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

On Mon, 28 Apr 2025 10:50:38 -0700, BTR1701 wrote:
 

 On Apr 28, 2025 at 9:32:11 AM PDT, "Rhino"<no_offline_contact@example.com>
 wrote:
 
 > On 2025-04-27 5:35 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
 > > On Apr 27, 2025 at 2:27:05 PM PDT, "Rhino"<no_offline_contact@example.com>
 > > wrote:
 > > > A friend of a friend was traveling 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.
 > >
 > > 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."
 > Good on you for giving them that heads-up. Mind you, you've also given
 > me a flashback to a video I saw a few years back where a black guy got
 > stopped and he warned the officer at the window that he had a gun in the
 > glovebox (or maybe under the seat). The officer immediately panicked,
 > screamed "Gun gun gun!" and shot the black guy dead (as I remember it).
 
 I always made sure to show the badge and crews *before* mentioning the gun.
 
 > I believe the black man was Philando Castile. This video spooked the
 > crap out of me - and still does. Castile was NOT threatening the
 > officer, had a carry permit, and was warning the cop just to avoid any
 > misunderstanding and he STILL wound up dead.
 >
 > > 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.
 > >
 > > It's a valid way of putting it out there that you're a cop without

directly

 > > suggesting you want special treatment. If you get off with a warning or a
 > > "have a nice day", great. If not, oh well.
 > Did you ever get a break in those incidents? Just curious.
 
 Every time except one. And even with that one, I didn't get a ticket. Just a
 screaming lecture from an airport cop that was so frustrated that his career
 plans had stalled and he was never going to get into the FBI, that he had a
 hate-on for federal agents and spent his days trying to fuck with them.

 
I think I saw that movie. "Oh yeah, well I'm a big federal law guy and
you're just a rinky dink one-horse airport tin badge from the cereal
box jealous of ma' awesome authorita'", MC Hammer dance, flashing the
badge "you can't touch this, you can't touch this".