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Brailsford not guilty. Video released
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<blockquote data-quote="Anonymous" data-source="post: 1467469"><p><strong>"The safest way to make laws respected is to make them respectable." Frédéric Bastiat.</strong> I would add law officers to that quote too. I have had very little interaction with cops other than minor traffic violations. I have had many interactions offshore with Coast Guard, Homeland Security, and NOAA Agents. I have little respect for them because the laws they enforce are not respectable. It is as if you are a guilty criminal for being there. I have had Coast Guard come in my bunk room while on anchor and I was sound asleep, screaming at me to "Get Up". Hand on his pistol. For a "routine check". I've had Homeland Security Officers tell me "Laws do not apply to us and we can do whatever I want". I've had a Mississippi Conservation Officer screaming at me threatening to pull his pistol because I refuse to stop in a busy ship channel for a "routine check". Apparently when you are offshore, your "rights" cease to exist and law enforcement can do as they please. </p><p>Seems to me that cops can "get away" with more every day. This Brailsford case doesn't set a good example. I predict that the more govt gets involved in almost every aspect of peoples lives, people will lose respect for all law enforcers.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Anonymous, post: 1467469"] [b]“The safest way to make laws respected is to make them respectable.” Frédéric Bastiat.[/b] I would add law officers to that quote too. I have had very little interaction with cops other than minor traffic violations. I have had many interactions offshore with Coast Guard, Homeland Security, and NOAA Agents. I have little respect for them because the laws they enforce are not respectable. It is as if you are a guilty criminal for being there. I have had Coast Guard come in my bunk room while on anchor and I was sound asleep, screaming at me to "Get Up". Hand on his pistol. For a "routine check". I've had Homeland Security Officers tell me "Laws do not apply to us and we can do whatever I want". I've had a Mississippi Conservation Officer screaming at me threatening to pull his pistol because I refuse to stop in a busy ship channel for a "routine check". Apparently when you are offshore, your "rights" cease to exist and law enforcement can do as they please. Seems to me that cops can "get away" with more every day. This Brailsford case doesn't set a good example. I predict that the more govt gets involved in almost every aspect of peoples lives, people will lose respect for all law enforcers. [/QUOTE]
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