NY Badge Monkey goes MMA on an unlicensed Cancer Stick salesman.

[Danzig]

it is common knowledge that the cops here in the little town nearby don't wish to arrest the petty criminals.
they'd rather find people like me and others who have money-we can pay the fines, fees, court costs, etc. the stories about the towns and cities police confiscating cash is another point about money. they even had on video one policeman approaching a car, and instead of his first question being for license, registration, etc, it was 'how much cash do you have'.
there is a growing gap between the people and the police mentality wise. you have crime rates going down, while the amount of police is getting ever higher, and cops ever more handling every situation as a potential life threatening one-to them.
my father was a policeman in washington d.c. 20 years. during the riots in the 60's, the vietnam protests, and all the other many and sundry things that occurred in d.c. until the mid 80's. he fired his service revolver twice in 20 years. almost never even took the thing out of the holster.

and nice work doug.

[Calzone Lord]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbI5HHz7fJU


They were eventually cleared of any wrong-doing. They always are.

Copsuckers rejoice!

[bigrun]

Here's a good cop story


http://www.al.com/news/birmingham/in...ggs_for_w.html

[GenuineRisk]

Listen, you young whippersnapper, you think it's "fashionable" to not look down on smokers now? You should have been around in the decades before you were born. I'm also allergic to cigarette smoke, and my dad has been a heavy smoker my whole life. I spent my childhood with a constantly itchy throat, that my mother spent much time and effort trying to deduce the cause of (she was an RN in her working days). She took away dairy (which I loved), put me on daily Sudafed (makes you drowsy!), and did everything other than look at the man puffing a pack in the house every day, because it never would have occurred to her that smoke might be the problem- hell, she was a social smoker when she would have a drink (Riunite on ice because my mom was classy like that). I didn't know myself until I went to college and my allergies cleared up because I wasn't living in a smoking household anymore.

Nowadays my dad only smokes in the garage, because my stepmom, god bless her, won't stand for a home that smells like an ashtray.

Smokers actually get a hell of a lot of abuse nowadays (some of which is warranted- hello, is it that f*cking hard to stub out your g*dd*mn burning stub before you throw it away from you with no regard to where you are throwing it? I had a coat set on fire by a smoker doing that), compared to the 1970s and before.

[Danzig]

reformed smoker here.
I detest them now, hate to see them, smell them, and for crying out loud people, quit taking one last drag right before you come in my office door, leaving the stubbed out butt on my sidewalk, and bringing the stench in with you!!
ugh!

around here, we have forest fires set due to idiots flinging their smoking butts out of the car. it lands in the ditch, and sets the grass on fire. hello, nimrod, do you know what 'burn ban' means?

[bigrun]

Aaah, the good ole daze...Like the price on the coke...

[Arletta]

Guess all of you should oh had the winner of today's 9th @ Aqueduct #5 Quit Smokin = $25.60

[GenuineRisk]

Originally Posted by Danzig

reformed smoker here.
I detest them now, hate to see them, smell them, and for crying out loud people, quit taking one last drag right before you come in my office door, leaving the stubbed out butt on my sidewalk, and bringing the stench in with you!!
ugh!

around here, we have forest fires set due to idiots flinging their smoking butts out of the car. it lands in the ditch, and sets the grass on fire. hello, nimrod, do you know what 'burn ban' means?

And it's not necessary. Most of my family smoked (my dad is the only one who still does, but in the 1970s and 1980s, almost all of them did) and the empty soda can with a bit of water in the bottom was a fixture in all of their cars. So I know it is possible to be a smoker and not be a total douchecanoe about it

[jms62]

And so it goes

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/1...n_6324804.html