- Fire
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- Nov 07, 2020
Police Quotes
Different views on a subject everyone has an opinion about.
This collection covers police from several angles: budget and staffing debates in major cities, a lighthearted childhood memory involving a runaway student, and a firsthand account of an outnumbered force facing a hostile crowd. Related reading: Law.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Government
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- Nov 07, 2020
The federal government should not be an accessory to the unconstitutional actions of the Arizona state government. By continuing to work with Arizona police departments operating under SB 1070, the Department is implicitly condoning the shameful tactics authorized by the new law.
- Daughter
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- Nov 07, 2020
I played Simone, the French tutor for the daughter of a rich Manhattan couple, who goes to a costume ball as Marie Antoinette. While everyone else in 'CSI' races around in police gear, I had to wear a ballgown and bustle and two wigs. It was very heavy on the make-up side.
- Police Officers
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- Nov 07, 2020
Criminal conduct by police officers, federal agents, and their confederates cannot be tolerated and will be met with the full force of the law.
- Face
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- Nov 07, 2020
For those of us in the opposition movement under dictatorships, part of our job is confronting police and spending time in prison. So, a dissident not only needs to learn how to oppose oppression but also how to face the crackdowns and time in prison.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have no enemies and no hatred. None of the police who monitored, arrested, and interrogated me, none of the prosecutors who indicted me, and none of the judges who judged me are my enemies.
- Nov 07, 2020
The right to personal privacy is precious. Without it, we are all potential victims for a prying secret police.
- Decision
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- Nov 07, 2020
The reflex of police officers, when making the decision whether to use force and on what scale, must not be a result of instinctive bias, but on objective and discernible factors. As the enforcers of law and order, they have to adhere to the letter of the law and minimize the taints of biases and life long social conditioning.
- Great Responsibility
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- Nov 07, 2020
Our justice system allows district attorneys to be charged with the great responsibility of prosecuting the very same police officers they work side-by-side with every day and whose union support they seek when running for reelection.
- Law
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- Nov 07, 2020
Any district attorney knows that an endorsement from law enforcement unions is vital to earning voters' trust. As a result, police unions play an outsized role in district attorney elections.
- Police Officers
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was growing up and watching 'The Sweeney,' the notion of police officers being an inch away from the villains that they're chasing was commonplace.
- Night
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- Nov 07, 2020
I became politicised in my mid teens, at the time of ska and 2 Tone and the Anti-Nazi League, when I'd get dressed up for a night out in my white socks and loafers, and the last thing I'd hear is, 'Have a good night - be careful of the police.'
- Entrust
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- Nov 07, 2020