Honestly the world is getting more and more retarded

TENNESSEE A father attempts to pick his children up from school by foot which triggers an explosive reaction from the overseeing officer who is enforcing a new car pick-up policy. Jim Howe, the father, is arrested for disorderly conduct for no clear reason and has filed a lawsuit. “I’m not raising my voice, I’m not confrontational, I want my kids,” Jim Howe said prior to the arrest. “You don’t need a reason as a parent to go get your children. They are our children,” says Howe.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=szvvAA5II58

B-but America isn't a police state

Honestly with how america keeps getting worse soon this will most likely become the norm. America is on a downward spiral and it just keeps getting worse.

>>3
Which is why I would like to move to another country...and like you said "it just keeps getting worse".

"Honestly with how america keeps getting worse soon this will most likely become the norm. America is on a downward spiral and it just keeps getting worse."
stupid stories like sthis are always popular because they are just ridiculous. The media only cares about the worst stories they can find to create news, no one ever hears about the good things cops do.
This is one cop in one town in one state. The U.S. isnt getting worse our selection of the news is

>>5
This.

Though in general, America has always had a pretty poor excuse for "police".

Don't be BBFIIIing, guys.

>>5 I hate to be one of those people and I'm not saying it in the same way, but the US is degrading. There is no point in obsessing about it and there is no point in denying it, it's just happening.

>>4 Then please move to another country.
Your weak sense of national pride is what is killing this nation.

>>5 There are stories about good cops.
I don't think there is enough stories on the bad ones, to be honest with you.
I don't think enough is being done about the bad ones other than a short story on the news that everyone gets in an uproar about and then everyone forgets about it the next day.
To deny there is a real problem in America right now is just dumb.

>>6 We LAPD thread soon?

>>8 Cops are a problem everywhere. For every decent guy that really wants to help people, there are three idiots that go in there for the power trip, the ease of occupation and the decent stability. If anything though, it just makes me appreciate it so much more when a cop honestly tries do the right thing.

It's just a shame dicks can become cops.

>>9 Agreed.
I have a friend who is an MP, and he's a really rad guy that cares about his job.

>>9 Unfortunately, it is a job. Some people are good at their jobs, and others are not. Some people like their jobs, others don't. Same with teachers, lawyers, doctors, etc. To some people it's just a job, and it shows in their performance.

>>9 I could say the same for any government-ran organization.

>>12 Cops just get guns and power over the law. It's a major responsibility.

>>13 The government just gets global influence and the ability to constitute what is just and what is unjust. It's a major responsibility.

>>14 Not any 'government-ran organization'. Tell you who else is run by the government? Fire men, social workers, infirmary nurses. I forgot about all those senile carers deciding what is just and unjust. The government is so broad, cops are in the top 5% of most power wielded. Also, not many governments have global influence, you're just thinking about the major powers. Even in small countries, cops are incredibly (if not more) powerful.

that's stupid, he did nothing wrong and didn't resist, he even tried telling the officer who didn't bother to listen, god this world is corrupt, or more accurately the government.

thing is this is America so....the police is kinda messed up

I don't even know how to react to this.

bullcrap school cop working to enforce a imaginery lay agian.hahaha