Secrets of the City

“the owner told FOX 9, the cops were so intoxicated that the bouncer wouldn’t let them in the strip club.”

I’ll bet they had a sober driver, not.

Between this, the Jenkins incident, and the Chatman case (and those are jut the starters), I think it’s safe to say you interact with the Minneapolis Police Department at your own peril.

Arrest the cop that pissed in public. If you’re gonna do the crime, you gotta do the time. Bailiff, whack his pee-pee.

Stupid mfers.

Arrest the ones that assaulted the Mayslak’s patrons and passers-by.

“Bailiff, whack his skull with your truncheon. Bailiff, that wasn’t hard enough. Whack it again.”

forget the appaling behavior / attempted abuse of power. what does it say if a gang cops can’t even bully their way into the 2-2? fucking incompetent impotent losers is what it says.

Had one of the officers lit a cigarette in either one of those places, I’d throw the book at them.  But seriously, this is not the kind of PR the MinneyCops need right now.

Exactly how drunk do you have to be to get denied entry into the double-deuce? I’ve never seen it happen.

I know others who haven’t been able to get into the Double Duece due to being too drunk. I think they are pretty strict on that.

It’s a good idea, especially in a tiny bar like that, where the dancers and clients intermingle a lot. A drunk or two could cause a lot of mayhem there.

The bouncer at the DD deserves a raise, I’d say.

This only reinforces my belief that mpls cop are dicks.

But if you dial 911, they arrive for you, too.

Don’t like them? — don’t invite them to your birthday party.

It’s not a garuantee that they will show up right away- they get many calls, it could take a while.

Shoot. cross them off the invite list.

“…I think it’s safe to say you interact with the Minneapolis Police Department at your own peril…”

If they responded to 5 calls for service each year instead of half a mil, your statement might make sense.

“Had one of the officers lit a cigarette in either one of those places, I’d throw the book at them.”

I’d like to throw a book at you based on this comment.

These guys should be arrested and suspended, if they were truly assaulting and intimidating people. No excuse for that, ever. This only weaken respect for officers, I wonder why they don’t seem to get it.

Don’t like them? — don’t invite them to your birthday party.

Unfortunately, unless you’re a recluse who never goes outside, you still run a risk of encountering them as you go about your life. Except, even those who stay home seem to find themselves victims of the cops: Barbara Schneider, anyone? That Hmong family in NoMi?

Me, if I see ‘em, I’ll cross the street or head another direction. But my biggest fear is having a cop behind me giving me some order I don’t hear, and finding myself shot, tazed or truncheoned in the back of the head for “failureto obey.”

We do well to face our fears, Dave.

Why should people trust officers, who can’t seem to control their behavior while off duty, when they encounter them on duty, Rat? Because I’m sure that’s what mnblrmkr is talking about.

I’m not saying this is indicative of police officers in general, but it certainly doesn’t do anything good for their image of upholders of the law.

“Why should people trust officers, who can’t seem to control their behavior while off duty, when they encounter them on duty,”

Since Batman and the Green Lantern don’t work in Minneapolis we’re stuck with mere humans for law enforcement.

“I’m not saying this is indicative of police officers in general,”

You’re not, but the consensus here seems to be the opposite.

rat, if you can show me some fool proof way to distinguish between the two types, I’ll reconsider.

If you truly scurry in another direction or cross the street when faced with the possibility of encountering police, you need something other than proof.

I’m not sure what your argument is then, Rat? That we should just accept that the Metro area seems to have problems with a bunch of cops that act like hopped up adolescents on a power trip because they’re not capable of acting any other way and that we shouldn’t criticize their actions? That people are a bunch of crazies for fearing that the very people paid to protect us are just a bunch of armed goons that can’t handle their liquor? Yes, cops are human too, but the very nature of their jobs should mean that they, and the public, hold them to higher standards. It’s my opinion if they can’t act like role models and handle the stresses of law enforcement in a manner befitting a person who upholds and live by the law, they have no business being police officers.

I don’t have an argument. I’m sure these cops are in trouble and deserve any criticism they get. Beyond what happened, I don’t think we can draw any other conclusions about the city police in general.

A lot of them are probably tough guys. They sell produce at the Minneapolis Farmer’s Market for a living.

*don’t sell produce at the Minneapolis Farmer’s Market

Well, I never said that they shouldn’t be tough, but one would hope that they don’t have the emotional equivalent of a hair trigger.

rat, I draw my conclusion from cases like the Jenkins incident, the Chatman incident, the Barbara Schneider murder, etc. ad nauseum.

The consequences of a blow or kick to the head, or a taser shock to the body are potentially much more severe for me than they are for you. So yes, until I can tell which cops are “nice guys” and which cops are goons with a badge, I’ll do what I can to avoid them.

It’s kind of amusing seeing the rat pass judgement on other people’s risk assessments.

Glad I’m entertaining you.

And when I’m looking Danger in the face, I’d rather see a cop than a playwright or a spokesperson for the American Lung Association coming my way.

Nothing personal, Bob or Max.

I’m not just a playwright, Rat; I also play jug in a novelty erotic bluegrass band.

Now who has egg on their face?

The popular perception, whenever people read about cop misbehavior, is that the police consider themselves ABOVE the law. Just look at what the Metro Gang Strike Force has managed to accomplish because of a lack of accountability.

they got themselves free big, flat screen tvs, nood.

Yup.

To be fair, if I were being a drunken asshole, I would flash my identification. I’d be a nameless asshole. So, kudos to the cops who were willing to at least be identified for their misbehavior.

http://wcco.com/pets/pit.bull.shot.2.1158455.html

my thug neighbor has a pit bull. smacks it around with a leather belt. makes me nervous.

I’m sure I heard the gunshot near my house (and Mayslack’s) — never would’ve figured it was an out of control cop. It’s a damn dirtyass shame, that’s what it is.