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calimary

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13. I would hope that the damages the police department was forced to pay - were NOT modest.

Reply to friendly_iconoclast (Original post)

Mon Jan 26, 2015, 02:29 PM

Jan 2015

The only way to make any impression on some of these people is to hit them HARD in the wallet. If it costs them new police cars and the new facilities they were planning to build, and the expensive new equipment they needed, well, maybe it might be a motivating force for good.

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I Was Arrested for Learning a Foreign Language. Today, I Have Some Closure. [View all] friendly_iconoclast Jan 2015 OP

Kick.... daleanime Jan 2015 #1

Too Bloody Right! Ford_Prefect Jan 2015 #2

"This radio appears capable of receiving the BBC. You are under arrest." (in German) leveymg Jan 2015 #3

>>Dieses Rundfunkgerät scheint fähig, die BBC zu empfangen. Sie sind festgenommen.<< (auf Englisch) xocet Jan 2015 #11

Unless you trade in your Entartete Internet receiver, you could be in serious trouble. Get this one> leveymg Jan 2015 #16

Unless that receiver is taken out to the highways, it does not receive signals well. xocet Jan 2015 #17

We found the source of that interference: Wir fahren fahren fahren leveymg Jan 2015 #18

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Welcome to DU! As it turns out, we're big fans of deportation around here--at least, petronius Jan 2015 #5

you meant to add a sarcasm, smilie, right? Raine1967 Jan 2015 #6

really? irisblue Jan 2015 #7

I served; still awaiting the results. arcane1 Jan 2015 #8

what do they get out of trolling? irisblue Jan 2015 #9

Probably the only way to feel good about themselves. Who knows? Results: arcane1 Jan 2015 #10

Police state thanks to GW Bush and company.. mountain grammy Jan 2015 #12

I would hope that the damages the police department was forced to pay - were NOT modest. calimary Jan 2015 #13

They are not as much as one would hope - see page 6 of the settlement...$25,000.00.... xocet Jan 2015 #14

Piddly. It has to hurt pretty bad to get them to change - or even merely think twice. calimary Jan 2015 #15