are cops a pain in the united states? i've seen some skaters gettin' beaten up by cops.. sad.

nice pic/ stencile.

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i can't speak for the rest of the country, but here in NJ, we have far more cops than there should be, to the point where even a minor infraction (driving without a license, any minor drug possession offense, speeding, the like) means that not only will the original police officer who caught you be standing by, oh no. he'll also call for backup, for no reason whatsoever other than to meet up with his buddies, and it usually ends with a couple (2-4) police cars all lined up, with only one or two cops doing anything, and anywhere from 2-5 more just standing around chatting it up (about things that actually seem out of date...terms like "the ol' ball and chain" as a reference to a guy's wife). in New Jersey, we have more cops than we know what to do with.

meanwhile, when actual trouble goes down (which is rare enough as it is) such as someone being robbed at gunpoint or something violent of that nature, the cops are slow to respond. what gives? i'd like to know myself.

Outside of that, there are a lot of stories recently about taser/tazer deaths from a variety of people, the most notable being a UCLA student; however, there were also reports of elderly people and a couple black guys being tased to death. That and the general cop corruption of the more recent years, and all that.

So to make a long story short, yeah, they really are a pain around here.

& thanks for the compliment on the piece itself. :]

in short. yes

they are a problem anywhere they exist

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love this stencil. its one of my favorites that ive seen

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