Yeah I generally side with law enforcement, but this really is starting to sound shady.Quote:
Originally Posted by BeardoMSU
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Yeah I generally side with law enforcement, but this really is starting to sound shady.Quote:
Originally Posted by BeardoMSU
Speeding in the Cotton District can mean 30 MPH if I remember correctly. Jeez.
Things haven't changed since Johnny Cash rolled through town.
Yep, it's definitely setup to generate revenue for the city.Quote:
Originally Posted by BrunswickDawg
Yeah, there are dickhead cops out there, but there are dickheads and corrupt people in every profession. I believe that the majority of cops are good people that genuinely care about right and wrong. I'm not saying this was your experience, but most cops are dickheads because the person/people they deal with are being dickheads. I've gotten a DUI before, pulled over multiple times for speeding, etc., and I have never had a cop treat me like a dickhead or disrespect me in any way. I took my licks and let them do their job.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tbonewannabe
I don't think I need to remind anyone that Starkville PD caused Smoot to drop into the 2nd round with some bullshit charge that was later thrown out. I think Mullen has A LOT better relationship with the SPD than Jackie did.Quote:
Originally Posted by BeardoMSU
I've had both. Thankfully, the dickhead I encountered had it blow up in his face and ended with our encounter lampooned in the local paper with a political cartoon. Made me believe that there is justice in the world.Quote:
Originally Posted by BossDawg
The cops were probably just doing what they were told to do, drive around and bust up parties. I just didn't like it that they said everyone had to leave immediately. When we said we would call people to come pick up drunks at the party, these particular cops got pissed. It was pretty obvious they were trying to force people into DUIs. This happened more than once but they very well were told to do that shit.Quote:
Originally Posted by BossDawg
Cops in the United States are designed to make money as much as they are to help people. I have a buddy that was a cop that got out of it after over a decade because he wasn't "meeting his quota" of tickets although they aren't allowed to say they have a quota.
That's not the point. Point is it didn't matter if he is guilty or innocent.Quote:
Originally Posted by PassInterference
Disagree. This was actually the point of my post. A thrown out DUI or a DUI, no real difference to the NFL.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dawg61
You're right. It makes no difference, because neither will cost him anything when it comes draft day.Quote:
Originally Posted by Taog Redloh
starkville cops love dui's and everybody knows that. When I used to bartend at mugshots I would get pulled over at least once a month between 2-4am. Same story every time cop would get behind me as I drove down university towards the cotton district.
Blue lights start, I pull over. Sir I pulled you over for speeding, blinking tail light, etc. you smell quite like alcohol sir. Well I just finished working 12 hours in a bar and cleaning up. Move the seatbelt he sees the logo on the polo and then he lets me go.
Secondly you can't cut one line on the Tetris bike paths drawn down university. They will use this as an excuse to pull you over.
I don't doubt that one bit. I know one who's a nurse now. He wanted to be a cop all his life because he genuinely wanted to do something good and help the public. Turns out it was too "political" for him and he decided to change professions. He said it was nearly impossible to do his job without city officials getting into everything and looking out for their own.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tbonewannabe
When and where did this happen? I swear I heard this exact story from a fraternity brother about ten years ago in a complex between 182 and the cotton district. Either you were at the exact same party, or this is something SPD does regularly.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tbonewannabe
I've had this happen, and know at least 5 others who have been in something very similar. The line between harassment and "protect and serve" is ambiguous as hell.Quote:
Originally Posted by Steakonastick
I'd already forgot about this. It's really a non issue. It's very out of character which is why. If you're a good kid you get a mulligan sometimes.
Their favorite thing when I was a student was to sit at a red light and wait for anyone who looked the age of a student and if they didn't completely clear the intersection before the light went yellow they would chase you down and write you a ticket for running a red light. Now how are you going to prove you DIDN'T run a red light. It was just your word against his so its much easier to just pay the fine and move on. The biggest one though was one time they wrote me a ticket for an illegal U-Turn on University Drive just prior to entering downtown when I turned around in the other direction only so I could park along the curb on that side in the direction of traffic. I mean I've only gotten one ticket in my life that wasn't from the SPD while I was a student. There is law enforcement and then there is the SPD. I hesitate to put them in the same category unless things have changed in the last 25 years which it doesn't sound like they have.Quote:
Originally Posted by BeardoMSU
Absolutely right.Quote:
Originally Posted by EAVdog
I had a cop pull me over and approach my window with his gun drawn screaming at me cause I had my parking lights on instead of my headlights at 7pm at night. The SUV I was driving made it easy to not turn your lights fully on if you weren't paying attention which I wasn't. It wasn't dark enough outside for me to tell I hadn't turned them on fully. I was stone cold sober. It was not a fun experience.Quote:
Originally Posted by BossDawg
Was this SPD? The gun being drawn is really over the top.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dawg61
but in most professions the system is set up so that the dickheads eventually get found out and booted out, along with anyone who covered for them. with the police the system is set up so that anyone who is either not a dickhead or at least someone who will cover up for the dickheads, they are the ones who are found out and booted out. most cops are good people that learned they'd have to do that little bit of evil to keep doing the good they want to do.Quote:
Originally Posted by BossDawg