ù Quoting Rich Willbanks from a message to Ryan Bagueros  ù 
RW> And they don't have an agenda do they?  IOW, any time you get your 
RW> info from somewhere other than the source you are going to get a 
RW> slant.
Re: Copwatch & ARA ... huh? What would be the goal of their agenda? The 
people 
involve LOSE money in order to make it happen, not to mention the fact that 
they do it while also holding down a full-time job, etc. And you think that 
going to the police will mean getting an UNBIASED viewpoint? Ha, ha.. 
RW> And did the people video taping KNOW she wasn't armed? If they didn't 
RW> then how are the police to know.  There are a lot of reasons I can 
RW> think of for this.  There are also a lot of reasons why I can see 
I realize this is a moot point, but the people videotaping KNEW the person. 
And
she was regularly harrassed by the police because she was homeless. 
RW> To paraphrase Tweety bird; You don't know me very well, do you.  I am 
RW> suspicious of anyone with power because power corrupts.  Because of 
RW> that I tend to watch people in power as close as I can and let them 
RW> know what I think.  I get letters from my congressmen about things I 
Quite obviously not suspicious enough. Maybe it is because you live in a 
small 
town ... a big city will tend to have more police corruption. But if you 
think 
that everything is rosy with the police, then you aren't paying very much 
attention.
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