Terrorist with a badge

Terrorist with a Badge!

April 06, 2011; Yes, that is what you call the servants of the citizens “Terrorist with a badge, and if you look across the United States you’ll see so many of these terrorists as well as all those citizens whose lives have been destroyed by these terrorists.

Today, I woke up in a pleasant mood. Then my Crack berry exploded. That’’s typical, but today one of my many spies sent me an article about cops arresting people for videotaping them while on duty and in public. This particular spy didn’’t think the cops should arrest for that. He was exactly right.
I could write volumes on why this is one of the stupidest things I’’ve ever heard, but I’’ll just touch on the high points. We’’re public servants entrusted with awesome power. We have the power to use force, even lethal force. We have the power to take away freedom. We’’re allowed to kick down doors in the middle of the night and rush into people’’s homes with machine guns. Maybe you non-thinkers don’’t realize that all of these things, although necessary when used correctly, are also the things we’’ve fought to defend against in every war we’’ve ever fought. Don’’t think so? Go study some history. You’’ll find we were either protecting ourselves or someone else from the very things that police are allowed and expected to do when crooks cross the lines drawn by our society.
When we swear to uphold the Constitution, it’’s the whole thing, not just the parts we like. Any cop who whines about the Bill of Rights standing in the way of making arrests should have their door kicked in by masked officers in the middle of the night. How would they like to get beaten until they confess to something? Or jailed without a fair trial? That’’s right boys and girls, Ol’’ Bullethead just hit a bunch of them——4th, 5th, 6th, 8th and the 14th amendments for good measure. My point: We must operate from within these laws. When we do, why wouldn’’t we want it on video?
I wonder if the morons abusing their own laws against wiretapping have thought about dash cams and belt recorders. Maybe they don’’t have those in the three states currently going after people for recording the cops (i.e., Maryland, Illinois and Massachusetts), but I’’ll bet they do. They’’ll say its OK because they’’re conducting a criminal investigation. Fair enough, but what about consensual encounters? Oops——didn’t think about that, did you? A consensual encounter isn’’t a criminal investigation until we have enough reasonable suspicion to detain someone. If you’’re a cop in one of those three states, you’’d better not activate your recorder until you have a detention or you might just have to arrest yourself and get a hook that way. Those doing this are claiming both parties must consent or the video and audio is illegal.
What about traffic cameras, license plate readers, helicopter videos and all the other tools police use? Hmm, I guess they didn’’t think of that either. Most of those red-light cameras are rolling video, and they snap a still when someone runs the light. Dash cams are rolling all the time and save when activated. The video is usually recoverable, and all sorts of people are getting recorded without consent and without a criminal investigation. How about store surveillance? Are we gonna arrest the store if they catch a cop doing something wrong? Like I said, I could do volumes on this.
What really gets my powder hot is the lack of ethical leadership in the agencies practicing this crap. Good police leaders understand we operate with the consent of the people. We have civilian oversight from elected officials and the courts, but we’’re also responsible to the people. Much of what we do is, as the cliché goes, lawful but awful. There’’s no nice way to beat someone into cuffs. Welcome it on tape, and go explain it in court. Then we get a more educated public, and we’’re transparent to those we serve. Cops pocketing drug money, cops ripping off drug dealers, cops protecting drug dealers, cops stealing dope, and, of course, another dope-smuggling jail guard. Let's get to it:
VAN BUREN, Mo. (AP) -- The sheriff of southeast Missouri's Carter County has been locked up on drug-related charges.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol said in a news release Sunday that 31-year-old Tommy L. Adams, of Ellsinore, was arrested Saturday on a felony charge of distribution, delivery, manufacture or production of a controlled substance.
The release said Adams' arrest is the result of an investigation by the patrol as well as the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Missouri attorney general's office, the Missouri Division of Fire Safety and the Carter County prosecuting attorney's office.
The release says the investigation is ongoing.
Sgt. Marty Elmore, of the patrol, says he can't say where Adams is being held and that he didn't know whether he had an attorney.
What!? An officer of the law committing a crime, say it isn't so. Brad tell me this isn't true that one of your brothers in blue would violate his oath.
This must be the workings of a master criminal to fame yet another upstanding member of law enforcement. Oh how I lament for the days of Mayberry when law enforcement would do no wrong.
Oh, wait that was fictitious television show. I guess there has always been corrupt officers who like to brutalize the public, and commit the very offenses they are suppose to uphold. Oh well, lets see what's on TV to blind us from reality.... ohhh COPS is on.
Remember one thing all you citizens of your state, if you have bad cops then I can only say that
Sheriff's are elected officials. Blame the community. No, I did not vote for the bad cop now in office but I was out voted by the rest of you. How many power hungry servants of the citizens have been arrested for upholding there Bill of Rights and The United States Constitution? From the mail I have been getting a lot!

Please anyone that feels they have been accused of a crime especially “Obstruction of Justice” file a complaint with the bad sheriff of that officer. Also let everyone else know about that bad cop in your community. The good cop’s do not like working with the bad ones. Rest assure if you don’t do something then you may be next! Send e-mail to: lewis1946@cox.net