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I am not an under achiever. I was not un-popular in school. I was actually the star athlete and was very popular. Dated pretty much any girl I wanted to. I am still very well respected in my home town. I am also not an osterich with my head in the sand. My best friend is black. My wife is white. I most obviously have no animosity against either race. I treat all people fairly. If you take criminals out of the audience you poll, you will find that most everybody on my beat likes me. The kids love me because I take the time to hang out with them and actually do try to make a difference in their lives.

I treat all people wearing baggy pants the same regardless of whether or not they are white, black, or Hispanic.

Oh Lord, that sentence says so much about you.

I, I, I, I, I......

"baggy pants", that is most definitely stereotyping. My nephew is a youth pastor and he wears them (they look ridiculous, but he wears them).

I will pray.

I, I, I. Yes, I am speaking for myself here.

The practice of baggy pants and baggy shirts originated with the Bloods. Their purpose was so they can hide weapons. In all actuality, as a personal preference, I personally do not like the skin tight leather that the local punk rock wannabees wear either. Here is the difference. One poses a safety threat to me and the other does not. I treat the two differently. If someone walks up to me wearing skin tight leather, I actually see a lot more than I want to see. I have pulled small flat razor blades off them a few times, but I am not nearly concerned about a flat razor as I am a pistol or shotgun. On the other hand, If someone walks up to me wearing baggy pants, all the guns and knives I have pulled out of that clothing over the years immediately crosses my mind. I arrested someone one time who had a sawed off shotgun hidden in those baggy pants. It is not about what I like and do not like. It is about what does and what does not pose a risk to my safety. I follow the number one rule of Police Work. "Go home in the same condition you arrived in." I am not going to get killed over policital correctness. Unfortunately, If I did not know your nephew and ran into him on the street, I would treat him as if he were armed until I was able to determine otherwise. Why do you think so many schools have banned baggy clothing? Simple. To help eliminate drugs and weapons.

Sometimes I wear biker clothing off duty. Any cop in his right mind would treat me like I was armed. Why? there are a million places to hide weapons in biker clothing. Until the officer finds out I am one of the "good guys," I have no problem being treated like I am a threat to their safety.


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Satan can build many walls around us but he can never put the roof. He cannot stop our link with the sky, the link with the sky is free. I can talk anytime with God, the trully God, who answer me to the praying.

God controls everything...

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I am not an under achiever. I was not un-popular in school. I was actually the star athlete and was very popular. Dated pretty much any girl I wanted to. I am still very well respected in my home town. I am also not an osterich with my head in the sand. My best friend is black. My wife is white. I most obviously have no animosity against either race. I treat all people fairly. If you take criminals out of the audience you poll, you will find that most everybody on my beat likes me. The kids love me because I take the time to hang out with them and actually do try to make a difference in their lives.

I treat all people wearing baggy pants the same regardless of whether or not they are white, black, or Hispanic.

Oh Lord, that sentence says so much about you.

I, I, I, I, I......

"baggy pants", that is most definitely stereotyping. My nephew is a youth pastor and he wears them (they look ridiculous, but he wears them).

I will pray.

I, I, I. Yes, I am speaking for myself here.

The practice of baggy pants and baggy shirts originated with the Bloods. Their purpose was so they can hide weapons. In all actuality, as a personal preference, I personally do not like the skin tight leather that the local punk rock wannabees wear either. Here is the difference. One poses a safety threat to me and the other does not. I treat the two differently. If someone walks up to me wearing skin tight leather, I actually see a lot more than I want to see. If they walk up to me wearing baggy pants, all the guns and knives I have pulled out of that clothing over the years immediately crosses my mind. I arrested someone one time who had a sawed off shotgun hidden in those baggy pants. It is not about what I like and do not like. It is about what does and what does not pose a risk to my safety. Unfortunately, If I did not know your nephew and ran into him on the street, I would treat him as if he were armed until I was able to determine otherwise. Why do you think so many schools have banned baggy clothing? Simple. To help eliminate drugs and weapons.

You are not the only person on Worthy who has served as a police officer and has the scars to prove it.

