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Originally posted by Spanky
It is amazing that the police in San Francisco ever catch anyone. LessinSF and I were at the Carnival fair last week and San Francisco's finest were out in force. All the cops were either short, fat, or both. They were the most unintimidating cops I had ever seen. I think the SF police force has decided that they can not discriminate based on height, weight, or physical fitness when it comes to hiring.
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I watched a documentary on the SLA last night. They made the point that for precisely this reason, DeFreeze made a huuuuge mistake moving the SLA from Oakland to L.A. after the Hibernia Bank job.
First, sporting goods store clerks in L.A. will try to beat your ass when they catch you shoplifting. They work in a sporting goods store for a reason. Duh.
Second, when the cops in the Bay Area say "Come out with your hands up!" they mean "Hold on, the hostage negotiation team is on its way from a one-day training in San Leandro." When the cops in L.A. say "Come out with your hands up!" they mean "We're waiting a little bit for the light to improve so the Sky4 news chopper can catch the arc of the incendiary tear gas grenades as they smash through your windows."
In S.F. in the seventies, the Dirty Harry movies were regarded as broad comedy.
