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thanks bohica, and i will still call a cop too. i am not really sure however why that must be added as a disclaimer. also it might be a growth opportunity to broaden your perspective a bit. everybody who is polite to the police don't get the same response that you did. not everybody is a veteran and member of the legion. you are implying that a smile and good mannerism = fair treatment. in my direct experience, this is not the case. i am happy for you though, that a smile is all required to get you out of a jam.

well put LGD and thank you for bringing the Word of God into this, it is always appropo. and if it wasn't for the Spirit of Love operating in America, this place would have been set on fire ages ago but people have tolerated their rights and liberties being trampled continuously even to the point where we defend the perpetrator. the thing that amazes me is how few see the lawlessness. for example i mentioned the patriot act to someone and the response was, "if you have nothing to hide, then why the concern?" after receiving that response from multiple people, i started feeling like a misfit....like perhaps i was seeing something that others weren't. but i realize that if it weren't for those tolerances and indifferences to abuse of power and gross violation of civil rights, the american community would have folded a long time ago.

KD america is playing a dangerous game my friend. things are a lot grayer than they are black and white. declassified information surfaced recently proving the US supported ISIS (see video below). apparently it was not until things spilled over into Iraq that the US had to change its playbook. remember back in 2014 when the US continually met with Al-Maliki about strengthening his body politic and creating an inclusive atmosphere before the ISIS threat found its way into his country? remember the news wire that came out specifically stating american airdrops landed in ISIS territory? man its crazy! it has always been about the US vs Russia and it still continues today. they feed us this stuff about Sunni vs Shiite but when I did my research I was knocked over by the magnitude I was lied to about their bloody history dating centuries. yes, they disagreed on theological points but it was not as bloody and strained as some would have us believe. my point being they tell us that this is a religious war when it is becoming more and more apparent that this is a super powers struggle for power in the ME. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kftWvPIQjEE

the cop trailed the citizen and pulled him over when he saw a violation. what i am saying is that the police officer accosted the citizen. he trailed him aggressively, literally mirroring everything the citizen did until finally the citizen signaled less than 100 feet from his turn. the reason the police officer trailed him in an intimidating fashion was because he made Direct Eye Contact with the police. in my opinion this is disingenuous and abuse of authority on the part of the police. if this is police policy, then anyone who is a target of the police will be found guilty of breaking the law. this means, TO ME, that there is no spirit of the law. the law then is used strictly as a tool to exact ones agenda. if you regard that as spin, then so be it. this is how i read and see the situation. the traffic stop was disingenuous at its core. here we have a man pulled over for Direct Eye Contact. Freddy Gray was apprehended for Avoiding Eye Contact. what does a person have to do to go about living their life unmolested. from what i am seeing, it is impossible and we are very much smack dead in the middle of a police state. if this is the truth of the matter, America is now Hitler Germany.

when he said that a driver could probably not make it down a city block without breaking a traffic law, i must admit that i was blown away. i knew there were a lot of laws on the books but i did not think we were THAT heavily regulated. essentially regulations are a means of taxation. i went down to the courthouse one day to pay a fine and i could not believe the number of people in line to pay traffic fines. the "now waiting on #" never stopped scrolling. the metal detector machine never rested from people pouring into the courthouse. i sat back and just took it all in....what i was seeing. and it dawned on me, it is essentially another tax on the people. if a person took inventory of all of the numerous ways their hard earned dollar can be taxed, it would make you want to just shut it down and live out in the dessert somewhere.

wow LGD. amen and amen.

