People getting mad when police do their jobs

[Deleted]

I am still mad at the police for that speeding ticket I got 3 years ago, so now I drive under the speed limit and sometimes pull long traffic behind me cause they can't get past.
Thank you police. I will try my best to not drive over speed limits again. So far so good.

[announced]

I speed quite often, and I expect that eventually I might get pulled over for it. Will I get a ticket? probably. Will I be upset? No because I was speeding.

People need to be responsible for their actions. I'm not mad at the policeman, he was just doing his job.

[FuxieDK]

I get when it is something like a Seatbelt ticket. There is no reason for that law, aside from revenue stream. Should you wear your seatbelt? Absolutely, it increases your chances of survival if you are in an accident. But something that does directly affect the safety of other drivers, yeah, that law is there for a reason and should be enforced.

If you're in an accident WITHOUT seatbelt, the damage to you is far far greater, than if you wear a seatbelt, thus leading to a bigger hospital bill... I get angry, if you abuse MY taxes, that way..
I will not pay for your stupidity..

[Doctor Funkenstein]

Or be black and/or poor.

It's funny how many black and/or poor people go by every day without being accosted by those "evil pigs" simply by not breaking the law, associating with people who do, or acting like thugs who also do.

It's almost like that if you act like a normal human being who respects the laws of your region, rather than pretending to be (or actually being) a dipshit moron, life will be just dandy for you in the vast, vast, vast majority of cases.

But hey, it's everyone's fault by yours, man. Fight the good fight! You can do whatever you want without consequence! Power to the people, yo!

[Doctor Funkenstein]

Nearly all complaints about law enforcement are either a) Discrimination based (via race, wealth status, gender, or just general discrimination) or b) Police Brutality based. Neither of which are really present in "I got a ticket and I'm mad about it" situations.

Bullshit.

The vast majority of the former are because "I got a ticket and I'm mad about it," with minorities whining and crying that it had to be due to their race rather than doing something to get them pulled over (or whatever the case may be).

[Lorgar Aurelian]

Most people complaining about law enforcement aren't complaining because they got a ticket. And even when they are, they are usually met with "Well, you probably shouldn't have been speeding."

Nearly all complaints about law enforcement are either a) Discrimination based (via race, wealth status, gender, or just general discrimination) or b) Police Brutality based. Neither of which are really present in "I got a ticket and I'm mad about it" situations. (Unless they claim they ONLY got a ticket because of discrimination. But those cases are easily disproven by, say, a measure of speed. Which are nearly required in this case to ensure a ticket is backed by a court, as it's rather easy to contest any ticket as long as you can take a day off work to do so.)

This thread is litteraly about things like tickets......

[kail]

Same reason kids blame teachers or school guards when they get detention.

[The Oblivion]

because some people are whiny morons who cant accept responsibility for their own actions

[Doctor Funkenstein]

And, again, all it would take to disprove is the radar reading the officer got (and is supposed to get), and it gets tossed.

And they do.

But those same people still whine, bitch, and twitter away even after they get busted for making their bullshit up.

You're fucking wrong. Deal with it. Stop being a dick and/or breaking the law, and you'll be just fine. Just like the 99.99999999% of the populace who does the same thing.

[Deleted]

People get mad at people working in retail doing their job too. Or at the person taking your order at McDonalds.

People are jerks.

[Kathandira]

If you're in an accident WITHOUT seatbelt, the damage to you is far far greater, than if you wear a seatbelt, thus leading to a bigger hospital bill... I get angry, if you abuse MY taxes, that way..
I will not pay for your stupidity..

If you live in the US, and I have insurance, the burden should not be on you.

[Spectral]

My personal dislike of police doesn't stem from enforcement of laws, but from the enforcement of obviously bogus laws in an arrogant fashion. While many speed zones are a perfectly legitimate means of improving traffic safety, there are also deliberately confusing speed zones (particularly in rural areas) that are intended to bait people unfamiliar with local idiosyncrasies into speeding. Creating an arbitrary, short stretch of 35 MPH zoned road where it looks exactly the same as the surrounding 55 MPH zone is a great example of that. Get a ticket there and you'll have no recourse - the zone is that way to drive revenue, it's a feature, not a bug.

Get one of those tickets from a cop that's condescending about "safety", experience the revenue-mill that are the sham courts that exist in rural towns, and you too might come away with less "hey, they're just enforcing the laws".

My attitude when I lived in a rural area was a lot different than cities though. Police where I came from were pathetic, bullying pissants. Police where I live now have a sometimes difficult job and do a great job of staying friendly with the community.

[Doctor Funkenstein]

Would be nice if true.

It is. The idiocy and voluntary ignorance of a select portion of the population not withstanding.

[Doctor Funkenstein]

It's really not.

"Herp a derp, if I keep sayin' its troo, than it is! FITE DA POWA! FUCK DA POLEESE! I R REBAL, SO KEWL!!!" --You

And yet, every day, hundreds of millions of people manage to survive those "evil pigs" hunting down miniorities and the poor. How can this possibly be, other than -- you know -- those "evil pigs" being absolutely shitty at their secret genocidal agenda that only they -- and you, of course -- know about?

I mean, if the courts, military, and entire government is in on it, it fully explains how they're able to easily hide their concentration camps and shit. Sure, they can't even keep the story of the president fucking a porn star secret, but that's because the Illuminati don't give two shits about porn fuckers, only the genocide of minorities and the poor! Yeah man, yeah!

[Elegiac]

I'm more upset by the fact I have to bother dealing with rent-a-cops with less training than a hairdresser.

[Elegiac]

Why are the cops styling your hair? They should be out fighting crime!

Assuming some hairstyles aren't criminal.

[Hilhen7]

Everyone goes over the speed limit on the highway. If you get pulled over for going 5 MPH over the limit just state that the speedometer may have been slightly miss calibrated. The best way to drive is by following the speed of your surrounding traffic.

Actually if your going the exact speed limit or under and there is no traffic people will honk you and cut in front causing a hazardous situation (Provided there is no traffic)

[FuxieDK]

If you live in the US, and I have insurance, the burden should not be on you.

Clearly, I don't..

[Hilhen7]

If there is no traffic, then who is honking? Are we talking about geese walking around on the road while you watch them on a traffic cam?

When people say there is no traffic, that doesn't mean the road is completely deserted.

[Powerogue]

As much as people criticize the police for not letting them flagrantly break the law at the expense of others, most people would agree we're better off with them than without them.

For every deserved criticism they get when they abuse their power they should also get compliments for doing their jobs correctly, but that usually doesn't happen. Instead we mostly just get...