Maggie's Farm

I like the Coast Guard. However law enforcement in general is inept and focuses on the wrong things. The boating issue is a perfect example. The Coast Guard did not board your boat because you were likely breaking the law or were a threat. They board dozens of innocent boaters boats everyday. When they do it they aren't really suspicious of you they are merely meeting a quota. On inland waters police check and board thousands of everyday for one purpose only; that $100-200 ticket for not having some minor rule/law implemented. The rest of the police, those that aren't boarding or inspecting boats, do the same thing. Pick any big city where gangs kill a dozen or so people every weekend, these cities will have third to a half of their police out on the roads and highways pulling you over for lights or turns without signals or California stops. Why? For that $100-$400 ticket. It isn't about law enforcement or protecting the public it is about fining the public and harassing the shit out of them.

There is an even worse trait of our many police departments. And that is an intentional intimidating and violence committed against citizens literally so that the police can justify violence against someone that they are arresting. You can see it on TV on the cop shows where some 300 lb cop is kneeling on the perp trying to break a rib while pinning his arms under him and shouting "stop resisting. While a second cop is pounding a knee into his side again trying to break a rib or punching the hapless victim in the head again and again. Are there times when the arrestee is indeed the bad guy? Sure, he deserves to be arrested and brought to justice. But make no mistake, what I just described happens, i.e. they perform the arrest exactly as I described so they can inflict violence and bodily damage on the guy and justify it. They can often be heard on camera bragging about putting the hapless victim in the hospital. Extra points if the perp is already in handcuffs when they are abused. Disgusting...