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Originally posted by Bob's Flat-Six
Funny how most people in this nation support the efforts of our troops without question that are trying to protect our freedoms.
While a police officer over here doing basically the same thing gets a lack of support and ever ran through a wringer.
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My best friend growing up was an officers son. I lived at his house and was exposed to law enforcement my entire life from a personal point of view. My mentor growing up was a Sherrif and I keep in touch with him to this day.
I 100% support the efforts of the police. In this town I work in, Port St. Lucie, the police presence is staggering. I can drive around North Carolina hunting for a home to buy and see maybe 2 cops in 5 days. I cannot drive to work in the morning without seeing 6 or more here.
They set up speed traps on a daily basis on roads with rediculasly low speed limits. One road I travel has a 35 MPH speed limit and its a 4 lane boulevard. One of the side road that feeds it is a 2 lane residential road and the speed limit is 40 on it. The 35MPH road is a speed trap.
The police will turn up on this road 20+ cars strong and use laser guns to nab speeders.
On any other day a patrol car will blow by you at 55 mph on this same road routinely.
A co-worker in my office called this same police force to report a drug dealer walking around his parking lot in his condo complex soliciting drugs to strangers. It took the police 1 hour and 20 minuts to show up. Guess who was long gone?
There are bigger problems in this town than speeders but drug dealers do not generate revenue, speeders do so guess what we concentrate on here?
As far as that court case goes. Police cars have radios. It is a shame someone lost their life doing their job, I feel sorry for his family. But vengence on the guy on the bike will not change anything. He was guilty of speeding and should have had his license suspended and fined heavily. Manslaughter seems over the top to me.