Comments on: When frisking a suspect, beware of low-riding jeans.

When frisking a suspect, beware of low-riding jeans.

anotherpanacea — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 17:15:46 -0800

BLUTube is a specialty video site for law enforcement. This one's my favorite.

By: ericb

ericb — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 17:18:10 -0800

Is that a banana in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?

By: ericb

ericb — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 17:18:33 -0800

Gives new meaning to "packing heat."

By: Jikido

Jikido — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 17:19:40 -0800

so...instead of dressing to the right or left he dresses up?

By: The Straightener

The Straightener — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 17:28:43 -0800

HEY-O!

By: ZakDaddy

ZakDaddy — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 17:31:05 -0800

"What's this right here?" CLASSIC.

By: birdherder

birdherder — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 17:42:10 -0800

So RedTube is the porno version of YouTube and BluTube is the cop version of YouTube. Which would get the cop porn?

By: Kadin2048

Kadin2048 — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 17:45:57 -0800

This is my rifle, this is my gun; this one's for killin', this one's for fun...

By: acro

acro — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 18:14:58 -0800

Gay porn lead in -

By: Jay Reimenschneider

Jay Reimenschneider — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 18:16:10 -0800

Hey that's a real hoot! The "kooky" wacky" and "fun" side of the new American police state.

By: Tube

Tube — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 18:22:11 -0800

They modeled their video format on YouTube so everyone's face would come out pixelated.

By: fandango_matt

fandango_matt — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 18:24:03 -0800

Next up: A special edition of Pigs Gone Wild, with Laff-a-Lot Tasers & Strip Searches!

By: loquacious

loquacious — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 19:01:21 -0800

Eponysterical!

By: phrontist

phrontist — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 19:22:03 -0800

Man, it's been a long time since some random video link made me laugh out loud like that. His completely matter of fact response makes it.

By: Pope Guilty

Pope Guilty — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 19:55:03 -0800

So RedTube is the porno version of YouTube and BluTube is the cop version of YouTube. Which would get the cop porn? There are already plenty of videos on YouTube of cops torturing people with tasers.

By: Locative

Locative — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 21:03:39 -0800

I am so embarrassed for that cop right now.

By: nickyskye

nickyskye — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 21:25:10 -0800

While I roared with laughter with the frisking, it's interesting to see what new weapons the cops will be using, like a flashlight incapacitator now being used because of "300 deaths over the past few years" due to tasers.

By: aftermarketradio

aftermarketradio — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 21:28:35 -0800

Is that a banana in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me? You know, the two aren't mutually exclusive.

By: nickyskye

nickyskye — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 21:33:44 -0800

Cops arrest polar bear wannabe. Another hairy frisk.

By: eritain

eritain — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 23:13:53 -0800

Guy takes it a lot cooler than Penn did. Lot cooler 'n I would, too.

By: Cool Papa Bell

Cool Papa Bell — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 00:19:47 -0800

This is my rifle, this is my gun; this one's for ... Stopping a deranged man armed with an AK-47 from shooting even more innocent people than he already has.

By: PostIronyIsNotaMyth

PostIronyIsNotaMyth — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 01:08:08 -0800

nickyskye, thanks for posting the video about the flashligh incapacitator's. ive been outlining a script set in a near future dystopia and im definitely going to work those things in.

By: davemee

davemee — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 01:33:00 -0800

birdherder: Purple Tube, on several fronts

By: rhymer

rhymer — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 02:04:39 -0800

Just curious - why is the cop's face pixelated out while the innocent man's isn't? blanked

By: rhymer

rhymer — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 02:04:56 -0800

Ignore the blanked.

By: taz

taz — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 03:12:10 -0800

On the last link, at least the cop apologizes (twice); I don't have the impression that he is a sadistic authoritarian at all.

By: Abiezer

Abiezer — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 03:31:38 -0800

What a touching story! Show-me-on-the-doll-where-the-officer-touched-you touching.

By: taz

taz — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 03:42:09 -0800

not that anybody introduced the idea of sadistic authoritarians! I think my comment was just mostly in comparison to the Hope Steffey video post.

By: DenOfSizer

DenOfSizer — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 04:11:33 -0800

You'd think Dunkin Donuts would advertise on BluTube.

By: Pollomacho

Pollomacho — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 04:40:21 -0800

You'd think Dunkin Donuts would advertise on BluTube. Dunkin doesn't have to advertise with cops.

By: smackfu

smackfu — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 05:43:42 -0800

Just curious - why is the cop's face pixelated out while the innocent man's isn't? Oh, I see what you did. You asked a question you already knew the answer to in order to make a point about the unfairness of the world. Well played.

By: bwg

bwg — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 05:58:31 -0800

Eponysterical! Again with this word?

By: ColdChef

ColdChef — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 07:18:37 -0800

Stopping a deranged man armed with an AK-47 from shooting even more innocent people than he already has. Holy crap, I don't know if it's police protocol to jump onto that car like the sharpshooter did, but that's seriously one of the ballsiest things I've ever seen.

By: aerotive

aerotive — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 07:21:55 -0800

Cool Papa Bell: "This is my rifle, this is my gun; this one's for ... Stopping a deranged man armed with an AK-47 from shooting even more innocent people than he already has." The shooter in this incident used a semi-auto MAK-90, not a full-auto AK-47.

By: kittens for breakfast

kittens for breakfast — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 08:01:21 -0800

nickyskye, thanks for posting the video about the flashligh incapacitator's. ive been outlining a script set in a near future dystopia and im definitely going to work those things in. For the love of God, please work in a spell check, too.

By: CitrusFreak12

CitrusFreak12 — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 08:05:40 -0800

From nickyskye's flashlight link: MetaFilter: The longer you look at this, the more you don't want to look at it. Anyway, cool stuff. The "kooky" wacky" and "fun" side of the new American police state. Thanks, I've been suffering from melodrama deficiency.

By: CitrusFreak12

CitrusFreak12 — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 08:06:47 -0800

Also may I suggest "police" and/or "cops" as tags for this post? It seems to make sense.

By: regicide is good for you

regicide is good for you — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 09:42:28 -0800

Interesting that the news item on the LED incapacitator chose some less-than-encouraging footage of other "less-lethal weapons" for the lead-in: "rubber bullets" seemed to be accompanied by footage from the LA immigration rally that was attacked without provocation last year; the "TASER" clip was clearly Vancouver RCMP killing Robert Dziekanski; and for pepper spray, well, it really did just look like a cop spraying someone who didn't appear to be doing a damn thing. I wonder if they were chosen for that reason? At any rate, I'm certain that they will use their new vomit flashlight in the responsible, respectful and restrained manner we've come to expect from all our peace officers.