Keep your eyes open yes. But "treating all people wearing baggy pants the same"? Stereotyping.

My grandma wore baggy pants......


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I am not an under achiever. I was not un-popular in school. I was actually the star athlete and was very popular. Dated pretty much any girl I wanted to. I am still very well respected in my home town. I am also not an osterich with my head in the sand. My best friend is black. My wife is white. I most obviously have no animosity against either race. I treat all people fairly. If you take criminals out of the audience you poll, you will find that most everybody on my beat likes me. The kids love me because I take the time to hang out with them and actually do try to make a difference in their lives.

I treat all people wearing baggy pants the same regardless of whether or not they are white, black, or Hispanic.

Oh Lord, that sentence says so much about you.

I, I, I, I, I......

"baggy pants", that is most definitely stereotyping. My nephew is a youth pastor and he wears them (they look ridiculous, but he wears them).

I will pray.

I, I, I. Yes, I am speaking for myself here.

The practice of baggy pants and baggy shirts originated with the Bloods. Their purpose was so they can hide weapons. In all actuality, as a personal preference, I personally do not like the skin tight leather that the local punk rock wannabees wear either. Here is the difference. One poses a safety threat to me and the other does not. I treat the two differently. If someone walks up to me wearing skin tight leather, I actually see a lot more than I want to see. If they walk up to me wearing baggy pants, all the guns and knives I have pulled out of that clothing over the years immediately crosses my mind. I arrested someone one time who had a sawed off shotgun hidden in those baggy pants. It is not about what I like and do not like. It is about what does and what does not pose a risk to my safety. Unfortunately, If I did not know your nephew and ran into him on the street, I would treat him as if he were armed until I was able to determine otherwise. Why do you think so many schools have banned baggy clothing? Simple. To help eliminate drugs and weapons.

You are not the only person on Worthy who has served as a police officer and has the scars to prove it.

Keep your eyes open yes. But "treating all people wearing baggy pants the same"? Stereotyping.

My grandma wore baggy pants......

Stereotyping is not bad. Nothing wrong with it. Discriminating based soley on a stereotype is where it becomes wrong.

Applying what I have learned through over 3000 hours training, not counting college, and over 16 years of experience is not "bad."

Through years of experience, I have learned that I do not need to use the same level of caution when I show up at The First Baptist Church to unlock a car door that I need to use when I show up in projects to do it. Why? I have never been hit with a rock or glass bottle at the First Baptist Church but I sure have been in the projects. Stereotyping? Don't know. Don't care. It keeps me alive.

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I am not an under achiever.

I was not un-popular in school.

I was actually the star athlete and was very popular.

Dated pretty much any girl I wanted to.

I am still very well respected in my home town.

I am also not an osterich with my head in the sand.

My best friend is black.

My wife is white.

I most obviously have no animosity against either race.

I treat all people fairly.

If you take criminals out of the audience you poll, you will find that most everybody on my beat likes me.

The kids love me because I take the time to hang out with them and actually do try to make a difference in their lives.

When you antagonize someone for the sake of your own entertainment, everything you just stated means nothing. You may very well be everything you stated, but your attitude casts a shadow over all your achievements. The Lord isn't going to overlook your shortcomings because you were popular. He doesn't care how many friends you have or what color they are. What He's looking at are the contents of your heart. He searches your inner being to see who you really are, not just who you say you are. You can't hide from Him.

The Lord tells us we are the light of the world. How bright is that light shinning when we set out to sow discomfort in the minds and hearts of others?

1 Corinthians 13

1 Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I have become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal.

2 And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.

3 And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it profits me nothing.

4 Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up;

5 does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil;

6 does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth;

7 bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

:sad030:


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I am not an under achiever. I was not un-popular in school. I was actually the star athlete and was very popular. Dated pretty much any girl I wanted to. I am still very well respected in my home town. I am also not an osterich with my head in the sand. My best friend is black. My wife is white. I most obviously have no animosity against either race. I treat all people fairly. If you take criminals out of the audience you poll, you will find that most everybody on my beat likes me. The kids love me because I take the time to hang out with them and actually do try to make a difference in their lives.

