Re: Retard Police officer shines 30mW laser in my
L4sers said:
[quote author=Petrovski link=1214274953/48#57 date=1214333416][quote author=Razako link=1214274953/48#52 date=1214332668]Whenever I use one of my more powerful lasers outside I always quickly check the target area to be sure I won't hit someone in the face. If I'm pointing at the sky I check for any planes or helicopters in the target area before turning the laser on.
When you are shining a laser around outside YOU are responsible for where the beam goes and if you shine it down a dark ally or some other place with no visibility and hit someone in the face it is YOUR fault. You're lucky that you didn't accidentally hit a cop with the laser or damage someone's eyes. Then YOU would be the one getting sued or worse.
Basically you should be glad that nobody suffered serious eye damage and drop this. Taking it further will likely accomplish nothing. In the future you should be more careful when shining lasers outside.
Pretty hypothetical. He didn't shine it at a plane or a helicopter, nor did he do actual damage with the laser. Fact remains the action of the cop is unacceptable, I find it a bit troubling there are quite some people here who think so lightly regarding such an incident. Probably a cultural difference or something. In NL I reckon he would have a good case.
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My family and friends were also amazed that a police officer would actually do something like that.
They go to school and are trained to handle a case without causing anyone to be harmed.[/quote]
This is exactly what I mean about reputation. If your family and friends knew 1/4 of the truth of how police officers behave, you and them would probably have a heart attack and die of shock. They are about image, "to serve and protect", and that's hardly the case. There are way too many people who are cops, and the ratio of good people who are actually qualified to be police officers is VERY LIMITED. It takes a unique individual to sustain decent order while on the job. The power really gets to their head, most cops are more good then bad, but on average, they are just normal human beings who have good days and bad days, only they get to take it out on us, the citizens. Find a cop on a good day, he'll let a true criminal go. Find a cop on a bad day, he'll arrest innocent people for no reason at all. I agree that there was no honor and it was a very immature act for the
cop (person) to shine your own laser in your eye to prove a point. But as a police officer, he can do what ever he wants. Unless you have
SOLID evidence, (and even then you will find hell with your MISTAKE) you will find that you have NOTHING! Usually when people fight the police in court, it involves their freedom, their record, their LIFE! Their motivation is driven from their will to survive, not for revenge or to "come-up" on some cash. There are several loop-holes the government uses to make police officers irresponsible for their actions. If a cop can shoot and kill a kid because the kid pointed a hot pink water gun at them and not be held responsilbe, you will be STOMPED in court.
Anyway, if you look at the core of this incident, you will find that the cause of it was YOU. It was a honest mistake, nobody here holds that against you (well I speak for myself :
) but either the mistake was made when you bought and received your laser in the first place, or was when you shined it in public for shits and giggles and freaked someone out. YOU brought the cops. YOU caused you own retina harm. Just take it as a lesson and move on. That is the only positive you are entitled to, IMO.
its kewl xD
