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.
RB> Re: Copwatch & ARA ... huh? What would be the goal of their
RB> agenda? The people  involve LOSE money in order to make it
Who knows, which is the point.  Remember the old
question; Who's watching the watchers?
RB> happen, not to mention the fact that  they do it while also
RB> holding down a full-time job, etc. And you think that  going
RB> to the police will mean getting an UNBIASED viewpoint? Ha,
I have found very few (read that as none) organizations
that didn't have an agenda which tends to lead to a
bias in their viewpoint and in the information they
release.
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 
RB> I realize this is a moot point, but the people videotaping
RB> KNEW the person. And 
RB> she was regularly harrassed by the police because she was
RB> homeless.  
And how many homeless have you found with some kind of
weapon?  Most of the ones I've dealt with have
something to protect themselves with.  Things from
knives and razor blades to pieces of pipe and rocks.
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 
RB> Quite obviously not suspicious enough. Maybe it is because
RB> you live in a small  town ... a big city will tend to have
RB> more police corruption. But if you think  that everything is
RB> rosy with the police, then you aren't paying very much 
RB> attention.
You need to read some of my other msg.  I have stated
many times that the use of secure radios, i.e.
scrambled, and many other things that the police are
doing now days is making it easier for the police to do
illegal things.
BTW, if you want police corruption go to a small town.
You some times find that the entire police department
is related and most of them are related to someone in
the sheriff's office.  Sort of hard to get someone to
roll over when a crime is committed in a situation like
that. 
Until just a few years ago you didn't even need a high
school diploma to be a sheriff in TN, much less any
type of law enforcement training.
                      Remember:  Freedom isn't Free!
--- timEd-B11
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