Police Quotes · Page 14

They say no one knows if we all see red the same way. Except traffic cops.

— Greg Fitzsimmons

I definitely support cop acting more than cops, but all of them ain't bad, just some of them.

— Ice Cube

Police blog or entertainment news, it's just good to see your name in print.

— J. B. Smoove

Cops need dumb people. What if everybody was smart? Where would police be right now?

— Deon Cole

“In the USA, the police are encouraged to shoot people with the reward of paid time off.”

— Steven Magee

“Approaching a police car is a very dangerous activity to engage in.”

— Steven Magee

As a black man, you learn at an early age the police are not your friends.

— Malik Yoba

“The most dishonest group of people that I have met in life are working in law enforcement.”

— Steven Magee

“There were no passing cars to call out to. You couldn’t call for help from a police car, anyway; he didn’t think…

— Dorothy B. Hughes

We live in oppressive times. We have, as a nation, become our own thought police; but instead of calling the process by…

— David Mamet

Soccer matches in Europe have riot police. Metal is just people sloshing around drunk and sloppy and having fun, and there's nothing…

— Chris Reifert

If police officers routinely issue tickets for the most serious traffic offenses, they'll be treating drivers of all races, sexes, and ages…

— Bill Dedman

We have to start imagining a new reality - this will mean fewer police and more social workers and teachers. This will…

— Opal Tometi

President [Barack] Obama's choice of Rahm Emmanuel as his Chief of Staff was questionable, and perhaps coverups around the police violence against…

— Julianne Malveaux

The problem is that the atmosphere does not yet exist in which honest police officers can act without fear of ridicule or…

— Frank Serpico

Actually I ran away from school when I was 13. No one could find me, and the police were called. I was…

— Zhang Ziyi

Ive always been paranoid about the police, because even when Im not doing anything illegal, Im thinking about doing something illegal. So,…

— Marilyn Manson

“Once upon a time, my government turned my city into a police state, kidnapped me, and tortured me. When I got free,…

— Cory Doctorow

The name Bei Dao was actually given to me with the help of friends. When we were publishing our unofficial magazine, Today,…

— Bei Dao

In this prison camp, the Gestapo state brain-police planet Earth, what is normal is insane and what is insane is normal. But…

— Frederick Lenz

I just went to your typical public schools, and my dad would take us to the movies every week, or he'd buy…

— Pedro Pascal

In my eyes, there's heroes I look up to. People who saved me - my caretakers, people at Boston Medical Center. My…

— Jeff Bauman

There are times when I wouldn't rule violence out. I personally don't like violence at all. But it wasn't until we had…

— Alice Nutter

I stayed because it was normal. After the first hit, you don't think they're going to do it again. And it does…

— Michel'le

Police violence is the tip of the iceberg when it relates to the conditions overall of black people across the globe.

— Alicia Garza

We must demilitarize the police. To do this, we must shift the paradigm of public safety, at home and abroad.

— Jake Auchincloss

“It’s strictly constables, sergeants, and lunatics. We’ll keep the kettle on for you.”

— Ben Aaronovitch

International institutions are composed of governments. Governments control their own military forces and police.

— Samantha Power

Beautiful night, isn't it, Police Girl? It's especially beautiful, of course, if you're a bloodsucker.

— Kohta Hirano

Your shit is like the police asking us questions. Nigga we don't know shit.

— Drake

We been in the streets protesting for years about police brutality.

— Tobias Harris

“The police, they're seemingly so frank, and they tell you nothing.”

— Agatha Christie

Remember, if we happen to get caught, you are deaf and I don't speak English.

— Anonymous

Muslim clerics in India go to other countries, nobody knows what do they do, even the police can't go there.

— Raj Thackeray

“The officer kicked the stool away. This time the rope did not break.”

— Laurie Halse Anderson

We must always remember that the police are recruited from the criminal classes.

— Gore Vidal

The black police in Compton are worse than the white police.

— Eazy-E

You can limit the number of invitations to an in-person fashion show, but you can't police the Internet.

— Erin McKean

The idea that the police cannot ask questions of the person that knows most about the crime is an infamous decision.

— Anonymous

We can't just be against 'defund the police.' We have to proactively go out there and recognize that crime hurts.

— Jake Auchincloss