Tough Day To Be In Law Enforcement

[Archie Moses]

Back to the original post which started this thread - the shooting of police officers in my hometown. A pair of officers responded to a domestic violence call from a woman. A man answers the door and is combative. He shuts the door, goes inside, cracks open the door and shoots the nearest officer in the head. Other law enforcement officers (the ones from my office) were close by and responded to the call, helping to retrieve the body of the fallen officer and kill the suspect, even though they sustained injuries.

So here's the question - if the officers that responded to the call were not armed, would the suspect have been as combative? Was he afraid for his life? Is that why he got out the gun (a semi-auto)? OR would all of the officers who responded have been mowed down because they didn't have weapons? Honestly, it's tough to say. The fact that other countries manage better says that perhaps armed officers inherently escalate situations just because they have guns. But I have no idea. You'd think someone would have figured that out, though.

I think every case is different but if I were betting, I'd bet more people shot officers because they are emotionally enraged and don't want to be arrested more than anything else.

I can't imagine that guy being any less of a POS if the cops showed up without guns.

Sorry to hear about the officers in your office and Godspeed to the officer after his end of watch.

 

[Archie Moses]

I confess I am ill informed on this topic but I don't understand why so many politicians are silent or gaurded on the subject of police reforms. They dance all over themselves to show support for protestors without ever saying anything about the police or police practices. Do the police have that much politcal power?

I rewatched the Rodney King video today, it had been years. That was supposed to be a turning point, a generation's wake up. It wasn't. If the politicans agree with us why don't they just make police reforms?

I watched the Rodney King video (as much as I could before I had to turn it off) a few nights ago. It broke my heart and made feel depressed. Just think about all the other black people who have been beaten by the police for being black that's not captured on film.

Some people are just really ****ing terrible.

 

[The Thriller]

Whatever tucker is encouraging his viewers to do, it doesn’t sound good. It sounds very terroristy timoerhy McVeighy

 

[The Thriller]

Maybe Washington should call the national guard to save the public from the police?



I thought the mayor banned the use of tear gas?



I’m trying to find articles to learn more information about this. I wonder if Seattle’s police should take a page out of what they’ve done in other places and stop escalating things. Seems like other places have distanced the police from
Crowds with better outcomes. But like I said, I’m interested in learning more about this to see how/why this played out the way it did.

 

[candrew]

I hit a Canadian police officer once. After he got up off the ground he apologized for hurting my hand.

 

[Eminence]

So if all of us dumb ***** on a sports board can figure out that the war on drugs (especially weed) isn't doing us any good why the hell can't our politicians?

 

[Ron Mexico]

Another great segment from John Oliver. The last 30 seconds is very powerful.

 

[Ron Mexico]

This gave me a good chuckle.

 

[Eminence]

So you want to amend the Constitution, limit personal freedoms, give more power to a government that is already failing us, all to stop unjustified police shootings? Let's keep in mind that about 25-50 (depending on what data you read, which is out of about 1,000 total police related deaths) unarmed people are killed by the police every year.

To contract, about 100 people die every day in car accidents. What personal freedoms can we take away to limit unnecessary car deaths?

I think 'distracted' driving is the biggest cause of accidents, so things to limit that would be the big thing to target.

Of course soon automated cars will relieve us of our problem

 

[Archie Moses]

And the best Canadian arrest goes to.

 

[Archie Moses]

So if all of us dumb ***** on a sports board can figure out that the war on drugs (especially weed) isn't doing us any good why the hell can't our politicians?

Generation gap.

 

[Keefe]

Generation gap.

Surely you jest.

 

[fishonjazz]

I watched the Rodney King video (as much as I could before I had to turn it off) a few nights ago. It broke my heart and made feel depressed. Just think about all the other black people who have been beaten by the police for being black that's not captured on film.

Some people are just really ****ing terrible.

I forget but back in those days there weren't camera phones everywhere right? Or were there?

Who filmed that?/how was it filmed?

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[fishonjazz]

So if all of us dumb ***** on a sports board can figure out that the war on drugs (especially weed) isn't doing us any good why the hell can't our politicians?

Big pharma and the alcohol companies stand to lose too much money.

Politicians (and our country in general) place more value on money/profits than they do on people.


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[The Thriller]

There is no bottom



great breakdown by The Post on the tear gas photo op episode.

 

[Avery]

There is no bottom

Trump could be a necrophiliac. I’m not saying he is, not saying he isn’t, just could be. I mean, he’s never not said he is so he might dig up dead bodies and **** them, how do we know? I mean, could be true.

Character assassination on Twitter and Reddit burns me every time. Get some facts before spitting vitriol.

 

[candrew]

I forget but back in those days there weren't camera phones everywhere right? Or were there?

Who filmed that?/how was it filmed?

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Some dude bought one of those clunky handycams and just happened to be playing around with it (I think on his balcony or near his apartment or something) and came across the incident.

Total coincidence.

 

[Eminence]

Trump could be a necrophiliac. I’m not saying he is, not saying he isn’t, just could be. I mean, he’s never not said he is so he might dig up dead bodies and **** them, how do we know? I mean, could be true.

Character assassination on Twitter and Reddit burns me every time. Get some facts before spitting vitriol.

I'm not sure that'd be any lower.

 

[Archie Moses]

Surely you jest.

Mainly tongue in cheek but some truth in it too. Many politicians and voters of a certain age and 100% against drugs being used recreationally because that's what they were taught growing up. There's a lot more bigger reasons though.

 

[candrew]

There is no bottom



[/MEDIA]

Of course - One America News. Who else?

I watched them for about an hour once. They make Fox News look like NPR.