Guest Post by Eric Peters
Call it Karma – or maybe just payback.
Either way, it’s bad news.
Last Friday, an Alabama cop pulled over a guy – apparently, over a traffic infraction. The guy argued with the cop; a fight broke out.
The guy got the upper hand and beat the cop senseless.
What’s remarkable about this incident – which got very little to no coverage outside of Birmingham – is the reaction of bystanders to the beating. Instead of coming to the cop’s aid – or even just calling 911 to summon more cops – they laughed, took pictures and posted the pictures of the cop lying bloody and unconscious in the street on social media sites like Facebook.
The natives (that’s us, by the way) are becoming restless.
Respect and deference are fading. Contempt – and something much stronger – are replacing them.
This should not come as a bolt out of the blue given the almost daily deluge of badged bullies strutting their stuff all over YouTube. Perhaps you saw the one of the California cop who unholstered his pistol on a guy who was standing beside his own vehicle, parked in his own driveway, in a suburban cul-de-sac? The cop was threatening the guy’s life because the guy had taken out his camera and was filming this cop, who just rolled into the cul-de-sac and sat there in his cop car, watching. If an ordinary citizen did this, it’d be stalking. If an ordinary citizen drew a gun, as this cop did, it’d be felony brandishing – and in many states, sufficient legal pretext to defend oneself with deadly force. But because the thug was in costume, he was legally able to stalk and threaten another human being and then just drive away.
This is maddening.
Just one of many. Too many.
It is reaching a critical mass – and not just in “urban” areas.
About a week ago, I was out riding my motorcycle with two friends. We’re all middle-aged married white guys with jobs and homes and responsibilities, none of us with any criminal “history.” No tats or gang colors or even long hair. We got pulled over for a trivial speeding charge on the Blue Ridge Parkway – where the speed limit is 45 and almost everyone is running 50-ish.
So were we.
On a long straight stretch, late afternoon, sun out, clear and dry. No one else on the road in our vicinity. No danger to anyone; just headed down the road for a late afternoon ride.
That was the plan, at any rate.
About half-way into our ride, we had the misfortune of crossing paths with colleagues of the Alabama cop badly beaten. A couple of fellow law enforcers.
Mark that.
Enforcers of the law.
We could have run. And probably should have, as it turned out.
All of us were on high-performance sport bikes fully capable of reaching 150 MPH before those cops in their Ford Explorer even got turned around. We were on home turf, we knew the road. Knew that just a half-mile ahead, we could have turned off onto a gravel road and been… gone.
There is no doubt we could have done it. No doubt we would have “gotten away with it.”
But we slowed and stopped, pulled over onto the grass and waited for them to turn around, catch up. Given that they had to know that stopping was optional for us and given the silly/trivial nature of what we were being stopped for (58 in a 45, as it turned out – oh, the humanity!) we figured some smiles, goodwill and friendly banter would have us on our way with a warning.
It did not turn out that way.
Not only did we get the Full Monte – tickets for all, with no slack cut – we got treated as “threats” to “officer safety.” We were ordered and not politely to sit on our bikes, facing away from the cops – for literally half an hour, while they diddled inside their SUV with their paper work. When we asked – nicely, in even and calm tones – whether we might just sit on the grass, or even just stand there – the cops assumed Command Voice and became downright threatening.
Did we want to go to jail tonight?
Yes, really.
Again, this was over a minor speeding beef. They had run our IDs, knew we were not dangerous or likely to be such (three white, professional-looking guys in their 40s, articulate and – so far – friendly) who just wanted to sit on the damned grass or maybe stand by the side of the (not busy) road.
Our polite questioning – however polite – enraged these cops. The situation was deteriorating. It could easily have gotten out of hand. If one of us had challenged their authority to tell us that we had to sit on the bikes rather than sit on the grass, it could have become “resisting”… they said it would be exactly that, in fact.
These guys seemed to have a boner about lording it over us. It was not sufficient that we pulled over safely and were polite and complied with the law. We had to be degraded by them, too. Treated like scum.
This is why Alabama, I think.
Ferguson, too.
Michael Brown may have been a thug. But Darren Wilson was, too.
That’s the awful truth not being discussed openly but increasingly felt – and which I expect will be acted on more and more frequently as things inevitably escalate.
More and more laws – increasingly petty.
And enforced often brutally. By the road cavity searches because a cop “smelled pot.” Shooting a guy in the back over a dead taillight.
