(10-02-2021, 10:47 PM)Ninurta Wrote: We had similar, but as far as we know less drastic in that murders were not committed, events in North Carolina several years ago.
Someone known as "The Blue light Bandit" was pulling over lone women by turning on a set of blue grill lights, and raping them
usually in their own car, right at the side of the highway...
It seems they caught that bugger too!
Published: Mar. 13, 2021.
Quote:‘Blue light bandit’ arrested for impersonating police officer in western N.C. countyWBTV.com:
'RUTHERFORD COUNTY, N.C. (WBTV) - A Charlotte man, who has been called the “blue light bandit,” was arrested
for impersonating a police officer after allegedly attempting to stop two motorists in a western N.C. county.
Deputies say the “blue light bandit” struck twice on US 74 in Rutherford County over the weekend of Feb. 27 and 28.
James Douglas Miller.
Officers interviewed witnesses and gathered information to find the car used and the alleged suspect.
James Douglas Miller, 52, from Charlotte, was arrested on Thursday. He is charged with felony impersonation of a law
enforcement officer.
Miller is accused of turning on blue lights to stop drivers. He was taken to the Rutherford County Jail under a $25,000 bond.
“The North Carolina State Highway Patrol takes these cases very seriously,” the Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office said in a
statement. “The dangerous and reckless acts of impersonation erode the trust and confidence the public must have in their
law enforcement officers for them to be able to provide the services needed.”
The Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement the “State Highway Patrol has a policy in place for all members
operating an unmarked patrol car that the member should sound their siren (along with the blue lights) to signal a citizen to
pull over.
Many times, the people that have illegally obtained a flashing blue light will not have their vehicle outfitted with the electronic
equipment necessary for a functioning siren.” The Sheriff’s Office warned the public of this activity.
“If you aren’t sure, wait until you hear the sound of the siren before pulling over.
If you still are uncomfortable pulling over, especially at night or on a deserted highway, activate your four-way flashers and
continue at a reduced speed until you reach a well-lit public area such as a convenience store or any open business.
Troopers understand this person is acknowledging their presence and request to pull over but are simply looking for a safe
place to stop.”...'
The last piece of advice is what is now being given by the UK Government and it shows the damage done to the trust of law
enforcement. In 'the Blue Light Bandit' situation, he was a man pretending to be a Police Officer, in the UK-Everard case the
perpetrator was a Police Officer.
The connections were the publically-accepted equipment of law enforcement agencies used in the everyday patrolling and now
-until a new outrage comes along to distract the masses, that established trust is damaged when these crimes occur.
Personally, I believe that a lot of these problems stem from the erosion of masculine maturity and the promotion of 'school-yard'
mentally-undeveloped opinions of what we see as 'strength' as some sort of trump card. Basic one-upmanship that we all grow
up with, not being sculpted as we mature into social individuals and being pushed into control areas where the effects led to
over-the-top reactions like the ones suggested above.
The dumbing-down has -so the media like to portray, the public living in a cartoon-world where a suspect upholds a decorum
that belongs in a TV episode that involves middle-class residents of a quaint village interacting with a genial local Constable!
Reality isn't like that.
Ignoring the fact that the Everard-Couzens case was in London and hence, no need for Journalists to run-up an expense sheet
for hotel accommodation elsewhere in the UK, a horrible act of public trust has been severely damaged and all the same media
and media-scared Governments can do is come-up with advice that corrodes the control dynamic between a Police Officer and
a suspected criminal or a Cop asking a person where Nesbitt Avenue is.
Things have changed, it's no longer a case of 'they're not sending their best'... it's now situation where 'our best are not what
we believed they were.'
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