Comments on: Another Genuine Case of a Police Officer ‘Acting Stupidly’ (So where’s Obama?) http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2009/08/19/another-genuine-case-of-a-police-officer-%e2%80%98acting-stupidly%e2%80%99-so-where%e2%80%99s-obama/ 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: southernjames http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2009/08/19/another-genuine-case-of-a-police-officer-%e2%80%98acting-stupidly%e2%80%99-so-where%e2%80%99s-obama/#comment-69089 southernjames Tue, 25 Aug 2009 16:00:01 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/?p=6635#comment-69089 Chris Rock gives some very good advice on how to avoid police brutality:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gCCjFbFXn8

]]> By: Jack http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2009/08/19/another-genuine-case-of-a-police-officer-%e2%80%98acting-stupidly%e2%80%99-so-where%e2%80%99s-obama/#comment-69062 Jack Mon, 24 Aug 2009 06:19:23 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/?p=6635#comment-69062 Obama is probably inviting him over to sit back and drink some brewskies :o

]]> By: Stephen Littau http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2009/08/19/another-genuine-case-of-a-police-officer-%e2%80%98acting-stupidly%e2%80%99-so-where%e2%80%99s-obama/#comment-69042 Stephen Littau Sat, 22 Aug 2009 18:29:36 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/?p=6635#comment-69042 Of course I don’t expect the president to comment on every arrest. It’s more of a rhetorical question. The point I was trying to make with respect to Obama is that its not just minorities who find themselves victim of police violating their civil rights and that the situation he decided to comment on, while serious, was quite mild compared to cases like this one.

The only reason why Obama responded to the Gates question is because Gates is a personal acquaintance of his.

]]> By: itsalljustaride http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2009/08/19/another-genuine-case-of-a-police-officer-%e2%80%98acting-stupidly%e2%80%99-so-where%e2%80%99s-obama/#comment-69039 itsalljustaride Sat, 22 Aug 2009 14:06:18 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/?p=6635#comment-69039 Is the president required to comment on each and every arrest in the country? Why even bring him into this? As Joshua said, Obama didn’t comment on the Gates case until someone asked him about it.

]]> By: John222 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2009/08/19/another-genuine-case-of-a-police-officer-%e2%80%98acting-stupidly%e2%80%99-so-where%e2%80%99s-obama/#comment-68985 John222 Fri, 21 Aug 2009 02:26:40 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/?p=6635#comment-68985 It is unbelievable to me that we tolerate this sort of behavior from those that are sworn to “serve and protect”

In this instance the only thing I can be glad of is that neither the victim nor the offender appear to be of “minority status”. Now we can truly see that this could happen to any one of us.

I once knew a police officer who told me that if you are ever pulled over, all you have to do is crack the window and slide out your license, registration and proof of insurance. I have never tried this, but I suspect it would not go over too well with most law enforcement officers. It seems like they all insist on a verbal exchange. Exercising my rights in a jail cell is none too appealing.

It would be great if we had some kind of “bill of rights” we could go by in our dealings with government officials.

]]> By: Joshua Holmes http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2009/08/19/another-genuine-case-of-a-police-officer-%e2%80%98acting-stupidly%e2%80%99-so-where%e2%80%99s-obama/#comment-68963 Joshua Holmes Thu, 20 Aug 2009 05:19:06 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/?p=6635#comment-68963 Obama didn’t say anything about the Gates case until someone asked him about it at a press conference. He correctly though timidly pointed out that the cop acted stupidly. In truth, the cop actually abused Gates’ civil rights and ought to be fired and lose his pension.

As for the race issue, Gates appears to have made it a race issue first, although it looks more like a simple police abuse of authority. Obama used the moment to point out, entirely correctly, that racial minorities suffer undue discrimination by the police.

Perhaps Obama made political errors in speaking, but he noted two absolutely correct facts:

1. The police treat racial minorities unjustly.
2. The cop acted stupidly.

If anything, he was more timid than a factual statement of the history and current events of American police work.

]]> By: Diana http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2009/08/19/another-genuine-case-of-a-police-officer-%e2%80%98acting-stupidly%e2%80%99-so-where%e2%80%99s-obama/#comment-68958 Diana Wed, 19 Aug 2009 19:47:29 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/?p=6635#comment-68958 This has NOTHING to do with the president. This has to to with a stupid cop with big time mental issues. He probably beats his wife. There are too many cops who become police officers so that they can have power and authority…which many of them abuse, just as this jackass did. He should be fired and she should sue for pain and suffering!

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