Cops who turn thier siren on to avoid congested lights -or just run em

[Anacardo]

The Austin PD also pulls that look-both-ways-and-run-the-light, no lights, no sirens move aaaaaaalll the time. You can sit on the patio at any number of downtown restaurants on a weeknight and see a cruiser pull this move at the stoplight once every couple hours.

I'm sure you can justify either of these on any number of pretexts, but ultimately they're about power, pure and simple. They can, and they want to, so they do. Hence the resentment cops inspire.

[[Phill]]

I really resent it when people who put their lives on the line to protect me decide to bend the rules slightly and safely run a read light.

Police officers killed my father and raped my mother. Then they ran a red light. The bastards.

[Anacardo]

I really resent it when people assigned to uphold the law assign one law for themselves and another for everyone else. A man's decision to take on a career that presents an elevated risk of physical danger does not make him special or holy. Foundry workers and coal miners have dangerous-ass jobs too; jobs we couldn't do without. I don't see anybody arguing for the boys out at Tyler Pipe to be placed above the law.

[[Phill]]

Anacardo,

Last i checked foundry workers getting to their job as quickly as possible is not as significant as the cop.

All the evidence put in this thread is that cops need to travel around quickly and not be stuck in traffic and that dumb ass students like you whine when you get a ticket for breaking the law.

Oh noes.

[Anacardo]

Phil,

So turn your [censored] sirens on and speed off to wherever you need to be. Make it, you know, standard emergency procedure. Everybody knows the drill for that and nobody objects.

The whole point of this thread is that it refers to situations where there's obviously no emergency situation, the cop just doesn't feel like waiting 30 seconds for the light to change, or whatever, and therefore pulls the kind of [censored] that would merit you or me a hefty fine and a big hassle, just 'cause. This is an easy point to which you are inexplicably obtuse.

[RunDownHouse]

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not be stuck in traffic

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Let's just admit that there's a difference between "stuck in traffic" and "waiting for a light to change." We're not talking about a sea of cars turning a freeway into a parking lot.

[mattnxtc]

So when a cop is not in a hurry to get anywhere...has no reason to run the light other than he doesnt want to wait around...that is a good enough reason to do it?

I hope your just levelin.

[Event Duality]

After reading through this thread, it's pretty clear whose parents are "public servants" and whose parents could go to college.

I used to think guids was a decent poster, but not any more. Also, Anacardo and RunDownHouse seem to be making the most sense without resorting to immature comments about the other side.

[John Spartan]

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I really resent it when people assigned to uphold the law assign one law for themselves and another for everyone else. A man's decision to take on a career that presents an elevated risk of physical danger does not make him special or holy. Foundry workers and coal miners have dangerous-ass jobs too; jobs we couldn't do without. I don't see anybody arguing for the boys out at Tyler Pipe to be placed above the law.

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EXACTLY! Or how about firemen? [censored], how about our active duty and reserve soldiers when they come back home? These guys are in just as much danger as cops if not more. cops are not special. i know guids loves to defend them, but come off it guids.

if i'm on the side of anacardo, and not on guids side, i know that im probably on the right side.

[Anacardo]

ED,

Guids has his highs and lows.

Guids - For you to believe that the law is anything but a racket is a sad betrayal of your proud Sicilian peasant heritage imo.