“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.” Bill of Rights to the United States Constitution, First Amendment

Zatharus - If you can make NO law limiting speech in any way, does that mean it's okay to yell "fire!" in a crowded theater? Should that be legal to do?

Don’t bother to quote the US constitution in these parts, they don’t cotton to it on them there liberal blogs.


“A liberal is a man too broadminded to take his own side in a quarrel.” Robert Frost

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D-bag cops take offense to being called Nazis, then proceed to act just like the Gestapo. Typical. Never met a cop that wasn't the typical drunk in a bar likes to fight guy. Same types that bust people for having a pot seed on their floor, or a roach in their ashtray.

Big libs need to propose some massive reforms in this area, reign in these Gestapo type cops, this is long over due. Massive and severe penalties should be initiated on these types of rednecks.

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Your link

"Here's Harden's Waiver"

does not work for me.

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“Harden's no choirboy.”

With that nobody can disagree. Wonder what his next publicity stunt will be, and if the cops will fall for it again? Charles Eddie pretty much told this story yesterday, but here’s a bit more for those interested in this pathetic excuse for a human being.

http://www.pet-abuse.com/cases/1539/AR/US/

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Harden is an idiot.

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Noticed that Laurie Masterson is a facebook friend of his.

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Thanks for looking that up Durango, I looked yesterday but didn't find it so what I posted was strictly from memory and it ain't what it used to be. Too bad none of the charges will stick because he deserves to be drawn and quartered on the square considering he only got ONE day in jail for the senseless killing of a beloved pet.

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But that is still no excuse for D-Bag cops behaivor in this situation. Cops should be held to a much much higher standard of behaivor and conduct, and that does not include arresting peeps for calling names, coming onto property without warrants and without probably cause, and generally acting like Nazis, just like the loser said.

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Shucks!! I wanted to see a lawsuit for illegal search and seizure. In fact, I would like to see a lot of those lawsuits.

Harden may be an idiot and when younger, a cruel animal torturer. But, rights are rights and when you dismiss the "others" rights you dismiss your own whether you have ever treated animals cruelly or not.

Because the young fellow committed one crime doesn't entitle the police to commit illegal acts against him.

We don't have enemies of the state because some bloggers decree it.
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Oh, and I would change the headline
"Justice comes to Jonesboro "

to 'Avoidance and Deal-making come to Joneboro'

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Who here has said that the actions the cops took were appropriate?

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Total disappointment. Hardin should have told them to take their charges and waiver an shove it. For a guy screaming about his rights he should have exercised them to the fullest by taking this to court and then filing suit. How else will the cops learn? How else is the next guys rights (the next guy WITHOUT a camera) be safe? Seems like the cops and city walked and Hardin got a day in the clink. Total disappointment.

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The fact that he is such a scumbag is all the more reason for the police to show that they are professionals. They allowed him to compromise them; this is something a police officer is never supposed to do. They lost their cool, and thereby suffered a great deal of harm to their reputation. And the bad guy won, because he is laughing.

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Sorry to disappoint, but I am glad for Hardin.

While what he did may be distasteful, it is his right to do so - and yours and mine if we so choose to do so.

To find and make reason otherwise would result in repealing rights and giving up protectionism for all of us.

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Next time let Harden wait for a black cop to walk by (do they have those in Jonesboro?) and yell, "Get out of my sight you stinkin' nigga" and see what happens."

I think the cops were lured over the line, but they behaved 97% better than I would have guessed. I could be wrong, but I suspect if they had ignored him, we would have heard the verbal harrassment escalate continuously.

Public order vs civil rights. Where are the limits?

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Saying the cops are dirtbags is pretty heavy handed, and ignorant. They got their pee-pees whacked, so there is a lesson learned, though I don't think Hardin learned much, except how to be a provocative loon. Had the opportunity to call a cop a Nazi, in front of a school principal. ON front of other fellow officers over an issue where she had over reacted to a tiff between my daughter and two other girls. We presented ourselves with the girls being forced to apologize to my daughter, the school cop had to apologize in front of her brother officers and an apology from the principal. The cop of question apologized then told me she was just doing her job, to which I reminded her that is what was said at Nuremburg. Shocked, she asked me if I was calling her a Nazi. I just told her if the armband and jackboots fit... Nothing came of it, though with a bit more prodding, I was able to get the cop in question removed from any school campus in Glendale. Actually, my then-wife had her removed from any school campus, I just got her booted from the one where my daughter attended.

Thing is, this was one cop in a thousand. I had my day, she had her moment, and it cost her. It cost the Jonesboro cops, too. This kind of reminds me of the gang ways, where one gang hurt another, but not civvies. A zero sum loss. Cops weren't stellar, but neither was Hardin.

Being as hateful of cops is as ignorant as adoring of them. Balance.

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Steven - please explain what this cost the Jonesboro police? One less arrest on their record?a little embarrassment? Not sufficient in my book because they weren't reprimanded in the public eye.

And this waS not a zero sum game either. THe 1st Amendment lost a point to some meathead cops using their authority improperly. Once again, what happens when the next citizen speaks his mind outloud in public but he/she doesn't have a camera running? I have a feeling more of these charges stick than are dismissed.

Hardin - if you're reading this, please explain why you laid down to the same authority you were so willing to stand up against?

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YOu have to think of the parties involved. As I said, I have have not only called one cop a Nazi with no ill effect, but I openly ridiculed one in front of his partner.

Hardin is hardly a hero fro provoking an issue with cops whose BS threshold was sadly low. Hardin knows he behaved badly, which is why they are both happy to sweep this under the rug.

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I doubt Harden thinks he behaved badly. He's too damn stupid. Consider first his reported dining history, then think about one thing, among many, that you hear on the tape. He tells the cops he has a right to say nothing, then with barely enough time to catch his breath, he yaks on.
My guess? The guy still lives with his folks or at least they're picking up the tab for everything including his lawyer. Money, or the lack of it to pay said lawyer, might make a big impression while you're sitting in a jail cell.
So the truly upstanding citizen who next encounters Jonesboro's bad cop attitude will still be out there on his own.

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Its amazing if you post anything about his dog incident on his video he will ban you and remove your comments. This Constitutional Defender practices censorship. My Hero

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