I treat all people wearing baggy pants the same regardless of whether or not they are white, black, or Hispanic.

Oh Lord, that sentence says so much about you.

I, I, I, I, I......

"baggy pants", that is most definitely stereotyping. My nephew is a youth pastor and he wears them (they look ridiculous, but he wears them).

I will pray.

I, I, I. Yes, I am speaking for myself here.

The practice of baggy pants and baggy shirts originated with the Bloods. Their purpose was so they can hide weapons. In all actuality, as a personal preference, I personally do not like the skin tight leather that the local punk rock wannabees wear either. Here is the difference. One poses a safety threat to me and the other does not. I treat the two differently. If someone walks up to me wearing skin tight leather, I actually see a lot more than I want to see. If they walk up to me wearing baggy pants, all the guns and knives I have pulled out of that clothing over the years immediately crosses my mind. I arrested someone one time who had a sawed off shotgun hidden in those baggy pants. It is not about what I like and do not like. It is about what does and what does not pose a risk to my safety. Unfortunately, If I did not know your nephew and ran into him on the street, I would treat him as if he were armed until I was able to determine otherwise. Why do you think so many schools have banned baggy clothing? Simple. To help eliminate drugs and weapons.

You are not the only person on Worthy who has served as a police officer and has the scars to prove it.

Keep your eyes open yes. But "treating all people wearing baggy pants the same"? Stereotyping.

My grandma wore baggy pants......

im with you on that one fez :thumbsup:

i cant help but sense racism/sterotyping in these post, and im from an area in the south thats proud of its racist and segragated past so i know sterotyping/racism when i see it.... i dont mean any disrespect towards you hi.jr. but do you think it could be possible that you have been influenced by racism and not even be aware of it? go before the lord and ask him about it. god bless


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I am not an under achiever.

I was not un-popular in school.

I was actually the star athlete and was very popular.

Dated pretty much any girl I wanted to.

I am still very well respected in my home town.

I am also not an osterich with my head in the sand.

My best friend is black.

My wife is white.

I most obviously have no animosity against either race.

I treat all people fairly.

If you take criminals out of the audience you poll, you will find that most everybody on my beat likes me.

The kids love me because I take the time to hang out with them and actually do try to make a difference in their lives.

When you antagonize someone for the sake of your own entertainment, everything you just stated means nothing. You may very well be everything you stated, but your attitude casts a shadow over all your achievements. The Lord isn't going to overlook your shortcomings because you were popular. He doesn't care how many friends you have or what color they are. What He's looking at are the contents of your heart. He searches your inner being to see who you really are, not just who you say you are. You can't hide from Him.

The Lord tells us we are the light of the world. How bright is that light shinning when we set out to sow discomfort in the minds and hearts of others?

1 Corinthians 13

1 Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I have become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal.

2 And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.

3 And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it profits me nothing.

4 Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up;

5 does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil;

6 does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth;

7 bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

:sad030:

I agree. Serving The Lord is my priority. The Lord works through me to minister to and help reach many lost and hurting people. Do I always handle things perfectly? No. My hearts desire is to serve Him.

I will now tell you a little more about the people who run the store. They are drug dealers. The main reason they hate me hanging out in the store is because it costs them money becuase they can not sell dope when I am there. We have busted them several times over the years. The fact that they further dislike me because I am of another race only makes them more irate. The woman who runs the store is an ordained pastor. She "pastors" a church, sells dope, and runs a night club that regularly has shootings and stabbings in it. I must admit that annoying her does bring me genuine satisfaction. Because she is black? No! Because she is a hypocrite and uses religion to spread racism and as a front for her drug running. I have sent her to prison three times. Me hanging around her store makes her irate, and I must admit I enjoy every second of it.


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I am not an under achiever. I was not un-popular in school. I was actually the star athlete and was very popular. Dated pretty much any girl I wanted to. I am still very well respected in my home town. I am also not an osterich with my head in the sand. My best friend is black. My wife is white. I most obviously have no animosity against either race. I treat all people fairly. If you take criminals out of the audience you poll, you will find that most everybody on my beat likes me. The kids love me because I take the time to hang out with them and actually do try to make a difference in their lives.

