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2011

Police Harassment

Recently, the Chula Vista, California Police Department ran an e-mail forum (a question and answer exchange) with the topic being, “Community Policing.” One of the civilian email participants posed the following question, “I would like to know how it is possible for police officers to continually harass people and get away with it?”

From the “other side” (the law enforcement side) Sgt. Bennett, obviously a cop with a sense of humor replied:

“First of all, let me tell you this…it’s not easy. In Chula Vista, we average one cop for every 600 people. Only about 60% of those cops are on general duty (or what you might refer to as “patrol”) where we do most of our harassing. The rest are in non-harassing departments that do not allow them contact with the day to day innocents. And at any given moment, only one-fifth of the 60% patrollers are on duty and available for harassing people while the rest are off duty. So roughly, one cop is responsible for harassing about 5,000 residents. When you toss in the commercial business, and tourist locations that attract people from other areas, sometimes you have a situation where a single cop is responsible for harassing 10,000 or more people a day.

Now, your average ten-hour shift runs 36,000 seconds long. This gives a cop one second to harass a person, and then only three-fourths of a second to eat a donut AND then find a new person to harass. This is not an easy task. To be honest, most cops are not up to this challenge day in and day out. It is just too tiring. What we do is utilize some tools to help us narrow down those people which we can realistically harass.

The tools available to us are as follows:

PHONE: People will call us up and point out things that cause us to focus on a person for special harassment. “My neighbor is beating his wife” is a code phrase used often. This means we’ll come out and give somebody some special harassment. Another popular one is, “There’s a guy breaking into a house.” The harassment team is then put into  action.

CARS: We have special cops assigned to harass people who drive. They like to harass the drivers of fast cars, cars with no insurance or no driver’s licenses and the like. It’s lots of fun when you pick them out of traffic for nothing more obvious than running a red light. Sometimes you get to really heap the harassment on when you find they have drugs in the car, they are drunk, or have an outstanding warrant on file.

RUNNERS: Some people take off running just at the sight of a police officer. Nothing is quite as satisfying as running after them like a beagle on the scent of a bunny. When you catch them you can harass them for hours.

STATUTES: When we don’t have PHONES or CARS and have nothing better to do, there are actually books that give us ideas for reasons to harass folks. They are called “Statutes”; Criminal Codes, Motor Vehicle Codes, etc…They all spell out all sorts of things for which you can really mess with people. After you read the statute, you can just drive around for awhile until you find someone violating one of these listed offenses and harass them. Just last week I saw a guy trying to steal a car. Well, there’s this book we have that says that’s not allowed. That meant I got permission to harass this guy.  It is a really cool system that we have set up, and it works pretty well.

We seem to have a never-ending supply of folks to harass. And we get away with it. Why? Because for the good citizens who pay the tab, we try to keep the streets safe for them, and they pay us to “harass” some people.  Next time you are in my town, give me the old “single finger wave.” That’s another one of those codes. It means, “You can’t  harass me.” It’s one of our favorites.”

For the record, the “civilian email participant” who asked the question is a stupid fucking cunt.

This may or may not be a joke email.  Regardless, I know folks out there who think in the manner of that person.  They’re all stupid fucking cunts, too.  Every last one of the retards run to the Po Po at the first sign of trouble.

The dumb fuckin’ bastards should be exiled to Afghanistan or a similar country wherein Police Harassment is a real, persistent and valid concern.

Fuck ‘em!

HATE! HATE! HATE!

I hate bloggers. I hate right wing conservative liberals who want to tell me when to go to war and what foods that I should eat and with whom I should have sex and on what days I can buy alcohol or what type of alcohol.

I hate…absolutely fucking hate people who say that they are fans of both Louisville and Kentucky. The wishy washy bastards should be taken out back and shot int he forehead.

I hate people who can’t write a god damn coherent sentence to save their mother fucking lives.

