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It IS what the rest of the country is going through. Incompetent, out of control police officers.
I don't agree with that. I think the vast majority of police officers are both competent and in-control.
The problem is that there is a small number who are not and, it would appear, police departments and DAs are in no hurry to weed them out or to make them accountable.
How is it better that the police officer was trying to shoot the autistic guy holding a toy truck?
It's certainly better to shoot a screaming man who was reported to be armed with a gun and refused to follow commands, than shooting a guy with nothing in his hands who was complying with police orders.
That being said, I don't think the kneejerk reaction should be to blame all cops. Not all are bad. It seems as of late that people want to jump on a bandwagon of one bad apple means all bad apples. Definitely not the case here.
I agree, but then again I don't think many people blame all cops for this sort of thuggery. And those who do are not at all justified or rational, you're right.
However, this sort of thing does make it a lot harder for people to trust all cops - or any cops at all, for that matter. And that's entirely appropriate, under the circumstances.
And to me, that's the thing that ought to make good cops all over the country stand up and start to take action on this issue. You could make a pretty good argument that those 5 cops in Dallas died for this very reason, and the 3 in Baton Rouge as well. That's 8 police officers who left for work and never went home, 8 families who said goodbye to their father when he left and then never saw him again. And never will see him again. 8 cops who died because these uncontrolled, criminal shootings of innocent people are causing civilians all over the country to look at all police officers differently than they used to, and in some cases hate all police officers because of the crimes committed by just a few of them - and excused by the authorities who are responsible for supervising these officers.
For that reason alone, I would think that every cop in the country would have a strong interest in cleaning out the murdering trash who infest their ranks. Let alone that it's simply the right thing to do; it's also the smartest thing to do.
Last edited by Mr. In-Between; 07-21-2016 at 07:12 PM..
I agree, but then again I don't think many people blame all cops for this sort of thuggery. And those who do are not at all justified or rational.
However - this sort of thing does make it a lot harder for people to trust all cops. And that's entirely appropriate, under the circumstances.
No kidding.
My brother has asperger's. He is considered high-functioning, but he is still unable to live independently. He has a terrible temper, fortunately it takes a lot to set him off. But I've seen him misunderstand what is happening and react aggressively. It really hurts to see that autistic man so oblivious to what is going on around him - it looks as if in fact he also was yelling at his caretaker. And it really, really hurts to see that caretaker trying to protect him anyway, even while under threat from a policeman aiming a serious weapon at him.
If there were justice in the world, that police chief would be pinning a hero's medal on the caretaker.
Those cops? Not so much.
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