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Ok, discussion over. Enough Sharpton-izing. This article has served its purpose: To get YOU to look and get YOU to comment. Whether the concern is the racial calling card for Mr. Sharpton, your disgust of him getting a lot of airtime that most always casts a pall over law enforcement or a little bickering between posters, ... it's over. As professionals, we learn when to speak and when not to speak. And certainly, this article is akin to handing out free Rice Krispie Treats: Just can't turn it down.

In reading through the posts, I did note a nearly complete lack of one officer safety concern: Allowing a driver to get on the phone to call "someone".

Is this something that y'all do normally or do you control the phone? Just asking the question.

Many years ago we started seeing the arrival of carloads of gang bangers when we made legal stops on cars with gangbanger-types in the car already detained. Within minutes, we had a lot of 'incoming' vehicles parking where ever and obviously not there to assist us.

OMG's do this regularly. If they are stopped, they make a quick call to their bike friends who race to the scene to begin videoing, photographing and just 'being in the way'. And you can create your own scenario how something can go downhill real quick if you take someone into custody with a boat load of bad buy buddies nearby.

I am not addressing the reason in this article for the car stop, the attitudes or the fact that Sharpton is somehow involved.

I am addressing the use of a cellphone to 'summon help'. You may have to discuss this during rollcall and/or with your District Attorney to establish a protocol for temporarily seizing a phone to stablize a situation.

All I ask is for you to think about it and 'what would you do if ...?"

Does a driver have the capacity to phone call for help that will ultimately create a larger officer safety environment than what you really want...?

Sharpton is a virus.

Predator, I'm not starting an arguement but COME ON.......everything Sharpton involves himself in is against the white race. Sharpton convicts the accused before he even has the facts. Remember the Duke University students and Tawana Brawley hoax just to name a few? He has the credibility of a dog turd. His ugly mug never surfaces for any other minority than his own and even then its always to promote himself. I haven't seen him fighting for the American Indians lately........a race of people that had an entire continent stolen from them. He's a disgrace and embarassment to his own people...........and to this country as a citizen. Anyone who can't see that is as ignorant as Sharpton is.

Al Sharpton, yeah, because what that idiot says is credible. Ironic the biggest opponent against racism, is actually the biggest racist in the country. Why play the race card on such an issue?. Who cares if no drugs or alcohol was involved, his relatives we're disorderly, thus they we're cited. Sounds right to me!

wow...this is predictable....typical Al Sharpton to think he is above the law.

Wiuleja58 said :
The next time a subject of a different race claims you are only taking action because of your race ask them if "now if I was the same race as you, would you be talking to me like this?" and see what they say, or how they act.

I had a buddy tell a black violator: No, I didn't stop you because you were black, I stop you for speeding. But..............I am writing you a ticket because you are black. LOL He never was complained on...............I'd have been in the Chief's office in 10 minutes if I said that.

Was wondering how Sharpton was planning on getting into the presses again.