Roger that...
He was a damned riot. We used to go out every month and shoot his pistol match. The things that man could think up for stages!
He was a damned riot. We used to go out every month and shoot his pistol match. The things that man could think up for stages!
Biggest majority of those stages were from real life calls he received from years ago when he was a lawman.
To meet the guy, you wouldn't think he could turn off a light switch, because his hands are so mangled with missing fingers and what not. But he was extremely proficient.
Yeah, but that would have denied the 'payed to jail' business a long-term . . . 'guest'.
My thought exactly
Oh I know!! The stories I got to listen to over the years!
I swear if I hadn't known better I'd have thought he was making them up!We were out there one morning it was FREEZING cold! Grumpy would stand behind me and stick his hands in my pockets to keep his fingers warm between stages. Somebody started complaining that he was cheating.
Paul made some crack about it just sounded to him like Scott was a better negotiator since he and Paul were the only 2 men who had their wives with them. Oh gosh he had this stage once that had the little bitty tiny-ass steel targets all lined up with the horizon -- so the sun was blinding you. He cackled like a laying hen the whole time we were shooting!
We were in Dallas, 1972. The newspaper headline was "END OF STREET RACING
PD gets in new Caprice 454 Interceptors"
We are on I-30 and zooooooooom, a red '57 Chevy flies by, 3 seconds behind his is a black and white Caprice.
Dad says, "that guy will have a bad day."
About 2 miles down the road, we top an overpass and hit an oil patch. In the median is a smoking B/W, with an officer screaming into his mic.
Never seen the '57, again.
PD gets in new Caprice 454 Interceptors"
We are on I-30 and zooooooooom, a red '57 Chevy flies by, 3 seconds behind his is a black and white Caprice.
Dad says, "that guy will have a bad day."
About 2 miles down the road, we top an overpass and hit an oil patch. In the median is a smoking B/W, with an officer screaming into his mic.
Never seen the '57, again.
We have seen what these cops will do if you give them the slightest of military equipment. Cops don't need tanks, APC, or a damn minigun mounted on the ghetto bird!
What we need is less cops. Let these elements of society killed each other, and when they bring their drama to the wrong side of town....well you can get you 5m of hate Orwell.
As a citizen that served in conflict while serving in the military I can assure you cameras are the best thing for cops....that is unless there is something to hide.
Perhaps, policing was honorable back when you were one, now it is a means of extortion upon the normal tax payer. Often times it ain't even up to the police on the ground.
It is the DA and higher ups that wash away the stains from leadership. This is where we went wrong with all of it.
Yeah, no. Those "elements" kill a lot more innocent people than each other. They also rob, rape and terrorize. So this whole "less cops" thing is idiotic.
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