The only people I hate more than those people above are the fuck stick fuddy duddies who do not use profanity and who want to complain when someone who thinks that profanity is the height of civilized and enlightened conversation makes use of the awesome words without which Mark Twain would not desire to enter into heaven.

I hate haters.

I can’t stand people who act religious and want to hold people to Bible Standards, yet, do not even attempt to live up to those same standards themselves. Yet, always give the excuse that they themselves are not perfect and are a sinner. Somehow, those retards never give that same benefit of doubt to people whom they disapprove. Perfect example of that are the fuckheads who voted for the ridiculous sanctity of marriage act,yet, have been committing adultery since the day after they said “I do.” As in most Congress Men and Woman and at least 50% of voters. And the rest of the religious dick heads who sin and sin and sin and then want to force the “WORD OF GOD!” onto everyone else. They can all kiss my goddamned ass.

I can’t stand anyone whether they are black or white who affects the “ghetto” speak/attitude of the gangsta rap music industry/urban black neighborhoods but who is not actually from those neighborhoods. If you are white and grew up in that environment, FINE! If not. And I don’t care if you are Black, White, Hispanic or Asian. If you grew up in the suburbs and affect the “gangsta” attitude, you are a fag. A chump. A piece of shit who needs to be given the same end as the dumbasses who claim to be fans of both UL and UK. You are a bitch ass. A punk ass’d bitch. A fuckin’ retard.

Furthermore and just to be redundant, I fucking hate motherfucking people who don’t fuckin’ curse.

praise the fuckin’ lord

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Contractor Medical ~ Big Contract Companies and DOD have sold you out!

If you are one of he many contractors in Afghanistan who travel outside the wire, this could be you.

Here’s the kicker, though.

Neither the company for whom you work nor DOD gives a damn about you.  If you get hurt.  Sure, they’ll rush you into Bagram or Germany if it’s a major injury.  If it’s not catastrophic, DOD wants no part of your health care.  What’s more, DynCorps and all of those other companies who hire contractors for these dangerous positions in Afghanistan, Iraq and elsewhere want no part of it either.  They simply expect you to sort it all out with the inadequate insurance that they “provide” for you.

Apparently, that’s the American Way.

All of the new contracts exclude primary care.  The company for which you contract will downplay this until you are on station.  Once you are in country.  That’s when you learn that you can expect to pay up to 150 USD per incident if you must see a doctor for anything above the sniffles.  The Military aid stations will no longer see civilian contractors if it’s anything more serious than the flu.

If you want a flu shot, GOOD LUCK!  You are the last priority.  Like I said, good luck with that.

And it’s getting worse.  I have noticed a worsening trend of Military exclusion of Civilian personnel.  Half of the time, I get this look that says; “Shut your black ass up and get to the back of the bus.”   The attitudes are getting that bad.

This gig has gotten old.  Time to go home.  Good luck to you guys coming over.  It’s a shame too.  Amongst the contracting world, there are many solid professionals with years of experience that could be an asset to the military.  Much of the time, though, the military is too childish, too stupid, too envious or too arrogant to properly make use of these assets for whom they’ve paid thousands of dollars.  Instead, these civilians sit on the sideline and grimace as the current group makes the same fuckin’ mistakes that the last crew made the year before.

But, I digress.  With this health care scam, they’ll probably lose a good part of the old timers who’ve been and could be the continuity for the military numbnuts of the future in Afghanistan.

The contract companies are making billions on these two wars and they are skimping out on the lives and welfare of the people whom they hire to do all the dirty work and take the hits.  Typical.

Nothing surprises me about these dirty and cowardly, bottom line watching Sons of Bitches…

There’s your health care brother.

Because Contractors Aren’t Worth A Damn!

Those damn dirty contractors.

Each night, KBR throws out garbage cans full of food.  Contractors are not allowed to take food out of the Dining Facility.  I suppose the US Army thinks that Contractors get paid enough and they should be satisfied.  Contractors don’t need any extra benefits like taking all of that fabulous food out of the Dining Facility.  The US Army would rather throw it all in the garbage.

