Post ur DTA’s
Over at Something Awful they have a subforum named Laissez’s Faire. It’s basically a political shitposting forum filled with internet maoists, communists, radical islamists, morons, idiots, and trolls. They trolled Sarah Palin’s PAC, have a wonderful political comics thread, use the word “literally” like it’s going out of style, and occasionally are funny.
They love to post DTI (Death to Israel) and DTA (Death to America) to be edgy and whatever, usually after posting a link to something Israel did or some sociopolitical malady in the US, be it Republicans, the wealth gap, Tea Partiers, etc. I am a goon, (something awful forum member) but I never post there. In fact I just use their weight loss forum and occasionally very competent poker forum.
However, today I am posting a DTA. For this moment I can see things their way, the teenage socialist vegans with bowlcuts from LF.
I was in court this morning on a large appointed case. It was the first Pretrial Conference for the 40 some odd defendants for a large trafficking conspiracy/RICO gang case. Every single defendant and their lawyer had to come up at the same time so we could all get on the same page about continuing this monstrosity.
If you read this at all, I’m no small guy. I’m a big fat fatso, about 6′2 and 300 pounds. However, I was dwarfed by some of these defendants, who easily topped 6′8 and 350 pounds. Huge intimidating muscular and just jacked up black guys who didn’t say a word and looked straight ahead. When the judge called my name, I had to jump up and down behind them and wave my hands to be seen.
Fast forward to the ride down the elevator to leave. It’s me, a few of these bonded out codefendants, and a 5′5 140 pound city 17 cop. The codef’s get off at the second floor to go to the parking garage, I go to the first floor to my other court for the morning.
“Well that lightened the load a bit” said the cop.
“Oh yeah. I was up in Judge SO and So’s courtroom with them, and I was dwarfed by those guys!”
The cop laughed. Then he said:
“HAHAHA, yeah and you wonder why we shoot so many of them!”
He wasn’t trolling, he wasn’t joking. Not one damn bit. I paused, bit my tongue. This guy laughingly dismissed shooting defendants due to their size, and implied race.
We get off at the first floor and walk down the hallway. He continues with an anecdote:
“That reminds me of one time I had to arrest an ex football player from the Bears on a robbery charge. I went up to him and said ‘I’m scared to death of you, so if you move a muscle I’m going to fucking kill you!’”
He said it with such frivolity, like one would share a bad work story with friends at a fern bar over happy hour beers. He laughed nervously, I exited for the nearest courtroom with a faint smile and a wave. I never felt so repulsed by cops in my life.
I’m a pretty conservative, law and order type guy. I usually give law enforcement credit because most of the time they’re professionals. I’ve never met anyone as revolting as the cop I met today. This guy would have no problem whatsoever putting shells into the head of a large black guy simply because of physical intimidation. At the very least, the notion of taking a life to him seems trivial and inconsequential. And these are the people trusted to “protect and serve.”
This one time, I’m putting on my kaffiyeh and che t shirt and posting it out loud:
DTA.
Wow. Glad you wrote this post. I’d like to believe the best of cops but I know there are some like this. Scary…
What is DTA?
DTA – death to america, you know like how at the iranian protests they always say “Death to America” “Death to Israel” so its DTA and DTI
Guy had to be joking, but its a pretty sick joke. I am a fellow TTT grad and former assistant public defender and enjoy your blog. Keep up the good work!
City 17 cop?
http://ui19.gamespot.com/1874/halflife2_2.jpg
“Pick up that can”
A friend of mine – a really decent, sweet, law-abiding gal [the most docile person you could ever meet] – got handcuffed and arrested by cops in NYC because she was uttering a profanity in the cellphone and they thought it was at them. Talk about being paranoid. They chased her down in their car, and when she refused to give her name as she didn’t feel she had done anything wrong, they handcuffed her and threw her in the car and took her to a lock-up they made her sit for an hour. She told them she had just lost her job and her dad had just passed away and she was upset over that – but they did not care. On the way to the precinct they kept complaining how they could not eat their pizza because of her – and were listening to Kid Rock. She said it was stinky and reaked of sweat. Anyway, they gave her a summons and when she appeared in court the judge and the court attorney were mad as hell at the cops. They said the cops had NO RIGHT to do this. They let her go and she was later advised by many to file a complaint/lawsuit and even to to the ACLU. But she gets scared easily so she let it go. On the way they also complained how stressful the job it is for them – and she decided to give them benefit of the doubt – although she said she really felt it was unfair and they were just looking to bully someone on that hot muggy summer afternoon.
Rusty – I refer to where I live as “City 17″ to avoid outing myself and yeah its a direct reference to HL2. BTW if you see Gabe Newell WHERE THE FUCK IS EP3
Ladybug – There are some good videos on youtube about how to interact with cops. If I get pulled over, I show license, insurance, registration card, anything else is “am i free to go”
I’d sue the shit out of the cops if they did to me what they did to your friend.
JDHack – glad to have you aboard man!
Cops like to push their weight around. We are finding out that we are living in a police state. Just go to the airport. Look at how cavalier the cops are with all their high-powered toys, Tasers and stun-guns.
The War on Drugs is also a damn joke (I am not a drug user, by the way). Just an excuse to increase law enforcement budgets, curtail our civil liberties, and to provide military-grade weapons and training to any podunk P.D. out there. Thank you for this post.
Nando
@ToiletLawyer – If I run into Newell, I’ll be sure to remind him that it’s been like 3 years since Episode 2 came out and we haven’t gotten so much as a goddamn screenshot from EP3.