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<blockquote data-quote="soberups" data-source="post: 569648" data-attributes="member: 14668"><p>Here's the deal;</p><p> </p><p>We live in a society that has criminals running around, so we have a police force to deal with them. We give those police badges and handcuffs and guns and tell them to put their lives on the line every day to keep the bad guys off the streets.</p><p> </p><p>The cops in this case got a call of a reported breaking and entering. The arrived on scene without the facts that are now available to any Monday-morning QB with Internet access. For their own safety they had to treat the call as a felony in progress.</p><p> </p><p>That means that when they arrive the first order of business is to take <em>control</em> of the situation until such time as identities are confirmed and there is an understanding of who is and who is not a bad guy.</p><p> </p><p>We the people have an abundance of <em>rights</em> in regards to our dealings with the police. We have the right to an attorney, we have the right to remain silent and to be informed of the charges against us, and we have the right to be free from search and siezure without warrant or probable cause.</p><p> </p><p>Those <em>rights....</em>carry with them some <em>responsibilities. </em>For starters, we have the <em>responsibility</em> to behave in a calm, polite, and cooperative manner when dealing with the police. We have the <em>responsibility</em>...to remember that it isnt all about us and that there is a reason for the procedures that the police must follow when responding to a report of a felony in progress.</p><p> </p><p>Mr Gates was apparently unaware of or chose to ignore his responsibilities in the situation. He was so busy playing the victim card that he overlooked his own role in creating the report of a felony in progress.</p><p> </p><p>Like it or not, if the cops are called to your home to investigate a burglary in progress they are going to be there a while and they are going to question and detain everyone present until the situation is clarified. Yelling, whining and throwing a tantrum because you feel "discriminated" against wont make things any better. It is sort of like dealing with a contract violation at work; like it or not you <em>still</em> have to work as directed, so the appropriate way to deal with the problem is to cooperate with management, work as instructed, and grieve it later.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="soberups, post: 569648, member: 14668"] Here's the deal; We live in a society that has criminals running around, so we have a police force to deal with them. We give those police badges and handcuffs and guns and tell them to put their lives on the line every day to keep the bad guys off the streets. The cops in this case got a call of a reported breaking and entering. The arrived on scene without the facts that are now available to any Monday-morning QB with Internet access. For their own safety they had to treat the call as a felony in progress. That means that when they arrive the first order of business is to take [I]control[/I] of the situation until such time as identities are confirmed and there is an understanding of who is and who is not a bad guy. We the people have an abundance of [I]rights[/I] in regards to our dealings with the police. We have the right to an attorney, we have the right to remain silent and to be informed of the charges against us, and we have the right to be free from search and siezure without warrant or probable cause. Those [I]rights....[/I]carry with them some [I]responsibilities. [/I]For starters, we have the [I]responsibility[/I] to behave in a calm, polite, and cooperative manner when dealing with the police. We have the [I]responsibility[/I]...to remember that it isnt all about us and that there is a reason for the procedures that the police must follow when responding to a report of a felony in progress. Mr Gates was apparently unaware of or chose to ignore his responsibilities in the situation. He was so busy playing the victim card that he overlooked his own role in creating the report of a felony in progress. Like it or not, if the cops are called to your home to investigate a burglary in progress they are going to be there a while and they are going to question and detain everyone present until the situation is clarified. Yelling, whining and throwing a tantrum because you feel "discriminated" against wont make things any better. It is sort of like dealing with a contract violation at work; like it or not you [I]still[/I] have to work as directed, so the appropriate way to deal with the problem is to cooperate with management, work as instructed, and grieve it later. [/QUOTE]
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