tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post7920255967227081371..comments2024-03-25T20:06:39.794-05:00Comments on Grits for Breakfast: Lying, stealing, other misconduct don't prevent police promotions under civil service codeGritsforbreakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-74702419664228049792011-01-21T07:59:02.661-06:002011-01-21T07:59:02.661-06:00Sorry, HTML fail on last post, meant to post this:...Sorry, HTML fail on last post, meant to post this:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1VKo6-m27c&feature=bf_play&playnext=1&list=QL&index=1" rel="nofollow">John T. Williams shooting</a>Zeetynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-27869401358159882812011-01-21T07:50:53.553-06:002011-01-21T07:50:53.553-06:00And watch this case of the American Indian in Seat...And watch <a href="" rel="nofollow">this case</a> of the American Indian in Seattle who was murdered by a cocksucking cop for no good reason.<br /><br />Watch that video and see how the cop shoots an innocent person in the back for no good reason, and then tries to justify it because he was carving a piece of wood with a legal three inch knife.<br /><br />Now all the cops are defending this piece of shit instead of excoriating him as they should. The cops clearly murdered an innocent man. It's time to be done with this nonsese of pulling a gun and shooting anyone you don't particularly happen to like.<br /><br />Put the homicidal cops in jail where they belong.Zeetynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-4122221399077547402011-01-21T07:30:36.123-06:002011-01-21T07:30:36.123-06:00Anon 8:16
Thanks, but I know all too well.Anon 8:16<br /><br />Thanks, but I know all too well.Zeetynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-55757376733826835732011-01-19T12:17:09.777-06:002011-01-19T12:17:09.777-06:00In Texas there are so many villains to hiss I don&...In Texas there are so many villains to hiss I don't know where to start.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-41718675796793251992011-01-19T08:16:51.210-06:002011-01-19T08:16:51.210-06:00Zeety -
It's not just cops who are the real cr...Zeety -<br />It's not just cops who are the real criminals. Prosecutors, judges, parole officers and people who run crime labs are just as bad. Defense attorneys don't really defend suspects so they also fit this category. I don't want to leave out correctional officers. The Texas Supreme Court is also unfair to suspects. These are the real criminals!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-14128728867973796052011-01-19T04:31:17.540-06:002011-01-19T04:31:17.540-06:00Cops; the other criminal subset.Cops; the other criminal subset.Zeetynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-6899048975488598192011-01-18T16:41:39.155-06:002011-01-18T16:41:39.155-06:00No Amnesty!No Amnesty!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-67872820580079489922011-01-18T09:17:30.876-06:002011-01-18T09:17:30.876-06:008:42, lying cops get enough coddling from people l...8:42, lying cops get enough coddling from people like you they don't need Grits sympathy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-44860165906458411212011-01-18T08:42:05.888-06:002011-01-18T08:42:05.888-06:00At last! One category of offender that Grits and h...At last! One category of offender that Grits and his followers aren't wanting to coddle! I never thought I'd see the day!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-14698633293381500462011-01-18T08:03:27.942-06:002011-01-18T08:03:27.942-06:00"lying and stealing simply aren't enough ..."lying and stealing simply aren't enough to keep police and firefighters from being promoted even to the highest management slots."<br /> This is news?? (sarcasm is one of my better attributes)DEWEYhttp://www.theprisonshow.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-91324039131744685122011-01-17T21:08:10.996-06:002011-01-17T21:08:10.996-06:00hmm
"Anonymous said...
