If we can prevent the government from wasting the labor of the people
under the pretense of caring for them, they will be happy. - Thomas Jefferson


Wednesday, April 8, 2009

90 in a 30

As we all know and understand, all cops are above the law. They've no need to heed the rules the rest of us 'normies' must follow.

Which is why the cop in this story was going 90 mph in a 30 mph zone where he hit and killed Hayley Adamson a day before she was to take her GCSE exams. He did not have his lights or his siren on, because he didn't want to alert the driver he was pursuing. Pursuing at 90 mph.
(I would assume that by the time you get up to 90 mph, I'm pretty sure the guy you are chasing knows you're there...)

Whats even creepier about this story is the big brother style license plate recognition system that was in use and failed on this occasion by sending the cop on a 90mph chase after a vehicle and its occupant, which were in complete compliance with the law. Basically, there are cameras on the cop car that automatically read and run the license plates of the vehicles around them. With or without probable cause. In this case, it picked up a car that was recently in non-compliance with the law. The system just hadn't been updated yet.

Or how about the cop that pushed a man to the ground because he happened to be within shoving distance? The man was walking home from work and died of a heart attack minutes after this bit of police brutality. Unfortunately his path took him straight through the G20 protests which had a bunch of cops on the edge all riled up to the brim with testosterone.

It may seem a bit of a stretch to complain so specifically about cops in a blog that would lead you to believe its all about government waste. However, cops are a part of the government. Taxpayer dollars pay their salaries, for the buildings and vehicles, and fund technology designed to invade your personal right to privacy. I've said my peace.

Salaries of cops that appear to feel above the law...

THIS is whybritspaytaxes.

P.S. - At least the 90mph cop will sit in prison, and Officer Shovey is suspended pending investigation. When the cops around here in Rockford Illinois hit people, all charges are dropped in the end. And yes, it happens somewhat frequently.

1 comment:

Paul said...

Did you hear about the cop who stopped Houston Texans running back Ryan Moats and his wife? His mother-in-law was literally dying in the hospital. So on his way, he approached a stop light, stopped, looked both ways and saw NO TRAFFIC. He put on his hazards, blew through it and a cop decided to follow him. No big deal. Ryan pulls up to the EMERGENCY DOORS, and as he gets out to tell the cop about the situation, the cop decides to flex his authority. Needless to say, his Mother-In-Law died while he was arguing with the cop. For 20 minutes! Over and over you can hear Ryan Moats tell the officer "Do what you want, just let me get to her bedside!" The cop told him he was in charge, and he would decide to let him go.

It was sad and tragic. Was it race? Hmmmmm, I would say no, but black men sometimes have it worse than others. What if I were in the situation, would it be different? Probably not, since I would've pulled up in my Saturn.

Cops with power trips. All because it's the only way they can get power.