Without a doubt. Just look at some of his photos, which include a kid in a cop’s hat and an arrest scene, then there’s a video recruiting helicopter pilots for… the Oakland Police.

He was totally out of control in this situation and should have been fired, not resigned.

Listed below is a link to the domain name registration.

http://www.networksolutions.com/whois/results.jsp?domain=amfoto.us

I have not been through Oakland in many years but do occasionally travel to California. There is no way that I would tolerate any obnoxious buffoon screaming and swearing at me. And the last time that I was convicted of anything was a speeding ticket in 2000.

Regards,
Keith Turrill
Owner – IowaPix, Inc

And it is a personnel matter also.

So we go back to my earlier posts about staying out of other people’s business. It’s fine to support one who is fighting their own fight(especially when asked to), but stay out of other people’s battles – especially when the other people aren’t fighting yet and you just want to start something.

Rodney King is not a good case for you to use. As far as I’m concerned, Rodney created all his problems in life and the jury made the right decision in that case. You tend to get beat when you use drugs and run crazy in the streets. It that my problem? No, it’s just another day in the life of a crackhead. I’d have beat him also.

Yes we are going to have a “Police” State. it will be run by Obama and the left wing democrats. They have no intention of having any free speech and they will confiscate our guns, making the population helpless. Or at least they will try. They won’t get mine. And if you think democratic party controlled territories are “free”, talk to Cindy Sheehan about what happened to her when she dared to run against Nancy Pelosi – and by the way, SF hasn’t had an honest election in a LONG time. I believe (with some input from friends who have been involved in politics there) that the ballot boxes are normally stuffed by the machine. The same machine that abhorrs any requirement that voters be identified when they show up and claim they are the person on the rolls and want to cast ballots.

You foolishly assume I “love” cops and think they can do no wrong – or something like that. You must be young. You assume extremes in a debate. I could fire Michel in an eyeblink. I just won’t let him be railroaded with due process. Even in this public forum. Maybe he goes or maybe not, but that’s after a fair hearing. And I don’t for a minute consider this video dispositive. We have hearings for that and I’d see that he gets one. What’s your excuse here?

If you are worried about a Police State you have a lot more to worry about in CA than whether your local police services are going to harrass you. Most of them (city cops) now go from call to call with little patrol, and you will see the rise of more NOGO areas where they will not even try to control.

Maybe you haven’t lived long enough to have had murdered friends, friends who’ve been carjacked or mugged, friends who’ve been home invaded. Friends and relatives who’ve been killed and crippled by Drunks, friends who’ve been ripped off and attacked by druggies, gangs, etc. Well I know tons who have – so don’t think you can sell your “I hate the cops, they’re all mean…” here. Grow up and meet the people in your town. Including the cops.