Cops wear body armor, have mirrored sunglasses – so that we cannot see their eyes. Every “contact” is a dominance ritual, not an interaction between a peace officer and a citizen.
People grow weary of being ordered about – of being bullied.
The so-called underclass has long had to deal with this and now the middle class is becoming uneasily aware that being a “law abiding” person not looking for trouble is no longer sufficient to avoid it. Sometimes, trouble goes on the hunt.
We got away with just the tickets (as if “just” accurately conveys the injustice of being literally robbed at gunpoint of several hundred dollars by armed – if official – strangers over the excuse of a crime with no victim.).
But my blood was boiling.
I understand why those bystanders in Alabama didn’t lift a finger to help the cop who got the tables turned on him.
I wouldn’t have, either.
God help us all.
This following video is 3 years old but funny for two reasons.
1) The text is all wrong
2) The cop is an idiot.
Well the negrow that did the beating was encouraged by the multitude of other negrows. You still wonder why white cops have such an aggressive attitude when dealing with blacks. Hate and contempt work both ways. There will be a day when our rights are revoked then the negrows won’t be so niggerish.
The increasingly militarized (and menacing) cops have conceived of themselves as an army of occupation, and – in a nation with “a rifle behind every blade of grass” – they correctly perceive themselves as hated and at great risk.
When the law-abiding private citizenry begin to look upon the government’s armed goons as public enemies, they’re in a world of hurt.
A Kevlar vest doesn’t mean much if you’re targeted by a hunting rifle chambering a .30-06 round, and Officer Friendly sure as hell knows it.
Two cops were just shot in Texas trying to apprehend a violent armed criminal on an arrest warrant.
A criminal that opened fire on them without warning.
I suppose some here will be celebrating this.
Except that the criminal got himself killed in the process, which will just increase their hatred of the cops involved.
Back in my younger days riding sport bikes, it was not unusual to run from the cops. Yeah, it was dumb as shit on our part, but the thing that really struck me was just how bloodthirsty the cops would get once in a chase. It didn’t matter who they had to run off the road or how recklessly they had to drive to catch us – they had to nab their rabbit at all costs. We were dumb, but they were downright fucking lunatics trying to get their 4000lb cruisers to catch us.
That said, anyone who speeds on the parkway is a moron. It’s a beautiful road just begging for high speeds, but it’s a notorious speed trap, with no known leniency. It’s been a high enforcement zone as long as I can remember, so we never spent much time on it.
The desperation in the cities for Pension Funding will increase the injustice against the middle class.
The Narrative is careening toward trouble.
On the one hand we have cops, increasingly seeing the citizenry as hostile. They tell us “don’t blame us for the endless puke of fiat legislation we have to enforce. That’s the legislators’ fault. Blame them.
On the other hand, we have a bimodal society:
The masses are SLAVES, they are morons, idiots, mentally unfit to run their own lives yet given a full vote so they can attempt to run YOUR LIFE. They give full license to the scum, the demons, the worst sociopaths among us, not cops but LEGISLATORS. They ask the legislators to create Heaven on Earth by passing endless additional laws, suffocating society under a plastic bag around the head of finely detailed, often conflicting picayune restrictions and demands.
But then some of the masses and the few of us who are competent to run our own lives chafe under this insane system of slaves, masters and overseers.
We FEEL the plantation all around us, the one most of our relatives, coworkers and neighbors celebrate and accept.
As “anonymous conservative” notes, “Apocalypse Cometh.”
“Respect and deference are fading. Contempt – and something much stronger – are replacing them.”
Maybe just a ray of healthy American values reappearing.
This article is wrong on so many levels. Cops aren’t my enemy. And I will say, the cops in alabama are soft, because if that guy had pistol whipped a cop around here, they would have changed his race to black and blue.
No, it is not wrong. I was once an unquestioning supporter of the police. That has changed. I view them with suspicion and avoid them if at all possible. Most cops are decent guys doing a vital, tough job. Unfortunately, the adoption of “Israeli” theories of policing are leading to disaster. More and more of these “command voice” insults will be met by .45 slugs. Count on it.
I was asked by my very pro-cop, pro-authoritarian, pro-my business is his/society business, brother-in-law what would it take for me to support the police as many are there to “protect” me (to death, I might add. speeding might kill you, so we need the cops to kill a few of us to protect us from death by speed, apparently, death by cop is a good death)
I said that’s easy.
The day I begin to defend and support the police is the day the “good” cops (I’m constantly told about), follow the fucking law they claim to “uphold” and arrest their brothers, sisters and bosses that break the damned laws!