BINGO! you couldn't hit the bullseye better Tex. i was speaking to a friend of mine the other day who is Arab and he was expounding on the situation. he broke things down in such simple terms. i approached him very quizzically about something that dawned on me concerning isil. and so i asked him, "before the iraq war the most profound militaries in the ME were Egypt, Syria, Iraq and Iran. why is it that a small group like isil in its campaign to build a new caliphate would execute its plan by attacking both Iraq and Syria at the same time??" his response slapped me. he responded, "the question is who is supplying isil? who has an interest in isil?" a little resistive, i continued past his question, "this thing makes no sense to me, why attack the largest militaries? it makes more sense to me to start with a small oil rich nation like kuwait and build up from there. and perhaps attack the larger ones later." he brought me back to his question, "this is why i ask you who is supporting isil. what you say makes a lot of sense therefore someone must have a strong interest in isil for them to do what they are doing." then he went into world history. "look at it like this, who supplied weapons to the armies of the middle east??" dumb look all over my face. "simple. in the early - mid 1900's russia supplied egypt, iran, syria, iraq. eventually egypt began taking weapons from the united states, iran and russia was sort of strained, the united states took iraq. russia's last stake in the middle east is syria. assad's regime was on the verge of crumbling; the territories controlled by his family were all surrounded. russia knew if assad fell, its interest in the middle east would be all but gone." the big light bulb went off standing in the middle of his office, "man this thing has always been about Russia vs US!" he tells me, "they want you to think it is based on religion but that is just the surface." some of the facts i may have gotten wrong as well as dates along with paraphrasing but this is how i remembered the conversation. the guy spouts off dates and times like an encyclopedia....a bit difficult to keep up for me. i tell you what, this thing is a lot more grey than it is black and white.

i love listening to this guy. he talks common sense metrics and systematic model change that leads to reduction of crime. why aren't more and more people talking about this guy?? wow! i recommend listening at the 10m mark. i also set it there in the link.

it's a problem endemic amongst many developing countries. men in power choosing to extend the expiration of their position's mandate. some of them honestly feel that the country cannot progress without their leadership especially if it is in the middle of a conflict.

quite honestly Tex much of what you say stings me to read....saddens me actually, but i believe your words have a lot of truth to them. black on black crime in the inner city is a horrible truth that just wont seem to correct itself. the cycle is perpetuated by the prison industrial complex whereby corporations make billions by incarcerating a cheap labor force. thanks for being brutally honest my friend. i strive hard to live a life pleasing to God so please don't shoot me down for saying this. i believe a lot of these issues would go away if they would legalize drugs. the war on drugs has not solved the drug disease but instead has created a prison monster. men and women doing decades in prison for violation of the "three strikes law" all because they are caught with a needle in their arm or cannabis in their pocket.

and this is the "all or nothing" attitude i think we should avoid shab. no one is saying that the police are not appreciated. if the public peace was not in jeopardy, the institution of policing would not exist. it exist because a service to the people is necessary if we are to live together in harmony. at the same time we have a duty to ensure the public trust maintains a certain level of integrity because power and authority will always come subject to corruption, always. all men/women in position of public trust should endure scrutiny. not to do so promotes tyranny.

deny deny deny...... got to love the human spirit Spectators at the lynching of Jesse Washington. May 16, 1916. Waco, Texas.

i'm grateful to men like michael wood with the courage to reveal truth to us. he openly told us all that just as many whites are doing drugs as blacks but it was their policy not to molest the whites while their numbers were to be made up from illegal search and seizure in black neighborhoods. there, the truth is out. question is how do we fix this broken justice system? there is an evident systematic problem that must be addressed and Paulette Brown is doing her part to make it so. these people are heroes.

Jax, your point of view is welcomed by me, for sure. what i do not welcome is the interjection of slants upon my character or direct attacks against what I hold as truth. we can disagree respectfully without name calling and all the evil slanders. and thanks for the negs. it's not good when all men think well of you.

don't leave out the south Tex. since we are talking in generalities, weren't most of them slave owners, rapists, murderers, terrorists, inventors of evil devices, pedaphiles, distorters of justice, kidnappers, false prophets? the same people who hung children from trees and still made it on time for church service to petition Christ for His choice blessings. let's keep it real my friend.

but whatshername don't you see the bias you are interjecting. the driver didn't even know what DEC the officer was referring too. it is amazing that because a man/woman puts on a uniform, whatever they say is immediately accepted as the truth and solidly based in honesty. while the taxpayer's attestation, if contradictory, is a lie based in dishonesty. i on the other hand see two men, period. one man straight up was disingenuous the other absolutely honest. and no, he should not have to nod, wave, or smile in order to maintain his God Granted Rights. if a police officer does not witness a crime, no crime has been committed. if they do not have probably cause, leave people's rights unmolested.

