The childhood of a CTer

[John Iacoletti]

Shows that you have a chip on your shoulder about authority - apparently it is ok to resist arrest.

It depends. Do you mean actually resisting a lawful arrest or do you mean not doing what a cop feels like ordering you to do?

Because they are both called “resisting arrest”, and the latter is used as an excuse to asphyxiate people or shoot unarmed people in the back.

Goes back to my opening post about CTers having some kind of undue chip on their shoulder about authority which clouds their judgment when analyzing a case such as the JFK assassination.

No, people who aren’t adherents to the “Oswald did it” religion not only are aware of history with regard to police misconduct and coverup, but they also have correctly realized that “cop said so” isn’t a good reason to blindly accept that some claim is true.

[Gerry Down]

It depends. Do you mean actually resisting a lawful arrest or do you mean not doing what a cop feels like ordering you to do?

Because they are both called “resisting arrest”, and the latter is used as an excuse to asphyxiate people or shoot unarmed people in the back.

No, people who aren’t adherents to the “Oswald did it” religion not only are aware of history with regard to police misconduct and coverup, but they also have correctly realized that “cop said so” isn’t a good reason to blindly accept that some claim is true.

You seem mixed up in your thought process. Jessie Curry admitted they couldn't put Oswald in the window with a rifle. Though of course that kind of definitive evidence is often not available in murder cases.

[John Iacoletti]

You seem mixed up in your thought process. Jessie Curry admitted they couldn't put Oswald in the window with a rifle.

I'm not sure why you would think I'm "mixed up" on that point.  The "cop said so" gambit is selectively used when it's convenient.

[John Mytton]

My childhood was just fine, “Mytton”. So much so that I’m not so paranoid that I have to hide behind a fake name.

The idea that cops won’t “hassle” you if you’ve done nothing wrong is naive and comes from a place of unearned privilege. Unless you and Gerry think “driving while Black” is “doing something wrong”. Or taking a jog through the wrong neighborhood.

But whether it comes from a cop or not, a “because I said so” argument is not a good reason to believe something is actually true.

My childhood was just fine,

If you say so

“Mytton”.

Whenever you get flustered suddenly my name is encapsulated by quotation marks. Thanks, it makes me feel special.

So much so that I’m not so paranoid that I have to hide behind a fake name.

No you take your paranoia to YouTube with absurd religious videos. 

The idea that cops won’t “hassle” you if you’ve done nothing wrong is naive and comes from a place of unearned privilege.

If you believe that, why do you continue to live there? Or is it easier being a Coward on a Forum?

Unless you and Gerry think “driving while Black” is “doing something wrong”. Or taking a jog through the wrong neighborhood.

I also hear a lot of stories of American cops doing a lot of nice things for their community.


The 10,000 good things police do each day that you don't often see
https://www.azcentral.com/story/opinion/op-ed/2016/08/12/police-officers-positive-work-crane/88410664/

But whether it comes from a cop or not, a “because I said so” argument is not a good reason to believe something is actually true.

If whatever was said came from me, then you can be assured it was actually true!

JohnM

[John Mytton]

The "cop said so" gambit is selectively used when it's convenient.

And the "All cops must be lying, because some cops are corrupt" is the weakest cop-out of them all.

JohnM

[John Iacoletti]

Whenever you get flustered suddenly my name is encapsulated by quotation marks. Thanks, it makes me feel special.

No, it’s always in quotation marks.

No you take your paranoia to YouTube with absurd religious videos. 

Name one paranoid or absurd thing I ever said on YouTube. And I haven’t done any “religious videos”. You can’t represent anything accurately and honestly, can you?

I also hear a lot of stories of American cops doing a lot of nice things for their community.

Yes there are. Does this make the bad ones somehow above reproach?

Unless whatever was said came from me, then you can be assured it was actually true!

You probably think your egotistical rantings are charming or funny or whatever.

[John Iacoletti]

And the "All cops must be lying, because some cops are corrupt" is the weakest cop-out of them all.

Which I never said and neither did anybody else. So much for everything you say being true.