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Brent Briggs's avatar

EATING ON THE TRAIN PLATFORM:

I'm looking at this video from two perspectives. If the State passed a law, it may be because they are trying to move the homeless and indigent out of the areas taxpayers need to frequent. OK, then POST A DAMN SIGN!! Don't come down on good citizens like a ton of bricks! Give the regular citizen a fighting chance at obeying your new law....what is this...Pennsylvania??

As for the guy being accosted by the constabularies, SHUT THE HELL UP AND COMPLY! How did "arguing with, and running from, the cops" get into the gene pool of black Americans? If the cop is coming at you with the force of the law, you only inflame the situation by resisting. You have the right to remain silent....use it.

If the cop tells you to do "X" and you bitch him out...get ready for the bracelets!! Don't you watch "Cops" on TV?

As soon as a cop senses "resistance," his training kicks in, and he'll neutralize you as fast as possible!

Now that you're in the cuffs, he has the 'right' to search you. Before that, he could ask to look in your bag and you had the right to RESPECTFULLY refuse. How many times do you see people on "Cops" get pulled over for a rolling stop and they find heroin, firearms, a kidnapped kid, etc., inside the stolen car?? (if this did not happen OFTEN, there would not be a TV show!)

A lot of these "nuisance laws" give cops the legal right to check people out who they used to be able to "profile." So, don't be an ass and make yourself "fit the profile!" Show some respect; he has the Law and the tazer.

Had the guy with the sandwich apologized, said he was unaware, and put his sandwich in his bag, it would have gone much better. If he'd gotten a ticket, he could have argued it with the judge. Arguing with the cops NEVER GOES WELL!! He saw you break a law, and your ignorance of it does not give you the right to fight or flee.

This video can be instructive: a) when a new law is passed, the state must assume responsibility for communicating it!!!! b) When you are respectful and compliant with the cops, you do yourself a favor and things go far easier. If you think your girlfriend's video will work as evidence in your favor, forget it. You were resisting.

Please don't confuse objective analysis with taking sides. Both the State and the Sandwich Guy failed in this scenario. Two wrongs don't make a right. Control the escalation by demonstrating some respect. But, when you automatically run, or fight when a cop walks up, there's gonna be a problem.

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Richard E Stanley's avatar

The "When immoral is moral..." video is EXCELLENT. Thank you Karen. You rock!!!

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