A lot of these civil ...hmm<br /><br />"Anonymous said...<br />A lot of these civil service reinstatements might probably be mute issues if these agencies would start filing criminal charges when the elements of a criminal offense are present. And prosecutors when then have to carry their end once the charge(s) are filed.<br /><br />1/17/2011 12:27:00 PM"<br /><br />Couldn't have said it better myself. Once the little crooks have a felony conviction on their ass...will be a lot harder to reward them and keep it hiddenrodsmithnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-23328623806968031152011-01-17T15:18:17.046-06:002011-01-17T15:18:17.046-06:00BTW, Scott, thanks for the information. I hadn...BTW, Scott, thanks for the information. I hadn't ever thought to look up the origin of "left/right". Here is an excerpt from Britannica blog: "The terms originated in the National Assembly of 1789, when the royalist members sat on the right side of the chamber and the antiroyalists sat opposite them. Within months even French politics was too complex for the simple left-v.-right analysis to be of any use (a dilemma ultimately solved by diverting everyone’s attention, and most of their bodies, to the Napoleonic wars), but the rest of us have been stuck with this folly ever since. <br /><br />One admitted advantage of the system, and probably the chief reason it has persisted, is that it is so easy for the simple-minded to grasp and to use. For many people, political maturity consists in memorizing which one of those labels means “us” and which one means “stupid, corrupt, conniving, subhuman, base, vile spawn of Hades.” There are always plenty of wise persons – journalists, bloggers, academics, the politically ambitious – who are eager to help out by sticking one or the other label (or both) on every politician, policy, or idea that comes into view. We call this system a polity, and it makes for great fun when it comes time for an election or a revolution or a new technology of unconstrained self-expression." Is that right on, (no pun intended) or what?Donhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16902834245861000386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-44987708079830534012011-01-17T15:10:48.103-06:002011-01-17T15:10:48.103-06:00Amen, Scott! I am sooo tired of the whole left-ri...Amen, Scott! I am sooo tired of the whole left-right crap. It's invalid, intellectually lazy, and just plain stupid. No different from racism or any other kind of bigotry.Donhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16902834245861000386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-86907506082573949182011-01-17T13:29:43.418-06:002011-01-17T13:29:43.418-06:0012:31, I've been making this same argument pub...12:31, I've been making this same argument publicly since the mid-'90s, but I'm not surprised it confuses you. Perhaps instead of trying to pigeonhole every statement into predetermined (not to mention ahistorical, ignorant and false) labels, you should try confronting arguments on their merits?<br /><br />The whole "left" and "right" ideological divide is terminology that stems from the French Revolution. It has little to do with modern political disputes except for people with little imagination like yourself who can't think of the world on its own terms but must rely on 220 year old cliches which do more to prop up the feeble-minded than enlighten discussion.Gritsforbreakfasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-43918567499535100842011-01-17T12:31:51.572-06:002011-01-17T12:31:51.572-06:00Sure...school teachers, college professors, any me...Sure...school teachers, college professors, any member of the UAW or AFL-CIO. What's up with the anti-labor diatribe today, Grits? This is a little out of character and contrary to your normal left wing missives.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-11831376311512851812011-01-17T12:27:03.796-06:002011-01-17T12:27:03.796-06:00A lot of these civil service reinstatements might ...A lot of these civil service reinstatements might probably be mute issues if these agencies would start filing criminal charges when the elements of a criminal offense are present. And prosecutors when then have to carry their end once the charge(s) are filed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-57735681574512817982011-01-17T12:25:22.644-06:002011-01-17T12:25:22.644-06:00Sorry for the off topic comment...But:
IT'S A...Sorry for the off topic comment...But:<br /><br />IT'S AMNESTY DAY!!! I just signed up on the txdps website. In 3 days I should have a valid license for the first time in years! :)Mollynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-30144639309157139842011-01-17T11:02:34.815-06:002011-01-17T11:02:34.815-06:00"Can you imagine any other job where that is ..."Can you imagine any other job where that is true?"<br /><br />That's any easy one. Lawyers. All lawyers in Texas have an obligation to maintain a high standard of ethical conduct toward their clients and others but even when they don't, often times they are still allowed to practice despite being punished in the form of reprimand or suspension.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-50062613974396172292011-01-17T10:37:04.260-06:002011-01-17T10:37:04.260-06:00The police and fire folks have constructed little ...The police and fire folks have constructed little kingdoms where they can high salaries and fat pensions without oversight or review. In most Texas cities, if each town abolished their fire departments, let houses burn and wrote a check for the appraised amount they would SAVE money.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-38929008212354770042011-01-17T10:18:45.626-06:002011-01-17T10:18:45.626-06:00"So thanks to the state civil service code, l..."So thanks to the state civil service code, lying and stealing simply aren't enough to keep police and firefighters from being promoted even to the highest management slots. Can you imagine any other job where that is true? And shouldn't cops, of all people, be held to a higher standard?"<br /><br />"It died in the House Urban Affairs Committee, where police unions enjoy loads of clout."<br /><br />And in the last quote lies the answer. It's not because of the state's civil service law that these kind of employees get to keep their jobs.<br /><br />Root cause? The legislature who passed the law.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com