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Bad Cops Get Caught -- But Not All of Them Do
Johnny -- It's news, it's true...are you saying it should be ignored because cops shouldn't be publicly "bashed"?— May 14, 2011 3:38 p.m.
Street Boxing in Tijuana
I am only half Latin.— May 13, 2011 10:53 p.m.
Street Boxing in Tijuana
You too are one to adore.— May 13, 2011 5:44 p.m.
Bad Cops Get Caught -- But Not All of Them Do
I believe it happens over time with the power they experience, and it becomes an addiction, and they change. When they were rookies, they passed psychological testing and it was true...but over time..."power corrupts." I am well aware of the Coronado PD's practice of "escorting" the homeless over the bridge, thus the city can boast they have no homeless problems. Back in 1997, before the Republican convention in San Diego, the SDPD claimed they were not rousting up the homeless out of downtown and East Village (before it was named that)and violating their civil rights...yet I and others caught the SDPD on video tape, these big white vans carting off people by the dozen, to another part of the city or detention.— May 12, 2011 1:48 p.m.
Border News Translations: Porn; Asia; Exploitation
The organized crime is not relegated to the Mexican mafia cartels...there is the Russian mob working out of San Diego, shipping guns down, and bringing women up...and there are the Chinese...anyone who lives in Tijuana has noticed an increase of Chinese and Japanese businesses moving in, renovating and building new skyrises and having an increased presence in Zona Norte and Zona Rio, playas and elsewhere...this isn't being racist, I happen to know what they are up to. Can anyone say "yakuza"?— May 12, 2011 1:41 p.m.
Bad Cops Get Caught -- But Not All of Them Do
Diana -- Yes, I have been told by female friends that cops will pull them over to flirt or get their phone number. That was the issue with Craig Peyer -- at his trial, a number of young women came forward and testified he came onto them, and he semed to have a fixation with blonds in VW bugs (which Cara Knott, his victim, was). Cops have their groupies, the "badge bunnies," and some think all women should be that way, their uniforms and power a seduction method. Smithrach -- there is also the unequal power syndrome...cops are trained to always be in power and in control when dealing with citizens, and that power can get to their heads, as it can with any human, cop or not. The power over others can be a high and then an addiction. How many people have been physically abused when they claim their civil rights? The cops tend to not like people who know their rights, they want everyone to cower down to them and OBEY...and if they can get away with it, no witnesses, they will enter houses with no permission or warrant, they will beat up citizens who mouth off...if you are walking down the street and a cop stops and says, "Can I talk to you?" you have the right to say no, "I do not wish to have consentual contact"; if the cop blocks your path you have the right to ask if you are being detained or arrested and why, and if not, stopping your free movement is false imprisonment. You have a right to say, loudly, so it gets recorded on their dashcam, "I do not consent to a search of my person or property." Yes, you "have" these rights, but nine times out of ten, if you assert your rights, you may find your head slammed down on the hood of the police car and a few punches in your kidney. I speak of this "in the know."— May 12, 2011 12:48 p.m.
Bad Cops Get Caught -- But Not All of Them Do
Visduh -- Good remark. There is a media room in the Division station downtown and there are always two UT reporters at desks, one for major stories and one for crime briefs -- whether the UT pays for this room or it is a public facility I am not sure, members of other media outlets have access (as I did for the Reader here) but the UT guys let you know, less words than looks and nonverbal communication, that the room is there kingdom and you're just a guest...and the UT guys are friendly with some cops...but if they report on bad cops, will the other cops still be friendly with nods down the hallway, at the commissary (many times have I eaten lunch there and given looks by detectives and other admin types: "Who the hell are you?") and during a breaking story...?— May 12, 2011 9:58 a.m.
Accused San Diego Cops Taking Their Licks on RateMyCop.com
The Internet is wonderful. In the past, people were afraid and intimidated to file complaints and charges against misconduct and criminal activity of cops, and in some cases people do get harassed, injured, and even killed for bringing certain matters to light. A site that RateMyCop allows for some identity protection -- but it also opens the door to false accusations. Take the good with the bad.— May 12, 2011 9:51 a.m.
Dumanis Seeks Justice
I wonder if any such pleadings have been filed to reverse a Presidential pardon...an effective reinstatement would create a precedent no political office will like...one of the powerful perks of the President and Governor's office is to grant pardons and commutes, either for publicity, to right a wrong, or as a political favor. It's part of the system, the way things are, whether we like it or not.— May 12, 2011 9:41 a.m.
UFOS I HAVE WITNESSES...
Lots of UFOs in San Diego...more military than alien, I suppose, as they tend to b "seen" near Coronado and Miramar.— May 12, 2011 9:03 a.m.