Please show me where I said that. Because I do not see where I said the cops should get away with any inappropriate behavior. All I was saying is that it seems like a lot of people are already convinced of the guilt of the police in this instance without knowing the facts. You admitted as much in your last post.
According to your logic, if someone has a history of a certain behavior, its OK to believe they did it again without so much as an investigation. If it is true that the cops harassed him after he showed ID, then they are fucktards and deserve any punishment they get. I am also not excusing their behavior if Gates spouted off first, merely suggesting that if he spouted off first, then he bears some blame for the situation. Sometimes the situation is made worse by ignorance of the parties involved. On one call I was on in what could be best described as a 'project building', a friend of the patient filed a complaint with my company calling me a racist because I did not run into the house to help. Here are the issues with that philosophy: 1. Its not advisable to run into any call. It makes you look out of control and can potentially put you in a dangerous situation before you can analyze it. 2. There was absolutely no way I could have know the color of the patient's skin before actually seeing them. What sucked is because the guy lodging the complaint did not understand the SOPs of being a medic, I had to suffer through the bullshit of meeting with my superiors almost daily, sitting in on several meetings with lawyers, and even being moved off of that medic unit for a few weeks while it was all worked out. On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 8:50 AM, Larry Lyons<[email protected]> wrote: > > According to your logic then because its a dangerous job we should let the > police get away with violating people's civil rights if the stories are > different? > >>Its been reported that Gates called the cops 'racist'. I would be >>interested to now if he said that and when. Was it when the cops >>approached him? Was it when they asked for ID? Was it after he showed >>ID and they still gave him shit? >> >>To me it matters. If the cops approached him (or when he was asked for >>ID) and he started spouting off the racial crap, then he started the >>process of making it a bad situation (which the cops continued). >>However, if the cops continued to harass him even after showing ID, >>well, then they are solely to blame. >> >>Sometimes people who bitch about the police don't really have a clue >>of how dangerous of a job it can be. Just look at the bloodbath in >>Jersey City last week - 3 dead cops and 4 injured. Now, I understand >>Cambridge is not Jersey City, but that does not mean the potential for >>danger does not exist. >> >>The cops are not always the bad guys when shit hits the fan. There was >>a time when I wanted to be a cop. I am so glad that I decided against >>it. I would not be able to work in a world where every move I make is >>questioned. Where I might second guess pulling my weapon out of fear >>of being smeared in the media - because that can get cops killed. >> >>I think sometimes we need to give the cops the benefit of the doubt >>until we know all the facts. But I guess ' innocent until proven >>guilty' only applies to low life scum bag criminals. >> >> >>> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:300735 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
