Quote: "My brother went to New York with a bunch of his friends, one of the group saw someone he knew, and made to cross the road. A cop actually pulled a gun on him. He was then arrested. No one ever found out why, an hour later he was free to go. But that's the sort of society you live in.
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That's funny, because I happen to live in New York State and I'm in NYC all the time (every few days) and I personally have jay-walked (walked kitty-corner like you describe) RIGHT in front of cops on multiple occasions in Brooklyn, and NEVER ONCE did I ever arrested, and I've *never* had a cop pull a gun on me. And I've rarely seen anyone cross at intersections, in crosswalks, in New York... except in Manhattan at midday when you'd be an idiot to do otherwise. I've lived here my entire life, I've been going to the city my entire life, and never, ever, not once, EVER, have I heard of *anyone* being arrested for jaywalking. NEVER. Either you or your brother is full of poo. Yes, it's against the law, but rarely will you see a cop so bored that he'll actually enforce it.
And obviously you don't know the first thing about warrants or law, either. If a cop witnesses a crime, it's his job to arrest the man. If a cop doesn't witness it, police need to go through a series of procedures to obtain a warrant from a local, state, or federal judge and THEN arrest the suspect. In either case, these individuals are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law, and any criminal, ANY criminal, who pleads "not guilty" to a crime has the right to request an appeal, and continue requesting appeals forever and ever if they so deem it, until they find a judge they like.
Quote: "Yawn. The americans staged it to help promote their war on terror nonsense. It's just advertizing, so their goverement can continue stripping real freedoms from it's people, while advertizing that they are still keeping it honest. "
I guess they staged 9/11 too? Guess what... I was in Manhattan that day and witnessed the events in front of my face. I have a scar on my forehead from where I was nicked by a piece of debris. And yes, there were two planes, before you try to spread more conspiracy theory nonesense. Or how about the bombings in London? Were those staged by American spin-doctors? No. I'm as liberal as a person can get, I'm opposed to 9/10ths of "the system," but I do my best to distrust the government based on facts as opposed to fiction. Until I have reason to believe there weren't terrorists in Heathrow, it's a fact in my eyes, and it doesn't seem likely that they would stage something like that... in the least. And if they HAD gone and carried out whatever evil plot they had in mind, the victims would have to deal with people like you, people the world could do without. I praise the Brits for thwarting this potentially-horrendous attack and I extend every bit of gratitude to their fantastic service. The only person spinning anything in this case is you (and Ann Coulter).
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