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    <title>Shouting Into Space - Politics</title>
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    <title>Taking Stock of Police in 2011</title>
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    <author>nospam@example.com (Latcarf)</author>
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    &lt;a  class=&#039;serendipity_image_link&#039;  rel=&#039;lightbox&#039; href=&#039;http://blog.latcarf.com/uploads/misc/PoliceBadge.jpg&#039;&gt;&lt;!-- s9ymdb:109 --&gt;&lt;img class=&quot;serendipity_image_left&quot; width=&quot;77&quot; height=&quot;110&quot; style=&quot;float: left; border: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;&quot; src=&quot;http://blog.latcarf.com/uploads/misc/PoliceBadge.latblogThumb.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;police badge&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Let&#039;s take stock of police in 2011:&lt;br /&gt;
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They have three &quot;things with a button&quot; that can make you stop doing whatever you were doing when they approached you.&lt;br /&gt;
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1. pepper spray - used if the thing you want to stop can&#039;t hurt you, but might touch or otherwise annoy you, used on the &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.latcarf.com/exit.php?url_id=679&amp;amp;entry_id=158&quot; title=&quot;http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,535050,00.html&quot;  onmouseover=&quot;window.status=&#039;http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,535050,00.html&#039;;return true;&quot; onmouseout=&quot;window.status=&#039;&#039;;return true;&quot;&gt;handicapped&lt;/a&gt;, but &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.latcarf.com/exit.php?url_id=680&amp;amp;entry_id=158&quot; title=&quot;http://www.clickondetroit.com/video/27513240/index.html&quot;  onmouseover=&quot;window.status=&#039;http://www.clickondetroit.com/video/27513240/index.html&#039;;return true;&quot; onmouseout=&quot;window.status=&#039;&#039;;return true;&quot;&gt;great for squirrels too&lt;/a&gt;, as it turns out!&lt;br /&gt;
2. stun gun - used on &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.latcarf.com/exit.php?url_id=681&amp;amp;entry_id=158&quot; title=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Florida_Taser_incident&quot;  onmouseover=&quot;window.status=&#039;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Florida_Taser_incident&#039;;return true;&quot; onmouseout=&quot;window.status=&#039;&#039;;return true;&quot;&gt;college students&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.latcarf.com/exit.php?url_id=682&amp;amp;entry_id=158&quot; title=&quot;http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083_162-20004545-504083.html&quot;  onmouseover=&quot;window.status=&#039;http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083_162-20004545-504083.html&#039;;return true;&quot; onmouseout=&quot;window.status=&#039;&#039;;return true;&quot;&gt;drunkards&lt;/a&gt; because it&#039;s fun to watch them squirm - can be used on the &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.latcarf.com/exit.php?url_id=683&amp;amp;entry_id=158&quot; title=&quot;http://blutube.policeone.com/Media/4357-Police-use-stun-gun-on-72-year-old-grandmother-at-traffic-stop/&quot;  onmouseover=&quot;window.status=&#039;http://blutube.policeone.com/Media/4357-Police-use-stun-gun-on-72-year-old-grandmother-at-traffic-stop/&#039;;return true;&quot; onmouseout=&quot;window.status=&#039;&#039;;return true;&quot;&gt;elderly&lt;/a&gt; especially if &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.latcarf.com/exit.php?url_id=684&amp;amp;entry_id=158&quot; title=&quot;http://www.copblock.org/402/dont-tase-my-granny/&quot;  onmouseover=&quot;window.status=&#039;http://www.copblock.org/402/dont-tase-my-granny/&#039;;return true;&quot; onmouseout=&quot;window.status=&#039;&#039;;return true;&quot;&gt;they are in bed&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
3. firearm - used mostly on &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.latcarf.com/exit.php?url_id=685&amp;amp;entry_id=158&quot; title=&quot;http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-just-kill-him-dog-shooting,0,6744943.story&quot;  onmouseover=&quot;window.status=&#039;http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-just-kill-him-dog-shooting,0,6744943.story&#039;;return true;&quot; onmouseout=&quot;window.status=&#039;&#039;;return true;&quot;&gt;family pets&lt;/a&gt; and the &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.latcarf.com/exit.php?url_id=686&amp;amp;entry_id=158&quot; title=&quot;http://gothamist.com/2011/01/22/bronx_cop_mistakenly_shoots_elderly.php&quot;  onmouseover=&quot;window.status=&#039;http://gothamist.com/2011/01/22/bronx_cop_mistakenly_shoots_elderly.php&#039;;return true;&quot; onmouseout=&quot;window.status=&#039;&#039;;return true;&quot;&gt;elderly&lt;/a&gt;. The gun is used less and less these days because it gets cops in too much trouble. The other &#039;point-and-clicks&#039; don&#039;t. All police do have guns however, just to remind you that you will be killed if you don&#039;t respond properly to pepper spray and stun guns.&lt;br /&gt;
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BTW... It took me 5 minutes to write this post - including the Google searches (&lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.latcarf.com/exit.php?url_id=687&amp;amp;entry_id=158&quot; title=&quot;http://www.google.com/search?q=police+pepper+spray&amp;amp;ie=utf-8&amp;amp;oe=utf-8&amp;amp;aq=t&amp;amp;rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&amp;amp;client=firefox-a&quot;  onmouseover=&quot;window.status=&#039;http://www.google.com/search?q=police+pepper+spray&amp;amp;ie=utf-8&amp;amp;oe=utf-8&amp;amp;aq=t&amp;amp;rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&amp;amp;client=firefox-a&#039;;return true;&quot; onmouseout=&quot;window.status=&#039;&#039;;return true;&quot;&gt;police pepper spray&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.latcarf.com/exit.php?url_id=688&amp;amp;entry_id=158&quot; title=&quot;http://www.google.com/search?q=police+taser&amp;amp;ie=utf-8&amp;amp;oe=utf-8&amp;amp;aq=t&amp;amp;rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&amp;amp;client=firefox-a&quot;  onmouseover=&quot;window.status=&#039;http://www.google.com/search?q=police+taser&amp;amp;ie=utf-8&amp;amp;oe=utf-8&amp;amp;aq=t&amp;amp;rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&amp;amp;client=firefox-a&#039;;return true;&quot; onmouseout=&quot;window.status=&#039;&#039;;return true;&quot;&gt;police taser&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.latcarf.com/exit.php?url_id=689&amp;amp;entry_id=158&quot; title=&quot;http://www.google.com/search?q=police+shoot&amp;amp;ie=utf-8&amp;amp;oe=utf-8&amp;amp;aq=t&amp;amp;rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&amp;amp;client=firefox-a&quot;  onmouseover=&quot;window.status=&#039;http://www.google.com/search?q=police+shoot&amp;amp;ie=utf-8&amp;amp;oe=utf-8&amp;amp;aq=t&amp;amp;rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&amp;amp;client=firefox-a&#039;;return true;&quot; onmouseout=&quot;window.status=&#039;&#039;;return true;&quot;&gt;police shoot&lt;/a&gt;)... That&#039;s sad. 
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    <pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2011 14:27:39 -0700</pubDate>
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