The message here is what?

“Fuck Contractors!  We’d rather throw all that extra food in the garbage than let them take a few scraps back to their rooms to eat.”

Typical Army bullshit.

The guy who made this rule is probably a pissed off Master Sergeant who wound up a Contractor after he retired.

That’s usually what happens.

I’ve seen it hundreds of times.  The biggest assholes that I’ve had to deal with overseas while contracting with the Army were guys who came to you at the end of their tour of duty begging for a job.  If it were up to me, I’d not hire one of them.

Bunch of hypocritical assholes all.  Fuck ‘em.

 

 

Ramadan — The Month of Hunger, Thirst and Nothingness

Ramadan is amazing to me. It is supposed to be a commemoration of the final communication between Allah (God) and mankind. The deliverance of the Qu’ran to Muhammad via the messenger Jibril (Gabriel). It’s the time of fasting and the time of thanksgiving and reflection for those things which Allah has provided. Even if I do not believe in Allah or Islam, these are great things. Thanksgiving. Reflection on life’s bounty and life itself. Good things come of this. I am certain of it.

That said. It’s modern day incarnation is a simply a bunch of miserable people who fast from sun up to sundown and do absolutely nothing but complain. Absolutely nothing gets done. In the Muslim countries in which I have lived and traveled, communities essentially shut down during Ramadan. The Armies go into hibernation. The Police basically stop service. Everything halts.

At sundown, these folks binge eat.

Many of these folks walk around during the day looking as if they are going through hell. Everyone is edgy. Especially, those who are truly fasting and not cheating or night binging. No one looks to be commemorating anything. It’s more like they are suffering through it because they must. If they don’t suffer through it, there will be some form of trouble. During the Taliban reign in Afghanistan, people were actually jailed for being caught eating or smoking or chewing gum. I was told in my pre-country briefing on Saudi Arabia that one can be arrested for eating or chewing gum or smoking in public during daytime hours. Iran, the religious police will jail you. If you are lucky, they’ll simply beat or harass you for a bit.

Near the end of the month, many of these folks are almost insane from the deprivation. Especially those who have actually followed the guidelines and faithfully executed the fast during Ramadan. Even so, people cheat. They’ll sneak inside and out of sight and grab a bite or a drink of water. That’s the silliest part. No water. In some of the most hot and dry climates in the world. No drinking water for the whole of the time that the sun is beating down on you. Night comes. If you are still conscious or alive. Drink and eat and smoke all you like. Chew gum to your hearts content. The lack of water. It’s not only foolish. It’s unhealthy. Detrimental to the functioning of the body.

Of course, these are Muslim countries. So, the Mullahs over here still have power. In many places. Many villages. The Mullah is the most powerful individual. Get caught eating and you aren’t going to have a good day. Now that is not to say that all Mullahs are power grubbing despots. Just that some are. Cross them at your own peril.

In Afghanistan, it’s a strange phenomenon. Folks who I know that are not religious to any real degree. No more than cursory belief based on geographical coincidence.  In other words, they were born in a Muslim country.  Therefore, they’re Muslim.  These guys will not eat in public. They won’t dare. It will bring them trouble. Someone will tell someone who will tell someone and Allah only knows what trouble it will bring. I was brought up to believe that religion was beauty and uplifting. I don’t see that in the celebration of Ramadan. I see only more oppression in the name of religion.

Ramadan becomes 30 to 36 days of social and, in some cases, official oppression. Where everyone is so hungry and tired and miserable that they lose sight of any meaning that the commemoration or celebration may have had hundreds of years ago. Most of these folks only know that they are hungry and thirsty.

The consolation.

If you are a believer and you die during Ramadan, you are sent immediately to heaven because hell’s gates are closed and the Djinn are all chained up.

“When Ramadan arrives, Heaven’s gates are opened, Hell’s gates are closed, and the Jinns are chained up” and who ever passes away will enter paradise.

Awesome. Religion is insane.

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