I treat all people wearing baggy pants the same regardless of whether or not they are white, black, or Hispanic.

Oh Lord, that sentence says so much about you.

I, I, I, I, I......

"baggy pants", that is most definitely stereotyping. My nephew is a youth pastor and he wears them (they look ridiculous, but he wears them).

I will pray.

I, I, I. Yes, I am speaking for myself here.

The practice of baggy pants and baggy shirts originated with the Bloods. Their purpose was so they can hide weapons. In all actuality, as a personal preference, I personally do not like the skin tight leather that the local punk rock wannabees wear either. Here is the difference. One poses a safety threat to me and the other does not. I treat the two differently. If someone walks up to me wearing skin tight leather, I actually see a lot more than I want to see. If they walk up to me wearing baggy pants, all the guns and knives I have pulled out of that clothing over the years immediately crosses my mind. I arrested someone one time who had a sawed off shotgun hidden in those baggy pants. It is not about what I like and do not like. It is about what does and what does not pose a risk to my safety. Unfortunately, If I did not know your nephew and ran into him on the street, I would treat him as if he were armed until I was able to determine otherwise. Why do you think so many schools have banned baggy clothing? Simple. To help eliminate drugs and weapons.

You are not the only person on Worthy who has served as a police officer and has the scars to prove it.

Keep your eyes open yes. But "treating all people wearing baggy pants the same"? Stereotyping.

My grandma wore baggy pants......

im with you on that one fez :thumbsup:

i cant help but sense racism/sterotyping in these post, and im from an area in the south thats proud of its racist and segragated past so i know sterotyping/racism when i see it.... i dont mean any disrespect towards you hi.jr. but do you think it could be possible that you have been influenced by racism and not even be aware of it? go before the lord and ask him about it. god bless

No. I am not racist. I do not care wht color the people are. I look at circumstances. I do not view 4 20 year old black males leaving a crack house any differently than I view 4 20 year old white males leaving a meth. house. A white kid, Hispanic kid, Indidan kid, and black kid wearing baggy clothing all pose the same weapons concealment threat to me. I view them all the same and treat them all the same. If my memory serves me correctly, all races are presently wearing gang banger inspired baggy clothes.

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I agree. Serving The Lord is my priority. The Lord works through me to minister to and help reach many lost and hurting people. Do I always handle things perfectly? No. My hearts desire is to serve Him.

I will now tell you a little more about the people who run the store. They are drug dealers. The main reason they hate me hanging out in the store is because it costs them money becuase they can not sell dope when I am there. We have busted them several times over the years. The fact that they further dislike me because I am of another race only makes them more irate. The woman who runs the store is an ordained pastor. She "pastors" a church, sells dope, and runs a night club that regularly has shootings and stabbings in it. I must admit that annoying her does bring me genuine satisfaction. Because she is black? No! Because she is a hypocrite and uses religion to spread racism and as a front for her drug running. I have sent her to prison three times. Me hanging around her store makes her irate, and I must admit I enjoy every second of it.

Good for you. It's good to have goals.


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I agree. Serving The Lord is my priority. The Lord works through me to minister to and help reach many lost and hurting people. Do I always handle things perfectly? No. My hearts desire is to serve Him.

I will now tell you a little more about the people who run the store. They are drug dealers. The main reason they hate me hanging out in the store is because it costs them money becuase they can not sell dope when I am there. We have busted them several times over the years. The fact that they further dislike me because I am of another race only makes them more irate. The woman who runs the store is an ordained pastor. She "pastors" a church, sells dope, and runs a night club that regularly has shootings and stabbings in it. I must admit that annoying her does bring me genuine satisfaction. Because she is black? No! Because she is a hypocrite and uses religion to spread racism and as a front for her drug running. I have sent her to prison three times. Me hanging around her store makes her irate, and I must admit I enjoy every second of it.

Good for you. It's good to have goals.

Yep, thats my life ambition. :whistling:

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