After incidents like these there’s never enough emphasis on what caused the police encounter to begin in the first place. NJ shore towns hire absurd numbers of seasonal police to trawl for petty offenses, leading to unnecessary encounters, some % of which inevitably escalate
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So this ridiculous event -- a police-initiated brawl on the beach over beer? Really? -- should be seen primarily as a failure of municipal policy, rather than as an individual behavioral failure by the parties involved
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Of course the officer throwing punches needs to be held accountable, but the bigger question is why was he even there to begin with
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That’s reportedly what she said to them, justifiably, which then lead to a utterly avoidable brawl. The cops probably got so upset because they knew she had a point
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They told her they were going to just let it go. But this half-wit started insulting and spitting on them. Then resisted arrest by kicking and fighting.
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She was correct to respond to their insultingly idiotic behavior with insults
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Huge problem in NJ. Shore towns employ extra police to bring in money by enacting & aggressively enforcing municipal ordinances. Tickets are hundreds of $ & assess court costs. Municipal judges/prosecutors have interest in outcomes & therefore aren't neutral arbiters of law.
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Is it illegal to drink on the beach in the US?
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Yes, depending on the beach.
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Policing and LE in general in the US must be around 90% revenue collection and useless job creation. Manufacturers left for more exploitative pastures and they can't all work McD's or Walmart. From a social pov, what else to do with them?http://thefreethoughtproject.com/fbi-80-police-officers-overweight/ …
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Those running the US just don't have much more to offer it's citizens, and always been kept this way by design. How their empire rolls.http://business.financialpost.com/news/we-have-no-other-way-foreclosure-hit-california-town-turns-to-building-prisons-to-keep-itself-afloat/wcm/0c549bd5-d5fb-4d71-8219-3bed1e02052e …
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You have it right. It’s make work sinecure jobs that create unnecessary conflict.
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@phillydotcom police are particularly hard on 18-20 year olds across the board.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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