When I see THOUSANDS of them come forward and say, “enough!”
When they demand the decriminalization of vice/morality.
When they demand that the Constitution – as both written, and implied – is their guiding tenant next to doing what is just, right and good.
When they stop terrorizing innocent children and families.
On THAT day, and not a day before, I will begin to actively work and support them.
Until then, they are nothing but prison guards and we are their prisoners. This fact is virtually unknown until AFTER you get arrested/ticketed for doing nothing wrong.
I’m not holding my breath.
dc.sunsets says: The masses are SLAVES, they are morons, idiots, mentally unfit to run their own lives yet given a full vote so they can attempt to run YOUR LIFE. They give full license to the scum, the demons, the worst sociopaths among us, not cops but LEGISLATORS. They ask the legislators to create Heaven on Earth by passing endless additional laws, suffocating society under a plastic bag around the head of finely detailed, often conflicting picayune restrictions and demands.
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@dc, since when are “The masses” asking legislators to create additional laws? I don’t understand your logic on this.
P.S. I ordered your book “Revolutionary Language” from Amazon but for some reason it was canceled. I’m about to try to order it again.
This is what they do to us.
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What was the “crime” the person above committed? Filming police. Fuck’em.
Regarding the Alabama cop … I would not have called 911 either.
— EVERY interaction with a copfuk has the POTENTIAL to escalate into violence against you.
— calling more copfuks to the scene is a recipe for disaster … once they see their fallen comrade they’ll go batshit crazy, arresting and bullying everyone in sight
I wouldn’t waste my piss on a cop if his hair was on fire
I’m with Sage on the “I was once an unquestioning supporter of the police”.
Besides the shooting in the back when there is no danger of harm to the police officer, what really turned me was the Kelly Thomas incident. It wasn’t just the animal brutality – it was the multiple cops that allowed it to continue. And much worse, the two CopFucks brought to trial got off scot free.
They should have been hanged in a public execution on pay-for-view TV, or burned at the stake; I would light the bonfire.
Until the good cops rise up to get rid of the bad cops and stop lying to protect their Guilty brothers-in-blue, I will not change my mind.
In Birmingham that was entirely about race — black people hating white people –the cop just experienced the knock-out game inflicted daily on whites across the country usually followed by videos on youtube or world star hip hop — and the media doesn’t cover it because they’ve been lying about the innocent black victims or racist whites for at least 40 years while doing their best to cover-up the never-ending beatings, rapes, and murders of whites by blacks
Please stop and think.
What kind of ‘people’ were surrounding this police officer?
What is the history of these ‘people’ when one of their own ‘people’ tries to do the ‘right thing’?
I’m absolutely positive there was at least one ‘good Samaritan’ that saw what happened. What is the difference between this ‘event’ and the parable of the ‘Good Samaritan’ in the Bible?
“In reply Jesus said: “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, when he was attacked by robbers. They stripped him of his clothes, beat him and went away, leaving him half dead. A priest happened to be going down the same road, and when he saw the man, he passed by on the other side. So too, a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. But a Samaritan, as he traveled, came where the man was; and when he saw him, he took pity on him. He went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he put the man on his own donkey, brought him to an inn and took care of him. The next day he took out two denarii[c] and gave them to the innkeeper. ‘Look after him,’ he said, ‘and when I return, I will reimburse you for any extra expense you may have.’” – Luke 10:25-37
The robbers ‘went away’. In the case of this police officer I would argue the robbers didn’t ‘went away’. Perhaps if the number of good Samaritans nearby was sufficient to deter attack against themselves they would have intervened. ‘Someone’ called for assistance. In this case perhaps that was all that could be safely done to provide aid.
I avoid contact with cops when possible. I’m not a fan. But I’m not a hater either. Take note, my little story about my accident and near mugging, there are no cops in that story. Why not? Never occurred to me to call them. But when I see a white nan pistol whipped while doing his job, I do think a little payback is just fine with me
My comment is directed at the officer in the first story. As for the rest of the post I will just say that police officers, no matter how they feel personally at any given moment, should remain professional.
The thing that MUST be removed is the “Thin Blue Line “. When cops don’t report a bad cop they should be charged with aiding and abetting the crime . Just like a citizen would be charged. If the bad cops were weeded out then perhaps respect for the cops and vise versa would return .
If I witnessed the cops beating that negro senseless, I’m not sure I would remember it for five minutes, my memory would be so incoherent as to be worthless in a court of law.
