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MurrayDelph

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9. Or couldn't make it as a real cop

Reply to aggiesal (Reply #6)

Tue Nov 11, 2025, 11:56 AM

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50 years ago, I was both a student and for a while during and after worked for UCLA. I remember one of the uni-cops pulling me over for a phony stop sign violation. When he found out that I worked there and would be willing to take the time to fight a phony ticket* he let me off.

*This is before cities started charging you administration fees for processing the ticket (and if you fight and lose they charge you double).

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"Holding a phone that says "who else was just 'following orders'?" up to a riot cop is hard as hell." [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Tuesday OP

I suspect . . . AverageOldGuy Tuesday #1

This isn't a school lesson NJCher Tuesday #2

Probably thinks the Nazis got a bum deal at Nuremberg Orrex Tuesday #3

Yeah well guess what? Abstractartist Tuesday #5

Probably thinks the message is more appropriate Wednesdays Tuesday #7

For today's law enforcement the phrase "I was just following my training" has replaced "I was just following orders." sop Tuesday #4

Why are University of California Police in S.W.A.T gear? ... aggiesal Tuesday #6

Yeah. At my college, they were little more than meter maids. nt Wednesdays Tuesday #8

Or couldn't make it as a real cop MurrayDelph Tuesday #9

If I beat the ticket & get charged a fee, I would sue the police for bringing me to court! n/t aggiesal Tuesday #11

Nope MurrayDelph Tuesday #12

They don't want students learning certain nasty parts of history IronLionZion Tuesday #10