Florida Highway Patrol chases down Miami Cop at 120mph
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@NerdyDad said in Florida Highway Patrol chases down Miami Cop at 120mph:
Why such an old story? The incident happened in 2011 and the story was finally published in 2014. Last I noticed, my calendar said 2017.
Because I just heard about it, and really the timeframe is irrelevant to the news story. It's not like an IT article from 2011.
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@IRJ said in Florida Highway Patrol chases down Miami Cop at 120mph:
@NerdyDad said in Florida Highway Patrol chases down Miami Cop at 120mph:
Why such an old story? The incident happened in 2011 and the story was finally published in 2014. Last I noticed, my calendar said 2017.
Because I just heard about it, and really the timeframe is irrelevant to the news story. It's not like an IT article from 2011.
Because police corruption is timeless.
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@coliver said in Florida Highway Patrol chases down Miami Cop at 120mph:
@IRJ said in Florida Highway Patrol chases down Miami Cop at 120mph:
@NerdyDad said in Florida Highway Patrol chases down Miami Cop at 120mph:
Why such an old story? The incident happened in 2011 and the story was finally published in 2014. Last I noticed, my calendar said 2017.
Because I just heard about it, and really the timeframe is irrelevant to the news story. It's not like an IT article from 2011.
Because police corruption is timeless.
FTW
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@coliver I firmly believe that the vast majority of cops are law abiding. It just takes a very small fraction though of bad cops to ruin it for the good cops.
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@PenguinWrangler said in Florida Highway Patrol chases down Miami Cop at 120mph:
@coliver I firmly believe that the vast majority of cops are law abiding. It just takes a very small fraction though of bad cops to ruin it for the good cops.
That's true for about any legitimate profession.
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@PenguinWrangler said in Florida Highway Patrol chases down Miami Cop at 120mph:
@coliver I firmly believe that the vast majority of cops are law abiding. It just takes a very small fraction though of bad cops to ruin it for the good cops.
Same for most of society, I'm sure.
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@NerdyDad said in Florida Highway Patrol chases down Miami Cop at 120mph:
@PenguinWrangler said in Florida Highway Patrol chases down Miami Cop at 120mph:
@coliver I firmly believe that the vast majority of cops are law abiding. It just takes a very small fraction though of bad cops to ruin it for the good cops.
That's true for about any legitimate profession.
Jinx
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@scottalanmiller said in Florida Highway Patrol chases down Miami Cop at 120mph:
@NerdyDad said in Florida Highway Patrol chases down Miami Cop at 120mph:
@PenguinWrangler said in Florida Highway Patrol chases down Miami Cop at 120mph:
@coliver I firmly believe that the vast majority of cops are law abiding. It just takes a very small fraction though of bad cops to ruin it for the good cops.
That's true for about any legitimate profession.
Jinx
Crap. Now I owe you a coke. Will a beer do instead?
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@PenguinWrangler said in Florida Highway Patrol chases down Miami Cop at 120mph:
@coliver I firmly believe that the vast majority of cops are law abiding. It just takes a very small fraction though of bad cops to ruin it for the good cops.
I don't doubt that. But, not to get too political, the big issue we have in the US is that the police see themselves as a brotherhood so many of those "bad" cops are protected by the "good" cops.
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@scottalanmiller When I was a prison guard honestly only about 15% of the inmates were what I called knuckleheads. The rest honestly didn't cause much of a problem.
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@PenguinWrangler said in Florida Highway Patrol chases down Miami Cop at 120mph:
@scottalanmiller When I was a prison guard honestly only about 15% of the inmates were what I called knuckleheads. The rest honestly didn't cause much of a problem.
And we might be able to assume that the percentage of good prisoners is lower than the percentage of good general population. Although... that might be going out on a limb.
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It's when the minority screams the loudest, making the headlines... where the media projects prejudice and stereotyping. That's why it only takes a few to ruin it for good majority. And you can insert that statement into anything... professions, politics, religion, race, anything.
