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Originally posted by Kindred:
mnepit-jr, if you watch any of the true cop stories you would know that once they hit the blue light for a stop, they can't tamper with the tape, they can't turn it off. Most of the recorders are in a LOCKED box in the trunk.
Looks like the cop in this video didn't actually stop it, just put it on pause because it showed the same image for a few seconds.
SNadvocate, I agree with everything you said!!! I have a lot of friends who are in Law Enforcement, and they are all quite well aware of the fact that when they go on shift, it may be their last one. But their dedication and love for their job makes them keep on going.
My hat is off to the GOOD cops of this Nation, and Thank God, they SOOOOOOO outnumber the bad ones.
Video's of this nature is a GOOD thing, I think most of my friends who are cops WANT cops like that FIRED, and never return because it is cops like in the video who gives the stereo-type of the ''bad'' cop. The vast majority don't deserve to be lumped together with this scum in the video.
Kindred, you are right about this, they are locked in the trunk, but who do you think holds the key to these boxes?? Not the patrolman, but yes indeed, their good buddy, their colleague, their Supervisor.
And do not think for one minute, that they won't scratch one another's backs!
I know all of this to be as correct as rice is white!
My daddy was a cop for many years, and still has many friends that are still cops, and 99.999% of them are good, hardworking, honest men & women. I can't imagine where we would be without them. And you are also right about most of the good one's, want the bad one's, to be fired. But unfortunately, there is usually a few bad apples, in every precinct, and they don't get outted, until a situation such as this occurs, and then, sometimes, it is too late.