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Originally Posted by bazkitcase5
I agree
I already get pissed every time I see a cop going way over the speed limit when their lights are not on - I'm sure they are sometimes going somewhere important, but not all the time.
95% of the time when I'm driving and I see a HP in my lane, they are passing me, usually at a high rate of speed.
They like to be able to do whatever they want to do on the road, just because they are cops, and in this case, it cost somebody their life.
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I watched local cops screaming out their windows to each other and flooring it through red lights right at shift change time once. Good thing I had looked before stepping out into the crosswalk.
This is a pretty clear case of wrongdoing, but the media survive off sensational stories and it can throw off our perception. I know plenty of cops and they're good people, and it would be great to see them out there doing good on TV and in the paper, but it doesn't sell very well because "Man is polite to officer during traffic stop, gets off with warning and promises to keep an eye on his speed" isn't particularly exciting.