King Doubles Down: Allowing Sale Of Loose Cigarettes Is A “Breakdown’ Of Our “Quality Of LIfe’

Posted by | December 4, 2014 15:00 | Filed under: News Behaving Badly Politics Top Stories


Congressman Peter King, said Eric Garner’s problem is that he was just too fat, amplified his views on Fox News. He was asked if the police don’t have better things to do than go after people for selling lose cigarettes.

This goes back to the whole “quality of life” thing, that if you allow someone to flagrantly violate the law […] By him standing outside the store, he was disrupting the community, he was preventing customers from coming in, and he was selling cigarettes that people were not able to sell in their convenience stores. If you have a legitimate, legal convenience store, and you’re selling cigarettes in there, and this person’s outside violating the law — this goes back to what started in 1993, with the “quality of life.” You can’t have people spitting on your windshield, and you can’t have people jumping over the turnstiles. As minor as those crimes seem, once you allow that to happen, it’s a breakdown.

 

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42 responses to King Doubles Down: Allowing Sale Of Loose Cigarettes Is A “Breakdown’ Of Our “Quality Of LIfe’

  1. mea_mark December 4th, 2014 at 15:06

    And what happens when you start allowing the police to kill minorities without having to face consequences. My guess is you have a major breakdown in the ‘quality of life’, especially for those being killed.

  2. mea_mark December 4th, 2014 at 16:06

    And what happens when you start allowing the police to kill minorities without having to face consequences. My guess is you have a major breakdown in the ‘quality of life’, especially for those being killed.

  3. Larry Schmitt December 4th, 2014 at 15:26

    Yes, we can’t allow anyone to destroy the integrity of the full pack.

    • R.J. Carter December 4th, 2014 at 16:35

      Man, I’ve been playing it dangerous selling those fun-pack M&M bags for a quarter each. They’re clearly labelled “Not packaged for individual resale.”

      • neworleans878 December 4th, 2014 at 17:16

        I’d go on the lam if I were you. Rumor has it they’re already after you for tearing tags off of mattresses…

  4. Larry Schmitt December 4th, 2014 at 16:26

    Yes, we can’t allow anyone to destroy the integrity of the full pack.

    • R.J. Carter December 4th, 2014 at 17:35

      Man, I’ve been playing it dangerous selling those fun-pack M&M bags for a quarter each. They’re clearly labelled “Not packaged for individual resale.”

      • nola878 December 4th, 2014 at 18:16

        I’d go on the lam if I were you. Rumor has it they’re already after you for tearing tags off of mattresses…

  5. neworleans878 December 4th, 2014 at 15:27

    Spoken like a true a**hole.

  6. nola878 December 4th, 2014 at 16:27

    Spoken like a true a**hole.

  7. R.J. Carter December 4th, 2014 at 16:34

    There not being a whole lot of moonshiners in New York, I guess they had to go after the other taxable vice.

  8. R.J. Carter December 4th, 2014 at 17:34

    There not being a whole lot of moonshiners in New York, I guess they had to go after the other taxable vice.

  9. edmeyer_able December 4th, 2014 at 19:15

    Why not go after this you fu(king hypocrite….http://www.huffingtonpost.com/news/congress-insider-trading/
    Congress Just Quietly Made It Easier For Top Federal Employees To Inside Trade

    • Larry Schmitt December 4th, 2014 at 19:25

      Because he’s right in the middle of that. How do you think most congressmen end up a lot richer coming out than they were going in. It’s not from saving in their 401(k).

    • rg9rts December 5th, 2014 at 08:33

      How about when he outed the King of Jordan??

  10. edmeyer_able December 4th, 2014 at 20:15

    Why not go after this you fu(king hypocrite….http://www.huffingtonpost.com/news/congress-insider-trading/
    Congress Just Quietly Made It Easier For Top Federal Employees To Inside Trade

    • Larry Schmitt December 4th, 2014 at 20:25

      Because he’s right in the middle of that. How do you think most congressmen end up a lot richer coming out than they were going in. It’s not from saving in their 401(k).

    • rg9rts December 5th, 2014 at 09:33

      How about when he outed the King of Jordan??

  11. Spirit of America December 4th, 2014 at 19:48

    King is correct, you don’t let the stuff slide, it harms law abiding people/businesses. If a cop is going by or is called in because of it, make the arrest.

    Problem is, this isn’t about that, it is about excessive force for the situation.

    This is a case(king’s statements) of misdirection. Say something that sounds close to the topic, say it correctly, and he gets to avoid the real topic. And people who already want to take the cop’s side just because of it being a cop jump up and say “yea, he shouldn’t be selling those cigarettes!”…

    Negligent homicide was in my view perpetrated. And the involvement of such was by more than 1 man there.

  12. Spirit of America December 4th, 2014 at 20:48

    King is correct, you don’t let the stuff slide, it harms law abiding people/businesses. If a cop is going by or is called in because of it, make the arrest.

    Problem is, this isn’t about that, it is about excessive force for the situation.

    This is a case(king’s statements) of misdirection. Say something that sounds close to the topic, say it correctly, and he gets to avoid the real topic. And people who already want to take the cop’s side just because of it being a cop jump up and say “yea, he shouldn’t be selling those cigarettes!”…

    Negligent homicide was in my view perpetrated. And the involvement of such was by more than 1 man there.

  13. Warman1138 December 4th, 2014 at 21:46

    It sure took an awful large amount of police and lethal force to stop a cig from being sold.

    • whatthe46 December 4th, 2014 at 23:26

      especially given he didn’t have any.

      • rg9rts December 5th, 2014 at 08:35

        They were using him for training purposes

  14. Warman1138 December 4th, 2014 at 22:46

    It sure took an awful large amount of police and lethal force to stop a cig from being sold.

    • whatthe46 December 5th, 2014 at 00:26

      especially given he didn’t have any.

      • rg9rts December 5th, 2014 at 09:35

        They were using him for training purposes

  15. searambler December 4th, 2014 at 22:58

    “You can’t have people spitting on your windshield, and you can’t have people jumping over the turnstiles. As minor as those crimes seem, once you allow that to happen, it’s a breakdown.”

    And no one says these should be allowed to happen, you colossal lobcock. But these are not CAPITOL OFFENSES in a civilized nation! Why is that so fcking hard for people like you to acknowledge?!?!?

  16. searambler December 4th, 2014 at 23:58

    “You can’t have people spitting on your windshield, and you can’t have people jumping over the turnstiles. As minor as those crimes seem, once you allow that to happen, it’s a breakdown.”

    And no one says these should be allowed to happen, you colossal lobcock. But these are not CAPITOL OFFENSES in a civilized nation! Why is that so fcking hard for people like you to acknowledge?!?!?

  17. fancypants December 5th, 2014 at 01:54

    Happy holidays congressman

  18. fancypants December 5th, 2014 at 02:54

    Happy holidays congressman

  19. allison1050 December 5th, 2014 at 04:44

    His non-thoughts says quite a bit about the assholes who voted to send him to Congress and we wonder what’s wrong with our federal gov.?

    • rg9rts December 5th, 2014 at 08:32

      Long Island neonazis dear

  20. allison1050 December 5th, 2014 at 05:44

    His non-thoughts says quite a bit about the assholes who voted to send him to Congress and we wonder what’s wrong with our federal gov.?

    • rg9rts December 5th, 2014 at 09:32

      Long Island neonazis dear

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