The Arrogance of Authority

[Oregoonian]

A DEA officer stopped at a ranch in Texas, and talked with an old rancher, "I need to inspect your ranch for illegally grown drugs." The rancher said "OK, but don't go into the field over there....", as he pointed out the location.

The DEA officer verbally exploded saying "Mister, I have the authority of the Federal Government with me!."

Reaching into his rear pants pocket, he removed his badge and proudly desplayed it to the rancher.

"See this badge?! This badge means I am allowed to go wherever I wish....on any land...! No questions asked or answers given...! Have I made myself clear...do you understand?!"

The rancher nodded politely, apologized, and went about his chores.

A short time later, the old rancher heard loud screams, looked up, and saw the DEA officer running for his life, being chased by the rancher's big Santa Gertrudis bull.....

With every step the bull was graining ground on the officer, and it seemed likely that he'd sure enough get gored before reaching safety. The officer was clearly terrified.

The rancher threw down his tools, ran to the fence...and yelled at the top of his lungs...

(I just love this part....)

"Your badge......show him your BADGE!!

 

[Cause4Alarm]

Hahaha

 

[440Magnum]

A neighbor of mine has a similar, but true, story. He worked in the broadcast radio business for years, and dealt a lot with FCC inspectors. They had the right to go out to all the transmitters and check the actual RF power and voltages, but generally they trusted the radio stations themselves to stay legal because they'd get complaints from other stations real fast if anyone was running too much power or off frequency. But of course there was a noob inspector who insisted on visiting EVERY transmitter shack one time. My neighbor drove out to the boonies to the tower farm with him. They started walking to the transmitter shacks and he'd always bang on the door of each one before opening it. At about the third shack, the inspector asked what for? My neighbor pointed out that it was early spring, still kinda chilly, they were 10 miles out into ranchland outside the city, and rattlesnakes really liked the warmth of the vacuum tube transmitters, especially since in this weather the A/C units weren't blowing cold into the shacks at all. The inspector instantly assumed it was all a scam to get out of doing any inspections and threw a fit, marched off to the next shack. When my neighbor opened the door, the guy immediately stuck his head in... just as my neighbor grabbed him by the collar and pointed to the 6-footer that was waking up and tightening its coil, sitting on the third shelf in the equipment rack about 10 inches from the guy's nose. ;-p

 

[Ibrahim]

good one!!

 

[The motor guy]

thats good right there

 

[Jim 5]

Originally Posted By: Oregoonian
"See this badge?! This badge means I am allowed to go wherever I wish....on any land...! No questions asked or answers given...! Have I made myself clear...do you understand?!"


Definitely how some LE officers act, but not all. Most would know that (at least in Canada) they'd need to have a warrant too...otherwise we're in a police state, not a rule of law. I take it as my responsibility to not allow representatives of the government say things like that without reminding them of the way our legal system works. My guess is that it works the same way in the US.

(I know, I know, it's just a joke. A good one too!)