From the email responses I've been getting, it would seem so. Argueably i've made some inflamatory questions designed to get you to look at your own behavior, but I am not against you. If a judge ask you how you arrested a suspect, is he against you? No, he's determining if all was done according to law. right?
Furthermore, some laws are bad and need to be questioned, prohibition was a shining example. It only fascilitated gangs and crime; like the drug war of today. We now have the highest incarceration rate in the world, most of them drugs. Which I argue is a health issue, not a criminal one. Unless the perp is committing crimes for drugs. Sometimes the case, sometimes not. I t used to be the mentally ill were incarcerated because they were thought to be evil or possesed. In time we realized they needed compassion and treatment for their disease.
So understand my questioning is trying to cut to the heart of the truth. And if I'm wrong, i'm the first to admit it.
2007-03-31 00:07:38 · 10 answers · asked by guy o 5 in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
Questioning in this sense means anything which might be percieved as contrary to the officers position.
And certainly not in a physically threatning way.
2007-03-31 00:22:04 · update #1
Spartan, I would say being a citizen of the United States gives me the authority to question my government. Police are part of that, and they are the ones most directly involved with executing those laws; so they're vaguely important.
2007-03-31 02:08:57 · update #2
I do not feel threatened by questions, but I would guess that some officers are annoyed by your anti police and government point of views. I have looked at your other questions you have posted and they are all of a negative point of view towards our police and government.
You do not ask the questions to be a patriot or supporter of our Constitution. You ask them to point out the flaws of the system in an attempt to bring the Government down.
Our police are here to help protect and that is the bottom line. Like every career field, there are some bad apples who bring a discredit to the force.
You take those few rotten apples and use them to further you ideas of a corrupt government and mention nothing of the millions of good deeds that the police have done.
If you are so against our government and its police, then move to another country. See if it is better there. In the meantime stop claiming to be a patriot while trying to destroy this country with your propaganda!!!
2007-03-31 06:31:47 · answer #1 · answered by thanson73 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The threat may be how the question is asked or under what circumstances the question is asked. Keep in mind that law enforcement officers ENFORCE the laws, they don't make them.
Are there silly laws out there? Yes, of course there are. Some are based so police may have probable cause to initiate further investigation. For example, no license plate light on your vehicle. A crime, not really but it can be used as a means to pull someone over to investigate drunk driving etc...
2007-03-31 08:22:05 · answer #2 · answered by Colonel 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
If you question someone, you're not a threat, but perhaps the person feels threatened by how you question them, or where you do it. Are you shouting through a car window at a single woman traveling alone while shining a bright flashlight in her face on a lonely road at night? Any woman would feel threatened and vulnerable.
Perhaps someone has been questioned several times that eveing. I watch "Cops" sometimes and every so often there's someone from a non-white ethnicity who gets questioned several times in one evening because they're the only (insert colour here) male in a white t-shirt in a certain neighbourhood. I can see why they'd be fed up with being questioned repeatedly.
2007-03-31 07:16:29 · answer #3 · answered by le païen 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
THanson brought up a very good point. You are the sum of your questions. The fact that your obvious bias, distrust and systemic contempt for the police are shown is just a logical extension of a "me against them" mentality.
I never had a problem with people who questioned the status quo when it was corrupt, or biased. But to treat every transaction with the police as being illegitimate shows a fundamental ignorance to the real status of American law enforcement.
So no, you're not a threat in and of this question, but it's your methods, etc. that show your real agenda.
2007-03-31 15:06:53 · answer #4 · answered by Lt. Dan reborn 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
i could care less who questions me about my behavior. iam secure in my beliefs and knowledge of procedure. if someone is ignorant of the facts, i see this as an opportunity to enlighten them. perhaps the few moments that i take to explain a situation to someone, will prevent them from becoming a unwitting victim or offender. the only thing that i have never tolerated is someone questioning me at a time or in a manner that interferes with me executing my duties. i think that it is important to remember that police officers do not make the laws, and they are at risk of facing disciplinary procedures if they fail to enforce them. everyone has a job to do and everyone has a supervisor.
2007-03-31 10:22:49 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
For one police do not make the laws. Apparently civics and government classes have been replaced by ethnic diversity training. If you have a problem with a particular law then question your state rep. since they are the ones writing and passing laws. We merely enforce them and believe me there is a phone book size book of laws that we don't enforce.
2007-03-31 08:32:01 · answer #6 · answered by Dennis S 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Your not specific and the thought is somewhat dis-jointed.Questioning may be one thing but in real life do you comply with a lawful request/order? Or is it possible that you disobey because you question it . Or have you ever got past childhood and asking you mom, "Why?" every time she told you to do something?
2007-04-01 06:31:23 · answer #7 · answered by Ret. Sgt. 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
First of all do you have authority to question someone? If you do not have its also how you are approaching people and questioning them. Not everyone likes to be questioned. They do feel offended and vulnerable. Let the people question who are authorized to do so. Spartan
2007-03-31 07:39:42 · answer #8 · answered by Spartan Total Warrior 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
If you aren't going to be specific, then no one can answer you question. What exactly are you doing that others are deeming a threat?
2007-03-31 07:15:30 · answer #9 · answered by alat32 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
If you are wrong, you are the first to admit it? Apparently not.
Utilizing your logic, methamphetamine and crack being illegal only facilitates gangs and crime.
Mindless!
2007-03-31 07:29:31 · answer #10 · answered by Bryan _ 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