Comments on: Two Legal Standards in VA: One for the Cops and One for the People http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2009/01/25/two-legal-standards-in-va-one-for-the-cops-and-one-for-the-people/ Life. Liberty. Property. Defending individual freedom and liberty, one post at a time. Fri, 17 May 2013 18:49:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Jono http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2009/01/25/two-legal-standards-in-va-one-for-the-cops-and-one-for-the-people/#comment-63008 Jono Tue, 27 Jan 2009 03:22:17 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/?p=3702#comment-63008 Interesting, but I think some people are over-reacting.

The only problem as I see it, was that the officer was allowed to park there without getting any penalty or even some kind of reprimand or warning.

As for the rest of the video, clearly the officer is acting like a creep. But this actually has nothing to do with police power. Any individual is free to act like a creep and walk where they like. No lines were crossed.

Yes, I agree, police should be unfailingly polite and get on with their lives.

]]> By: Dogboy49 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2009/01/25/two-legal-standards-in-va-one-for-the-cops-and-one-for-the-people/#comment-62961 Dogboy49 Mon, 26 Jan 2009 13:22:44 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/?p=3702#comment-62961 Seriously, did you expect anything different? Although you probably have had few unpleasant interactions with police, you might want to talk to the people that do. When it’s just you and the cop, there is no constitution, there is no law, the cop IS the law. The fact that most police do not abuse their powers is irrelevant.

’1984′ arrived in ….1984.

DB49

]]> By: Wulf http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2009/01/25/two-legal-standards-in-va-one-for-the-cops-and-one-for-the-people/#comment-62960 Wulf Mon, 26 Jan 2009 12:05:57 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/?p=3702#comment-62960 I’m curious to know what percentage of officers across the country would see nothing wrong with what this officer was doing–including the part where he was following Pete around.

I’m also curious to know how this might have gone differently if Pete was following this cop’s wife/daughter around, trying to find out where she lived. “I’m just taking a walk.”

The officers in the video have clearly had a lot of training on how to be polite and calm, but it’s pretty clear that they honestly don’t see that they are supposed to be servants of the law, never above it.

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