jaybird wrote:
> "DTJ" > wrote in message
> ...
> > The other day I was driving through a small city in Illinois, when I
> > noticed a cop come out of a cross street through a red light. He
> > turned in front of me to go the other way. Fortunately I know enough
> > to recognize that if a cop is moving he is dangerous, so I avoided
> > killing him.
> >
> > He then turned his lights on, swerved to his right, cut in front of a
> > whole bunch of other cars, and came back my way. **** him if he
> > thinks I am moving over, he will probably just hit me and blame me.
> > So I simply allow him to cruise by on my right, cut me off, cut off
> > someone as he gets back right, et cetera. He then stops at the next
> > light in the left turn lane. Oh, he had turned off all signals
> > immediately after turning around.
> >
> > He then guns it and cuts off everyone when the light turns green. He
> > even almost hits the oncoming traffic who will eventually turn left
> > across our lanes. Still no lights.
> >
> > As I watch ****tard drive away, I notice a vehicle in front of me
> > swerve into my lane, almost hitting me, because ****tard asshole cop
> > number two comes barreling out of another side street without lights,
> > turns and skids across traffic again, almost hits oncoming traffic, as
> > he is turning on his lights. I thought they were supposed to use them
> > BEFORE endangering innocent people.
> >
> > He then turns his off and stops at the next red light. Mind you these
> > lights are about half the distance apart that Chicago streets on the
> > SOuth side are going East to West - IE. less than 1/16th of a mile.
> >
> > As that light is turning green, another idiot cop comes out from the
> > right again almost hitting asshole cop number two as he blows through
> > the intersection, both swerving right and left, one barely missing a
> > parked car.
> >
> > Seriously, do these guys go to the Charlie Chaplin school of driving
> > or what?
> >
> > Eventually we have about 5 squads stopped at the next light, waiting
> > so they can cut off more traffic, everyone in front of them wondering
> > which one they are going to pull a Rodney King on. I decided to take
> > another route and ended up blowing down a 30MPH street at 50MPH or so
> > knowing that there just aren't enough idiot cops around to actually
> > see another one.
> >
> > On the radio today it became apparent what was up. A donut shop, no
> > joke, had been in the process of being held up, and the "gunman" had
> > actually hit somebody and presumably made him drop his tray of donuts.
> > The victim wasn't even hospitalized. I guarantee had this been any
> > other business, the typical response time of 15 minutes or more would
> > have been the case.
>
> Sounds like some good driving to me. They were able to get three units to a
> felony in progress through traffic without hitting anything or anyone.
> That's what I mean about police vehicles not being ordinary traffic and why
> I always give them plenty of room to pass or turn anytime I see one.

Again, we have an example of how in Jaybird's world someone pretty much
has to get killed before he will admit that a police officer *might*
have made a mistake.

nate