Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder "Kusin It", when your allotment of internet courage has expired, look into what I suggested.
Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder "And why don't you stop acting like a total jerk? Seeing as how SPP works with single mothers going after deadbeat dads, I'm quite certain he has a fair idea of the hurdles faced by those living in poverty. I would also guess many of the clients he works with are Black." I do cases where one party doesn't live in California. We call it Intergovernmental. Blacks, Hispanics, Filipinos, Vietnamese, Thais, Nigerian, Russian, just about everything but middle class Caucasians. They're here too, but the number is so small as to not be counted. The case I just finished were two Mexicans who spoke no English with one living in Mexico. I'm aware of poverty all over the world.
Originally Posted By Kusin_It again, why do a ride along when in all likelihood the cop will be on his or her best behavior????? what a moronic test that would be. if one is a thug he will not show true colors in front of a everyday civilian whom he just met 15 minutes earlier.
Originally Posted By Kusin_It "Seeing as how SPP works with single mothers going after deadbeat dads, I'm quite certain he has a fair idea of the hurdles faced by those living in poverty. I would also guess many of the clients he works with are Black." i guess stupid comments are not limited to the one who thinks ride alongs expose would be brutes where to begin? oh I know the notion that just because this guy enforces judgements he understands poverty and police brutality, especially on black men. ya hanging out in offices and courtrooms really gives a complete understanding of others' day to day struggles and being victimized by militarized cops. when he gets a police baton upside the head for no good reason or a shot in the spine leaving him in a chair then maybe he can fully understand that type of "ride along" but keep takkin' dum'
Originally Posted By Dabob2 The only one talking dumb here (with the oh-so-hip bad spelling and everything) is the one casting judgements on people he's never met and knows nothing about.
Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder "again, why do a ride along when in all likelihood the cop will be on his or her best behavior????? what a moronic test that would be." I can only conclude your courage is limited to Internet boards and doesn't extend to real life.
Originally Posted By Kusin_It hey pass did you sign up for the police baton " ride along" yet? i didn't think so take care
Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder "hey pass did you sign up for the police baton " ride along" yet? i didn't think so take care" You REALLY don't anything about me, do you?
Originally Posted By ecdc >>And why don't you stop acting like a total jerk?<< Because he's a troll who joined a couple of months ago, immediately went to WE's, and posted inflammatory stuff on the most controversial of topics?
Originally Posted By ecdc I'm genuinely up for a ride along. It could be a worthwhile experience. But that said, I don't think one needs to go on a ride along to know the following things: 1) Most cops are good people who mean well. 2) It's a tough job and cops deserve a pay raise (I'd be all for my taxes going up if it meant better pay, better training, and better recruitment). 3) That even the most well-meaning people are confined by the system they operate in. 4) There are systemic problems within policing in the United States that are multi-layered. To draw an analogy, I don't need to go sit in an LDS chapel on Sunday to know that most Mormons are good people who mean well but their views on gay rights are wrong-headed and stupid.
Originally Posted By fkurucz >>2) It's a tough job and cops deserve a pay raise (I'd be all for my taxes going up if it meant better pay, better training, and better recruitment).<< In some jurisdictions cops are paid very handsomely. When the city of Vallejo in the Bay Area went bankrupt it was revealed that the average cop was paid about $150,000 a year. In my neck of the woods, in a podunky flyover town, Sergeants are paid $125K plus overtime.
Originally Posted By dshyates "Anybody signed up for a ride along? Anybody ever been on one?" I have been on many.
