Opinions needed
I want to bring up a subject that has been brought up over on Inforoo. Just to get the opinions of the HumzOo community. I have a reason for wanting your opinions. I would like to compare them to the opinions of the members of Inforoo. The members here are VERY different from the members of Inforoo and to me it would be interesting to see if opinions on this subject are different.What do you think of your local police force? Do you know that if you are out of town, you can call and ask them to watch your house for you? That they will drive by at random times and periodically stop and do a walk around to check your doors and windows? Have you ever done this?
I ask this because if it wasn't for knowing people who work for police departments (and my mom), I would have had no idea that you could do it. And apparently, the folks on Inforoo think that I live in my own little bubble in some sort of gated subdivision and have extreme delusions that there is no corruption in city government or on police forces. In other words, certain people seem to think that I must be stupid and ignorant.
The majority of the people on Inforoo have no use for the police and see them all as corrupt, greedy, money hungry officers that are only interested in harassing as many people as they possibly can and making as many arrests for drug possession.
I see the majority of law enforcement as men and women out doing a job they love. They are there to protect and serve. Now, that doesn't mean that all of them are good guys. Some of them can be real asses and have ego trips and let the power of the badge go to their heads. But I have found that the majority of them are good guys doing a job and if you treat them with respect, they will treat you with respect.
Now, of course, this subject has been brought to you courtesy of my stalker because of one comment she posted here. (which I have deleted as I will continue to delete her derogatory comments) Apparently she wanted to call me out on Inforoo because of my opinion of the police force in the city where I live but I guess she realized that she wouldn't be a secret stalker anymore if she did that.
That being said, the news story that came out a day or 2 ago would have you believe that it's a cesspool:
http://www.sj-r.com/homepage/x931199821/Springfield-pol...
Frank Melton was a joke - sorry to speak ill of the dead - but he was and I am willing to bet I know alot more about him then you will ever know - most of it from officers that knew about the vast drug business that he ran while he was head of WLBT and then head of Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics and then after he ran and was elected mayor - but he talked a good talk and had the people of Jackson believing in him.
BTW - he also managed to have policy changed in Washington DC at the Capitol about officers carrying weapons through checkpoints by fabricating a letter stating that he was a police officer
Try again.....
Oh - and he was not found guilty in the case - he died before he could be retried which rendered him innocent - unfortunately - he was actually found not guilty by the State Court and then the feds went after him for civil violations - do some research before you go spouting what you think are facts.
I liked the police in Elmhurst; they were extra responsive.
Unfortunately, this type of job also draws people who I call "whistle blowers" -- the young man at the skating rink my kids used to go to who was in love with his power. Comes with the territory, I guess. I think education and training are the solutions to that.
We've got some beat cops on bikes in downtown Asheville who have a very positive air about them -- but, in general, like others have said, I've not had much interaction with the local force.
However - if you like to go out partying, smoking pot, drinking, taking acid and ecstay (and who knows what else) then the po-po are your enemy and you don't trust them or believe that they are there to protect and serve and that most of them are good guys.
Nope - no gated community - actually a very diverse neighborhood withing walking distance from a variety of stores, the mall and a major thoroughfare through the city. Just happen to have a really good police department with great officers.
I live in the metro Jackson area which was just listed as 4th for murders per capita - the crime rate in the city itself has soared over the last few years - but our little suburb is thriving and alot of it has to do with great schools, low crime and a great city government.
If it's a bubble, I sure do like it.
Actually - most of the funds used to provide for the excellent police force in my city come from a high tax base in the county and the city itself which is the result of an awesome mayor and good city government that work really hard to entice businesses to locate in our city.
So once again JTB - get your facts straight before you decide to spout off.
How about addressing the fact that you were wrong about whether Frank Melton was found guilty or not?
Other then that - you also need to consider that what you are doing with me here is considered harassment - it is stalking plain and simple - you have threatened me on here and I have saved the comments you have made.
"Later in the year, Melton would take a guilty plea on the gun misdemeanors and plead no-contest on the felony. The terms of both his bond and his probation for the gun charges did not allow him to be around firearms, supervise children under 17, leave his home past midnight without 48 hours' prior permission from his probation officer, consume drugs or alcohol, or use police equipment in any way. Melton, Michael Recio and Marcus Wright were acquitted on all counts filed in the Ridgeway Street incident on April 26, 2007."
And when did I threaten you? I do know that slander is illegal and you attempting to label me as a drug addict whore that sleeps with anyone off of inforoo could be argued as such. There were never any threats made against you. I did say I was going to spread your pictures over the internet, which is entirely legal as your the genius that has put dozens of pictures of you and your family on the internet for anyone to do anything they want with.
and there you go - he was found NOT GUILTY - acquitted on all charges regarding the duplex. That was in the state court. Yeah he pled guilty to misdeameanors regarding gun possession - big deal - people do that every day - and it obviously was not enough for him to lose his job of mayor.
After that the feds got an indictment against the 3 of them for civil rights violations and others. Wright pled guilty in return for lienency if he testified against Melton and then after Melton died - when it was still up in the air if the feds would move forward with the trial Recio pled guilty. Melton was automatically presumed innocent by virtue of the fact that he died before trial.
But that's really neither here nor there as I don't live in Jackson and Melton was not my mayor.
The harassment and stalking me here, making constant and continual derogatory comments would be enough for me to file a complaint.
Slander is a hard thing to prove. Not only that - you are the one that started all of this in the first place. You came out of nowhere in a political thread that you were not active in and attacked me personally for my opinion on the welfare system. Then you decided you had to come here and start making nasty comments about my pictures and my blogs - I can only assume it is because you are jealous of the life I lead and the friends I have. It's either that - or you are just a mean spiteful bitch with no life.
Why don't you just go away - leave me alone - I have already put you on ignore in Inforoo - deleted you and your buddies from my facebook and myspace. I really don't want to have anything more to do with you.
I think you enjoy the attention and all the pats on the back you get. You claim you want me to leave you alone yet you continue to mention me nearly every day. I quit messing with you and you kept going on and on about me so I came back to defend myself. Its all out there with times and dates(except the stuff you have erased). I didnt say a thing to you for months yet you continued to mention your "cyberstalker" and make other references to me. You even went as far as chasing new members off of inforoo claiming they were with me even though I have had no interaction of anykind with them. And your the one thats 40 years old with 3 kids!
At any rate - just leave me alone - go away - live you life and quit worrying so much about mine!