“As you may or may not know, in keeping with the high-class tone of Beverly Hills, our police force is probably the most snobbish group of gendarmes in the world. It is said that the Beverly Hills Police Department is so fancy that it has an unlisted number.” KnowsWorldMaySaidFunnyForceNumbersClassGroupsPoliceHillsCaliforniaToneFancyDepartmentPolice ForceBeverly HillsPolice DepartmentSnobbishHigh Class Author:Jack Benny
“It's very difficult to speak to a large group of people these days and not offend someone. I know people walk around with their feelings on their shoulders waiting for you to say something - ahh - did you hear that? And they can't hear anything else you say. The PC police are out in force at all times.” PeopleKnowsFeelingsSpeakForceWaitingDifficultWalksGroupsPoliceShouldersAll TimeThese DaysWaiting For YouLarge Groups Author:Benjamin Carson
“The people are angry. It's running out of control. And unfortunately, there are a group of police that have become nothing more than enforcers for the political and financial crime bosses.” PeopleRunningPoliticalGroupsCrimePoliceAngryFinancialBoss Author:Gerald Celente
“I'm from Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn. So, you grow up around police officers. Some of them are in your family, some of them you have encounters with. I had a young police officer we were friends with in our group.” YoungGrowsGrowing UpGroupsBedPoliceOur FamilyEncountersOfficersBrooklynPolice Officer Author:Tracy Morgan
“The government can back up its tastes and beliefs with the police power. That is why it cannot be permitted tastes and beliefs. Most emphatically, it cannot be permitted to define one group as being privileged over another group of people. It was wrong in the days of Jim Crow; it is wrong in the days of affirmative action.” PeopleGovernmentActionBeliefGroupsTastePolicePrivilegedCrowAffirmative ActionAffirmativeJim CrowPolice Power Author:Charles A. Murray
“We've seen a shift where people were often initially reluctant to call things terrorism until they knew for sure. And now they start out assuming it's terrorism and then work backwards and say it may or may not have been terrorism. And it does matter tremendously because of the resources involved. If it's a crime that's seen as a disturbed individual, then local police will handle it. If it's a crime that's seen as someone who might be linked to an international terrorist group, you get the vast federal U.S. national security bureaucracy as well as tremendous political attention.” PeopleIfsWellsMayDoeHas BeensMatterMightPoliticalIndividualAttentionGroupsSecurityCrimeInvolvedResourcesPoliceAssumingInternationalTerrorismTerroristHandleLocalsBackwardsNational SecurityBureaucracyLinkedDisturbedReluctantTerrorist Groups Author:Daniel Byman
“I've met with a group of very distinguished, experienced police chiefs a few weeks ago. They admit it's an issue. They've got a lot of concerns.” IssuesGroupsWeekMetsConcernPoliceChiefsDistinguished Author:Hillary Clinton
“Policemen so cherish their status as keepers of the peace and protectors of the public that they have occasionally been known to beat to death those citizens or groups who question that status.” KnownGroupsCitizensBeatsPoliceCherishPolicemenKeepersProtector Book:Writing in restaurants Source: Writing in restaurants
“The experience of the past lives little doubt that every economic system must sooner or later rely upon some form of the profit motive to stir individuals and groups to productivity. Substitutes like slavery, police supervision, or ideological enthusiasm prove too unproductive, too expensive, or too transient.” LittlesPastFormIndividualDoubtGroupsEconomicProvePoliceSlaveryProfitProductivityEnthusiasmRelyMotiveExpensiveSubstitutesSooner Or LaterIdeologicalTransientPast LifeEconomic SystemsSupervisionRely UponUnproductiveProfit Motive Author:Will Durant
“I think the success of democracy is not really police security; it's the presence of a broad middle class. The stronger the middle class of a people is, the less you have to worry about one group coming in and exploiting the democratic process for its own ends.” PeopleThinkingEndsProcessClassWorryDemocracyGroupsMiddleSecurityStrongerPoliceDemocraticMiddle ClassBroadsDemocratic Process Author:Abdallah II
“My most embarrassing moment was when I was a student at Tufts University and decided to go 'streaking' with a group of girls in the middle of January. Somehow I lost them and ended up being chased by the campus police.” MomentsGirlLostGroupsMiddleStudentsDecidedPoliceUniversityEmbarrassingJanuaryCampusEmbarrassing Moment Author:Meredith Vieira
“You don’t get black power by chanting it. You get it by doing what the other groups have done. The Irish kept quiet. They didn’t shout “Irish Power”, “Jew Power”, [or] “Italian Power”. They kept their mouths shut and took over the police department of New York City, and the mayorship of Boston.” DoneBlackCitiesGroupsNew YorkQuietMouthsPoliceJewDepartmentItalianNew York CityBostonChantingBlack PowerPolice DepartmentCollective Action Author:Whitney M. Young