Re: Wisconsin Judge Arrested for Obstruction for Helping Illegal Alien Escape ICE

On Sun, 27 Apr 2025 21:57:14 -0700, BTR1701 wrote:

On Apr 27, 2025 at 9:01:22 PM PDT, "Pluted Pup"<plutedpup@outlook.com>
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On Sun, 27 Apr 2025 14:35:34 -0700, BTR1701 wrote:
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On Apr 27, 2025 at 2:27:05 PM PDT, "Rhino"<no_offline_contact@example.com>
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A friend of a friend was travelling in the USA and got stopped by the
highway patrol for doing 56 in a 55 mph zone. He got a ticket for it.
Ironically, Steve was a police officer at the time although obviously
off-duty and out of uniform. I asked him about "professional courtesy",
where LEOs give each other breaks for small indiscretions but he didn't
answer directly. I got the impression it would never have occurred to
him to ask.

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I always identified myself and if the cop asked why that would matter, I'd
say, "Because I have a loaded handgun on my hip and for your safety and
mine,
I wanted to make you aware of it and the reason why I'm authorized to have
it."
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Not much they could say to counter that. Cops use "officer safety" on the
public at every turn. They can't very well claim officer safety suddenly
doesn't matter when it's inconvenient for them.

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That sounds like you're requesting special treatment.

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Prove it.
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Telling people you are armed can be seen as a threat.

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Since we don't have uniforms and dress in plain clothes, it was literally my
agency's official policy and the policy of the U.S. Attorney that to identify
yourself and advise that you're armed when encountering local law enforcement

So the department is making you do so. It still sounds like
asking a favor. It just doesn't seem like good policy for
a plains clothes man to tell someone that he is an officer
and armed. Wouldn't the cop want to verify that you are
who you're claiming to be?

What if the cop doing the pulling over is a crook?
It'd be a missed opportunity to identify a crook
if he thought you were an easy target.

I am a great fan of police work involving undercover
cops acting weak and ignorant to attract robbers,
con artists, gangsters, rapists etc., and capturing such,
and it's a sorry ideathis isn't done more often.