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Because You Can't Make a Denver Omelet Without Cracking a Few Heads
T-shirt handed out by Denver's police union to commemorate the 2008 Democratic National Convention:
|9.30.08 @ 1:54PM|#
Holy. Shit.
"No, see, don't you get it? "BEAT" the crowds...like, smack them
about the head?! No, not funny?"
Citizen Nothing|9.30.08 @ 1:59PM|#
I was at the Dem. convention in 96 in Chicago. The cops sold
shirts that said something like "We kicked your fathers' asses in
68. This year it's your turn."
I still have mine.
|9.30.08 @ 2:03PM|#
As someone who has been thrown around by the Denver police can I at least get one of these free?
libertarian democrat|9.30.08 @ 2:08PM|#
Very classy. And professional. Didn't you hear how professional police are nowadays?
|9.30.08 @ 2:10PM|#
I thought Denver was this, like, granola-crunchy great mid-sized town. But all police everywhere are scum, so I guess Denver wouldn't be immune.
dhex|9.30.08 @ 2:11PM|#
hilarious!
who wants to bet the first enterprising denver chaps who make up
shirts after a cop death get their shit raided, tasered and maybe
spayed?
SIV|9.30.08 @ 2:14PM|#
I once went with a friend to "get his seized money back" from
narcs after all charges were dropped(busted his roommate and took
his cash too). They had a large poster on the wall which
said:
"When Drugs are Legalized We're Out of a Job"
Narcs were "nice" about it and sent him to the DA who threatened to
immediately charge him with everything his roommate was facing if
he didn't get the fuck out of his office.
svf|9.30.08 @ 2:20PM|#
"When Drugs are Legalized We're Out of a Job"
once many years back I was handling out LP literature at a county
fair thingy... a couple of cops strolled by, asked why they should
be interested in the libertarian party. I said we want to end the
war on drugs so they can focus on the real criminals (or something
to that effect.)
cop said -- I shit you not -- "No way! The War on Drugs is job
security for us!" and laughed and walked off.
|9.30.08 @ 2:26PM|#
My ex was at a small party recently at a house in a small city.
A cop shows up and (nicely) says there's been a complaint about the
music. They turn it down. A few minutes later 2 other cops show up
and one announces "OK, party over". They say "what? We turned the
music down." This mild disrespect of his authoritah causes the cop
to bellow "anyone still here after I come back in 20 minutes will
be arrested!" Not wanting to possibly be arrested, everyone
left.
She was pretty pissed because this type of thing doesn't really
happen in Spain, so she devised a speech in her head when driving
home afterward for what she would have liked to say to them. It was
basically her ranting about "I'm a psychologist, and I know when
you have a small penis". Hilarious. We're going to film it
tomorrow.
|9.30.08 @ 2:33PM|#
What the hell are you going to get arrested for in that situation? I believe that there's just a ticket for public nuisance. That'd be like getting arrested for jaywalking.
Other Matt|9.30.08 @ 2:35PM|#
What the hell are you going to get arrested for in that
situation? I believe that there's just a ticket for public
nuisance.
My thoughts exactly. I'd probably be standing in the living room
quietly sipping a rum and coke when they returned, just waiting to
hear the justification. Of course, one can usually rig a
clandestine video cam in 20 min even with no warning.
Just Plain Brian|9.30.08 @ 2:36PM|#
What the hell are you going to get arrested for in that situation? I believe that there's just a ticket for public nuisance. That'd be like getting arrested for jaywalking.
True, but anyone in possession of drugs would have a lot more to
worry about as a result of that initial arrest.
|9.30.08 @ 2:36PM|#
Your penis? Yuck. TMI, dude.
Is that all you think about? Jeez.
But seriously, it should be pretty funny; small, energetic foreign
girl ranting in a classic Mediterranean style (with gestures, voice
modulations, etc.) about little cop penises.
kinnath|9.30.08 @ 2:37PM|#
What the hell are you going to get arrested for in that
situation?
Start with "interfering with official acts", then escalate when
people mouth off.
JD|9.30.08 @ 2:37PM|#
They'll arrest you on something bogus (disorderly conduct or whatever - basically just "disrespect of cop"). Then they'll let you go after you sit in jail for a while, because it's obviously bogus, but meanwhile they got to mess with you and not suffer any penalties for it themselves.
|9.30.08 @ 2:39PM|#
What the hell are you going to get arrested for in that
situation? I believe that there's just a ticket for public
nuisance.
Nobody wants to take the chance and call his bluff. Sure, if he did
arrest you, you could get it dismissed, but most people don't want
to spend the night in a holding cell to prove a point. It's
unfortunate, but people making such stands need to either be
wealthy, connected, or don't mind being arrested.
JMR|9.30.08 @ 2:39PM|#
And boy do cops act mature when they're videotaped, especially when they have such 'protect & serve' attitudes. Sigh. I miss PEACE officers.
|9.30.08 @ 2:39PM|#
They deserve leeway on this for keeping us safe from ourselves
for all these years.
Thank you sir, may I have another?
Joel|9.30.08 @ 2:40PM|#
Heh, heh...
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ll5chfz1qFU/SOJfT6RkKuI/AAAAAAAAC7Q/VYXLVKLuWfo/s1600-h/ScreenHunter_05+Sep.+30+13.15.jpg
Joel|9.30.08 @ 2:48PM|#
That's really a horrid design, Joel.
Really? I thought it was kinda cool. And certainly in the spirit of
the original.
Not mine, BTW. I'd never do anything like that...
|9.30.08 @ 2:50PM|#
Were it not for the fact that these were for the unofficial
Hippie Containment Squad* at the DNC, I'd probably get offended by
this. As it stands, not so much.
*No offense meant toward the uncontained hippies that may be
reading this; the Hippie Containment Squad is for those who are
contained for the protection of others (including the HCS, the
hippies, and/or DNC delegates).
|9.30.08 @ 3:28PM|#
Protect our asses and jobs and Serve
ourselves and our corporate masters
There, fixed it for you.
Citizen Nothing|9.30.08 @ 3:53PM|#
The cops have corporate masters? I though they served the F.O.P.
and the local pols.
Who knew?
Anonymo the Anonymous|9.30.08 @ 6:59PM|#
But but somewhere a Negro is wearing a "Stop Snitchin'"
shirt!
Dysfunctional culture!
|9.30.08 @ 7:10PM|#
Somebody call Scalia and tell him some of the "Old Professionalism" got through.
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