Iraq War veteran "assaulted" for trying to photograph cops in DC
Adam Kokesh, an Iraq War veteran turned antiwar activist, was handcuffed by undercover FBI agents after trying to photograph police making a traffic stop.
The incident occurred Tuesday when Kokesh and a friend were walking down the street and encountered an agitated police officer ordering another car to stop.
Kokesh pulled out his cell phone and snapped a few photos, but the cop jumped out of his car and grabbed Kokesh, spinning him around and putting his hands on the car.
Within minutes, a dozen cop cars and undercover FBI agents swarmed Kokesh, handcuffing him and ordering him to delete the photos, but Kokesh refused.
Finally, they released Kokesh without deleting his photos. For more details on this story, check out the video.
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Comments
This is the police K-9 pledge:
RIP BSO K-9
I promise to be worth every cent of the $10,000 it took to train me.
I promise to track down criminals who threaten and harm our community.
I promise to stand with you against the violence that penetrates our society.
I promise to sniff out the drugs being advertised to your children.
I promise to stay resolved and focused upon the success of our mission.
No matter what happens, I will be by your side… your loyal companion until the end.
I will never give up.
I’d like to see some of you liberal fucks criticize the police today after one of their own was gunned down.
Douchebags
*sighs at Jorge*
First and foremost, it is always sad when another human being dies for whatever reason. Yes, you can salve that emotion with justification that he or she may have been gunned down in self-defense (of which I’m not claiming was the case of the officer), but it is always sad.
However, your point is rather… eh, bad? I’m not sure how else to put it.
Police, army, they all agree to lay down their lives in the protection of normal citizens. They deserve our respect in that regard.
However, I’m wondering where you think they were told that if they accepted the badge that they could violate civil rights in exchange for their willingness to lay down their lives.
The only reason police as a whole get a bad wrap for what is documented on this and other news sites is because it is expected that the situation would be dealt with to placate the public outcry, particularly if it was discovered (as in many incidents) that the officer’s actions were both illegal and unwarranted.
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Police have lost their way. While there may be a few good ones left out there, I have come to loose all respect for cops. The issuing of traffic citations is a huge scam. Nothing more than tax collecting for the king. Cops which are really dealing with the real monsters in our society are heros, but these morons pulling people for silly traffic violations are a leach on the butt of society. And this constitues the majority of them.
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