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That is exactly what I mean. I generally don't like video, but that is hilarious.

To quote Jimi Hendrix, "'Scuse me while I kiss this guy."

Do I dare to mention in the same context the garbled version of the Hail Mary that some kids recited: "Hail Mary, full of grace, blessed arthouamong women and blessed is the fruit of the loom, Jesus ..."

- Jim

odious = hateful, despicable, evil (This term is usually applied to persons or acts, such as Saddam Hussein or the Nazi Holocaust.)

onerous = tiresome, demanding, difficult (job, task)

malodorous, odoriferous = smelly,stinky, obnoxious

I can't figure out which is the fifth word.

I will say one more thing: Native speakers of English have a general feel of the meaning of words, even if they don't know the precise dictionary definition. They catch the drift.

Precise definitions are important only in laws and contracts, IMHO.

- Jim

I suspect he meant onerous rather than odious.

- Jim

When I first started driving, one of the pieces of "conventional wisdom" in circulation was asking the officer if you couldn't just pay the fine without getting a ticket. That was supposed to be an invitation to accept a bribe.

The few people I knew who admitted to trying it were simply told no.

I dislike civil asset forfeiture as much as you do; but it's completely legal, passed by our elected representatives, most of whom have been re-elected since.

- Jim

i will say that this has changed quite a bit from the 1950s and 60s until the 90s.

It used to be that if you were pulled over in traffic and handed the cop your driver license with a folded $10 bill behind it, he would hand back the license and tell you to be careful. Many drivers kept a $10 bill behind their license in their wallet for just this purpose.

Those days are over.

It takes at least $100 now.

Seriously, few Chicago police officers are going to accept a bribe. It is just a few in very cynical and corrupt corners. Criminals who want to bribe police officers need to find officers who are are desperate for money or hooked on drugs.

- Jim

The original post in this thread was posted by a moderator of this forum.

I post the occasional major canine torque by police, but I do not post every one that I know about. I know that the worst of the scum do not reflect on the majority of dedicated officers.

- Jim

Just FYI, Harvey, Illinois, is (IMHO) a suburban low-rise slum. Many suburbs south of Chicago have been going in that direction. When I lived in the area in the 1990s, I would not willingly go into those towns.

Police corruption happens when mobsters can pay better than the government. Mobsters have been able to do that since the 1920s. Illegal drugs replaced alcohol prohibition as a motivation for criminals.

The scope of the sting in Illinois is remarkable. This kind of thing also happens in Texas, especially in the Rio Grande Valley, so often that it is page 6 news and doesn't make it onto TV unless the suspect is an elected official.

- Jim