If you go to DOT for an inspection.....

If I am not mistaken the same thing happen in Okla. some time back, cop came across the median, car got airborne and literally took the roof off another car killing it's occupants, he had also taken the family of the deceased to court for his "pain and suffering", pretty screwed up situation.

 

I didnt say Arizona DPS does not break the law. My point is that unlike Illinois who protects them, Arizona punishes them severely. Many people in Illinois have a police state mentality that encourages its citizens to not question their actions or to look the other way when law enforcement does wrong. Arizona residents tend to question and scrutinize law enforcement more than we do civilians.
Im not trying to imply that Arizona law enforcement officers are less corruptible or that Illinois LEO's are less reputable, I am however implying that the citizens of those states deal with them in completely opposing ways.

 

Well, the police state of Illinois as you call it, did not find in his favor. He did not win his case.

So, we have people here as well that do not shut their eyes.

I was only referring to the double standard that is everywhere on the road.

 

Good, now talk the legislature into trusting its citizens with guns and you're on your way to dismantling that "police state"...

 

Guns are a political issue.

 

once this thread shifted from the original intent, to LEO's are hypocrites it became political.

 

Not really.

It became a realistic view.

 

My views are actually more influenced in that direction by my degree in criminal justice. At one point in time law enforcement was my passion, things have changed in my life and I have different passions now.

However I think that pointing out the hypocrisy of LEO's doesn't prove anything. I could just go on and on about how truckers do unsafe things, or go on and on about how four wheelers do unsafe things. It serves no purpose to cast everyone in the same mold. It's very difficult to judge peoples intentions and motives when you don't get the full story.