I didn’t say anything about Storm Troopers yet, give me a few more posts. hahaha

I agree with you about perjury. I think things are starting to change a little. Time will tell.

I think that this site shows that there are two justice systems – one for people that serve the legislative branch; and one for plain ol’ unwashed masses.

That needs to stop. Protecting your co-workers is one thing, lying under oath and BSing your way through paperwork and trials is another.

There’s a difference between “steve is a good guy and i’ve never seen him do anything that threatens the safety of the public” and saying “that perp was about to pull a weapon, steve acted appropriately” – if in fact the “perp” was not pulling a weapon.

Perjury is NEVER ok. Regardless of why or for what reason. I think police understand this, they just think that while it isn’t “OK”, it is in fact excusable. That tenet needs to change.

After observing these hot dogs drive around over the years it’s about time they are held accountable for their actions. Issuing a speeding ticket isn’t worth two lives. I’m sure this doesn’t register in the troopers mind or he would have plead guilty by now. He was just doing his job chasing a speeder.

It was true. I was angry when I posted. It is not usually in my character to do that. I apologize to everyone for posting while angry.

The issue of corruption in my local departments hits close to home and I have filed criminal charges on officers, filed liens and all sorts of neat little caveats. Why?

I spent years directing an inner-city christian camp. I served my country. I spent years volunteering at homeless shelters. Do I say this as a badge of honor? No.

I know how it is to think that people who propagandize “protecting and serving” in your community will come to your aid in distress. The truth is, everyone is treated like a perp.

Law enforcement has become a legalized gang activity who do just enough to not be pulled from community funding.

Read the articles of the officers charged in recent news. Isn’t it funny how people who investigate crimes every day seem to forget how to investigate when other officers are involved in crimes? Then, you watch the course of the cases… Officer denies allegations. Video emerges. Officer makes excuses. Officer is convicted of a lesser crime Officer mentions his years of “community service”. Officer gets probation.

It seems to me that when you commit a crime, as an officer, you are willing to throw away all of your years of community service. So, I am willing to throw them away, as well.

One last thing, I was married to law enforcement I know how they work. They are dishonest and manipulative. I don’t deal with law enforcement without taping the event.

So, what can be done? Learn the law. I have been to court and had judges squirming because they were trying to manipulate the law and cover for these guys. This is a fight we can win. I know it. I have seen it.

In one sense, though it’s a very limited sense, you’re correct. The key point is that the police view uncooperative photographers as being “contempt of cop” criminals. LEOs do resent being photographed, but it’s the refusal to obey orders that sets them off. It doesn’t matter if the orders are legal or not.

And no, the police don’t get to decide whether or not one of their own orders is legal. You are not the law, LEO. You’re useful to society, just as dentists and sanitation workers are useful to society. However, you answer to the Constitution, and to me.

It’s reached the point where, as I’ve said before, the photographers on this site really ought to work in pairs. One photographer needs to document how the police interact with citizens. His or her partner needs to stand back, a long way back, to document how the police interact with the first photographer.

If somebody is guilty of “contempt of cop”, there’s a distinct possibility that the police are going to knock them to the ground, rub their face in the dirt or in broken glass, etc. Possibly shoot them while they’re lying there, and I’m referring to normal situations, not to the Oscar Grant case.

I’d always assumed that the police couldn’t be stopped, that nothing could be done about it, but this site has given me genuine hope. If photographers have the courage to confront you, LEO, to document the things that you do, and so to break the Code of Silence once and for all, more power to them. If this site manages to survive and thrive, and if similar sites come along, eventually society will be able to deal with people such as yourself, people who apparently support the Code of Silence and “contempt of cop”.

You are not a hero, LEO. People like Serpico, who stood up to the Code of Silence, they’re heroes. If you support the Code of Silence and “contempt of cop”, you are a criminal and a thug. Your days are numbered.

Mark, you’re obviously angry and I checked your site to see why. I am curious as to what you were charged with and why. Given there is data on how innocent people plead guilty to avoid the prosecutorial promise of worse, I’ll take what you wrote at face value.

It does seem that there is more to this story on Bukowski than just the “facts”.

The real issue here was that the cops caused this accident. The accounts from witnesses are very different than the officer’s accounts of what happened. I am willing to bet that if the officers were charged with manslaughter, then they would see less time than she will for what they charged her with.

Being as I am from Detroit and know how the city works, Kim Worthy likes to pull in favors for these high profile cases. She has ambition for a better position in the pecking order and this is just the kind of case that will do that for her.

Beyond that, how could you possibly know what the facts prove? Did you attend the trial? Do you have special knowledge that those of us who might have followed the trial do not?

I’ve got an idea. Go back to your squad car and work on ways to trump up charges on innocent citizens and pray that they day doesn’t come when you run into folks like me who know a little something about the law. You may even find yourself with liens on your house (not to be confused with your degenerate lien system) wondering what may have gone wrong with your calculations.