Powell: You don't argue with cops.................

Nonno · 07-29-2009, 10:23 AM

"Retired Gen. Colin Powell weighed in Tuesday on the controversial arrest of Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr., chiding his friend for not cooperating with the cops.

"When you're faced with an officer trying to do his job and get to the bottom of something, this is not the time to get in an argument with him," Powell told CNN's "Larry King Live."

"I was taught that as a child. You don't argue with a police officer."

Read more: Colin Powell on arrest of Prof. Henry Louis Gates: You don't argue with cops

SamSpade · 07-29-2009, 10:27 AM

You don't have to be a minority to know that. You don't p!ss off the judge either. Nothing's to be gained by being a jackass, unless you're in politics.

*chernmax* ^(Premo) · 07-29-2009, 10:29 AM

What a racist post!!! I always wanted to say that!!!

07-29-2009, 10:23 AM	#1 (permalink)
Nonno In what respect, Charlie? Member Since: Dec 2003 Posts: 5,087	Powell: You don't argue with cops................. "Retired Gen. Colin Powell weighed in Tuesday on the controversial arrest of Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr., chiding his friend for not cooperating with the cops. "When you're faced with an officer trying to do his job and get to the bottom of something, this is not the time to get in an argument with him," Powell told CNN's "Larry King Live." "I was taught that as a child. You don't argue with a police officer." Read more: Colin Powell on arrest of Prof. Henry Louis Gates: You don't argue with cops __________________ "You can't just listen to Rush Limbaugh and get things done." (B.H.Obama) "This change, my friends, is being delivered in a teabag, and that's a wonderful thing." (M. Steele) "Only dead fish go with the flow." (S. Palin) FOX -- The More You Watch, The Less You Know... Donate to UNICEF's Humanitarian Response in the Occupied Palestinian Territories
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07-29-2009, 10:27 AM	#2 (permalink)
SamSpade Registered User Member Since: May 2003 Posts: 8,205	You don't have to be a minority to know that. You don't p!ss off the judge either. Nothing's to be gained by being a jackass, unless you're in politics. __________________ "It's not an endlessly expanding list of rights—the 'right' to education, the 'right' to health care, the 'right' to food and housing. That's not freedom, that's dependency. Those aren't rights, those are the rations of slavery—hay and a barn for human cattle. " -- P.J. O'Rourke
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07-29-2009, 10:29 AM	#3 (permalink)
chernmax ^(Premo) You Lie!!! Member Since: Jul 2006 Location: Displaced New Yorker in Southern MD Posts: 9,814	What a racist post!!! I always wanted to say that!!! __________________ - Obamacare, "It's Shovel Ready" - Dither Free Zone!
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