For a cop the magic “Get Out Of Jail ” phrase is …” I Feared For My Life “. A friend who is an ex-cop said that if you constantly fear for your life then perhaps you shouldn’t be a cop .
“What is the difference between this ‘event’ and the parable of the ‘Good Samaritan’ in the Bible?”
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There are some similarities.
We know absolutely nothing about the character who was robbed … he was simply “a man” going to Jericho. His role in the parable is minor.
The major players are a priest, a Levite, and a Samaritan.
The Jewish audience to whom the parable is told would have considered it a scandal. The reason is because the outcome is completely unexpected. They would expect either the priest or Levite to be the “hero” of the story …… and certainly not the utterly despised Samaritan. That was like Hitler being the hero of a story, instead of Mother Teresa.
Ultimately, the meaning of the parable is about life, rather than death ….. Jesus insists that enemies can be good neighbors whereby compassion has no boundaries … and that judging people (in this case, based on religion and ethnicity) leaves us dying in a ditch.
It’s a great parable .. one of my favorites.
All that being said, I still wouldn’t piss on a cop if he was on fire. I’m probably going to hell.
“The thing that MUST be removed is the “Thin Blue Line “. When cops don’t report a bad cop they should be charged with aiding and abetting the crime . Just like a citizen would be charged. If the bad cops were weeded out then perhaps respect for the cops and vise versa would return.”
THIS
I know a number of cops in non-adversarial settings and many of them are decent guys. Excessive egos for the most part, and intelligence ranging from moderately good to moderately bad, but not inherently bad guys. Unfortunately they uniformly sign on to the “us vs. them” mentality and a willingness to lie for each other that puts the Mafia to shame. That needs fixing, but instead it seems to be getting much worse. If that ever gets fixed I’ll reconsider respect for the concept. Until then, I’ll treat them like a widespread danger to be avoided.
A couple weeks ago in the Hedge Fund Ghetto the local LEO’s had coffee with a cop day on a Saturday. My kid and I were walking the dogs, and my kid asked me why no one was there? My answer was simple, “because they are copfuks honey,and they only protect our bankster neighbors, and thats the reason I want you to become an attorney.” She now knows the two things copfuks hate the most, camera’s and lawyers. Kudos to Stucky for the word copfuk. I use it daily now.
@Persnickity
— “Unfortunately they uniformly sign on to the “us vs. them” mentality and a willingness to lie for each other that puts the Mafia to shame.”
It’s the same fundamental mentality that causes kids at certain types of schools to avoid learning in order to avoid looking too… you know…
It’s a survival instinct.
There was an ‘incident’ at least a year ago, or so, where a motorcycle cop was run over or something. He lay in the street for a good long time, as people drove by. Nobody called it in.
I can’t remember where it was, I think either the Glorious People’s Socialist Democratic Republic of California (now with 67% less water), or maybe Texas.
The cops seem to be killing someone every day in Phoenix. I see that the cop who used his car to run a guy over was given a medal. It’s a crazy world we live in.
“I still wouldn’t piss on a cop if he was on fire.” -Stucky
Sad really…you would be missing out on a GREAT story…how you literally pissed on a cop and was called a hero for it. Like the opening scene of Desperado.
One thing I haven’t seen brought up on these copfuk threads: Do there seem to be just way too fucking many of them? Anyone seen any stats on cops per capita through the years in USA!USA!USA!
Another thing (and I am aware enough to count myself lucky for this) but I have NEVER, not once, been in a situation where I actually wanted a cop around.
Michael Brown may have been a thug. But Darren Wilson was, too.
At this point, using Wilson as a whipping boy to bolster cop hatred is foolish but in vogue. Wilson did what any sane person would do to protect himself against a rampaging “gentle giant” hood thug.
So now, the writer makes himself out to be a fool for not knowing the truth about the Ferguson encounter and perpetuating the meme.
1st the cops beat on the minorities, now they will beat U too. It’s like the quote about Nazis, 1st they came for X, but I wasn’t X, so I said nothing, then they came for Y…
All Americans better practice their best Yes sir old time Step N’ Fetchit voice. Everyone is a potential punching bag in a fascist police state.
This is what happens when the Constitution is allowed to be selectively applied. U have to demand the Rule Of Law for everyone or no one.
Econman, wrong answer. The cops aren’t coming for me. Why? Because when I do have to intetact with a cop, I am polite, non threatening, and try to minimize the encounter. I don’t run, I don’t wrestle, I don’t spout off about rights. I wrap it up as quickly as possible and move on.