and out of control and do we want a police officer to get killed in the line of duty, do we? Add two years and substitute “hancuffed” for “tazered” and you get something like [this episode of The **Dio** Show](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=313480). ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2010, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-calls-police-they-brutalize-and-arrest-her/547653/143 "2010-07-27T18:31:29Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > Add two years and substitute “hancuffed” for “tazered” and you get something like [this episode of The **Dio** Show](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=313480). I just figured it out. He must get syndication royalties or sumptin. ---
**Author:** ![heatmiserfl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/df705f/32.png) [@heatmiserfl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/heatmiserfl)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2010, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-calls-police-they-brutalize-and-arrest-her/547653/144 "2010-07-27T19:47:50Z")
> [@alindallas](#): > > I don’t hate cops. I just feel better when they’re not around. Awww, alindallas. When a cop tells you to do something, you DO IT. Only very special people become cops and they always know what’s best for you. Just repeat this as a mantra to suppress your natural “fight or flight” response induced by inappropriate police behavior. And remember, even though cops have special training and the weapons, the burden of acting rationally during unusual circumstances is on citizens (such as little old ladies). 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2010, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-calls-police-they-brutalize-and-arrest-her/547653/145 "2010-07-27T19:53:33Z")
> [@heatmiserfl](#): > > Only very special people become cops and they always know what’s best for you. Guess I wasn’t special enough (not that I could’ve passed the physical but a call-back would have been nice). ---
**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2010, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-calls-police-they-brutalize-and-arrest-her/547653/146 "2010-07-27T19:58:37Z")
I think there are a couple of LEO’s who are posters on here, isn’t there? Can I just ask you if you ever switch off your “on the job” mode? No matter what environments you seem to be in - in my admittedly limited experience of them “off duty” - you always seem ready to go into Cop Mode at the slightest provocation. Do you ever ignore “crimes” that you personally find less serious? ---
**Author:** ![StusBlues](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@StusBlues](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StusBlues)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2010, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-calls-police-they-brutalize-and-arrest-her/547653/147 "2010-07-27T20:18:39Z")
> [@billfish678](#): > > Fight for your rights IN the courts, not on the street. That just ends up with your ass getting whipped. It takes two to tango. I realize that you were being ironic (sort of) in your first post, but shoot, man, that got confusing. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2010, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-calls-police-they-brutalize-and-arrest-her/547653/148 "2010-07-27T20:59:04Z")
> [@ivan\_astikov](#): > > Can I just ask you if you ever switch off your “on the job” mode? No matter what environments you seem to be in - in my admittedly limited experience of them “off duty” - you always seem ready to go into Cop Mode at the slightest provocation. Do you ever ignore “crimes” that you personally find less serious? No, they’re not all on the job 24/7. There was an incident 10 years ago in Chicago in which a reportedly off-duty cop ignored an armed robbery in a grocery store in which she was shopping. She faced dismissial in 2003 for, among other things, failing to perform her duty and making a false report but I don’t know what came of it. ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2010, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-calls-police-they-brutalize-and-arrest-her/547653/149 "2010-07-27T21:23:43Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > > [@ivan\_astikov](#): > > > > Can I just ask you if you ever switch off your “on the job” mode? No matter what environments you seem to be in - in my admittedly limited experience of them “off duty” - you always seem ready to go into Cop Mode at the slightest provocation. Do you ever ignore “crimes” that you personally find less serious? > > No, they’re not all on the job 24/7. There was an incident 10 years ago in Chicago in which a reportedly off-duty cop ignored an armed robbery in a grocery store in which she was shopping. She faced dismissial in 2003 for, among other things, failing to perform her duty and making a false report but I don’t know what came of it. I don’t think anybody sane would find “armed robbery,” less serious. At least, I hope not. [OT]Went to court today 'cause I got a ticket for "being in the park after dusk (who knows when that is); dismissed because, supposedly [del]the cop had taught me[/del] I had learned a lesson, I guess, by being told the rule and the inconvenience of having to take off to show up there.[/OT] [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-calls-police-they-brutalize-and-arrest-her/547653.md?page=7)