jaxinjersey you are NOT going to regulate which information is allowed into the Off-Topics forum, period. requesting that i "stop fueling false narratives" is as subjective and slanted as it gets. your terms of knee-jerk, false narrative, lack of objectivity, bias, grow up, victimization, etc etc etc will not stop me posting. your bullying and name calling is futile against me. you should focus more of the attention to the subject matter instead of attempts to assassinate one's character. because the disingenuous actions of the police officer is a common occurrence that happens everyday, as you put it, does not Make It Right.

don't tell me what to do, thank you we most likely will never see eye to eye on these issues. there are no bad people here, just people with different perspectives. its great that you see these things taking place as some type of game. i on the other hand stand very contrariwise. in the public i view all things as a commercial affair. even the "police officer" as an agent to a fictional entity. if i have lost you already, then you have a lot of catching up to do. when an taxing agent damages a living man in order to impose collection of duty, they have overstepped the purpose of their public trust. my narrative is not false at all but is based in truth. a truth that you are probably not prepared to discuss here. God bless.

man.......this investment is really wearing me down....i'm just being brutally honest. and now we see kurds vs kurds in what could actually rip kurdistan asunder. i might not feel this way tomorrow but today i have to wonder if i have been wasting my time.

nope, not reading it backwards at all my friend. Godly wisdom prevails helping things become clear as crystal. regardless of what the officer cited as the violation, the reason for pulling the man over was for Direct Eye Contact. they cited blasphemy against the temple as a reason to kill Christ when the truth was that they hated him without a cause. the video highlighted a rarity, the police officer speaking the full unadulterated truth. this is why Tex got so up in arms writing that the officer should not have spoken his true motivator. now you stating that it happens everyday is what i am getting at because in essence you are saying this is police policy; a standard practiced regularly. if this is the case, then there is need for great concern. avoiding eye contact could generate suspicion and direct eye contact could generate suspicion. if this is the true case that the police are ALWAYS suspicious of the citizenry, what type of state are we living in?

i hope you are right dog. when i saw the video i immediately saw a troop of officers in a training class being taught to "look for things like Direct Eye Contact." that is scary to me. so i really hope this is just a one-off.

oh dog, oh dog......they will fill the sky with negative arrows against you. thanks for being brave enough to tell it like it really is. americans still have not learned that their political party will not save them, yet they continue on acting as if they are really one election away from "the good ole days". a day that never really existed. i have placed my bet on Jesus Christ and gone all in. the treatment of ron paul should have showed everyone how the typical american citizen really felt about government aligned with the Constitution. the man couldn't even get an invite to the debates.

Good morning Tex and God bless you. I have no clue how to even respond to accusing me of bringing up BS. A police officer tells a citizen that he basically pulled him over for making Direct Eye Contact. That is what he said. What did I "bring up" that is BS?? Please help me understand so I am aware. I never mentioned color at all and applauded the citizen's response. I just want to understand police policy.....it is public policy correct? How are police officers justified in implementing policy whereby the mere glance into their eyes translates into "suspicion of wrongdoing"? where does this fit in with the Constitution, the Bill of Rights? And why are you so full of rage? Why are you so quick to defend this officer and correct his actions?? He meant what he said and he said what he meant. Is he not a man?? He tailed the citizen and created an opportunity to pull him over, not for inappropriate signaling, but for Direct Eye Contact. Case closed. And he left if for us to deal with. Apparently you are fine with that. I am not. You are entitled to your waiving of rights but don't demean me for cherishing mine.

like is DEC a disease or misconduct or something?? what the heck does that mean. i am struggling with these words. he should have at least known better than to tell the truth. at this point, there is literally nothing a person can do to maintain innocence. like the cobra told ricky in "ricky ticky taffy", "if you move, i will strike. if you don't move, i will strike." one positive from this is i admire how the citizen handled himself.

the CBI is a hostage of ..... ISIS