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What can people say to cops?

September 25, 2009 by socdeputy 1 Comment

An article in Time Magazine reviews the practice of siting people for using offensive language and gestures towards police officers. It is a nice and more general followup to the issues surrounding the arrest of Henry Gates.

http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1923125,00.html

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Brian Lande is sociologist who recently completed his doctoral research at the University of California-Berkeley. He was also a deputy sheriff on the central coast of California. He has published articles on the military and the police. His most recent publication was in the Police Chief Magazine, the journal of the International Association of Police Chiefs.

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