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Mr. Kevvy Send message Joined: 15 May 99 Posts: 3776 Credit: 1,114,826,392 RAC: 3,319 |
Unfortunately, the violence is now on-topic... St. Louis police are saying they no longer consider a protest at a downtown intersection peaceful and they’re asking that demonstrators leave the area. |
betreger Send message Joined: 29 Jun 99 Posts: 11361 Credit: 29,581,041 RAC: 66 |
Most people do not understanding that most Police Departments and their Officer's. Don't care about the 'issue' or ideology behind violent demonstrations. That may be the most intelligent thing you have said this year. You're on a roll. |
MOMMY: He is MAKING ME Read His Posts Thoughts and Prayers. GOoD Thoughts and GOoD Prayers. HATERWORLD Vs THOUGHTs and PRAYERs World. It Is a BATTLE ROYALE. Nobody LOVEs Me. Everybody HATEs Me. Why Don't I Go Eat Worms. Tasty Treats are Wormy Meat. Yes Send message Joined: 16 Jun 02 Posts: 6895 Credit: 6,588,977 RAC: 0 |
Shows how MOST Coppers are GOoD and Right. And How Most Protesters/Rioters/Looters/Thugs are BAD and WRONG. aka ........[CharpDots]......... Yep GOoD and RIGHT Yap May we All have a METAMORPHOSIS. REASON. GOoD JUDGEMENT and LOVE and ORDER!!!!! |
Mr. Kevvy Send message Joined: 15 May 99 Posts: 3776 Credit: 1,114,826,392 RAC: 3,319 |
Shows how MOST Coppers are GOoD and Right. The overwhelming majority of police officers (at least in the U.S. and Canada) are indeed good people, won't get into legal trouble through the course of their duties, peacefully resolve conflicts where possible, use only the minimal amount of force required to protect life, property and uphold the law, protect others sometimes at risk to their own lives, and are exemplary citizens. This is not the problem. A small minority of police officers (as with every other group) are violent, bigoted, corrupt, dishonest, or a combination of all four. Ideally they will be caught at it and fired and/or prosecuted, so... this is not the problem. Some bizarre ethical mutation causes the overwhelming majority, as well as the judicial/legal system, to protect the small minority from the consequences of their actions. This is the problem. |
betreger Send message Joined: 29 Jun 99 Posts: 11361 Credit: 29,581,041 RAC: 66 |
Some bizarre ethical mutation causes the overwhelming majority, as well as the judicial/legal system, to protect the small minority from the consequences of their actions. This is the problem. I disagree, this is a problem not the problem. |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30651 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
+1Some bizarre ethical mutation causes the overwhelming majority, as well as the judicial/legal system, to protect the small minority from the consequences of their actions. This is the problem. Unions are a problem. Institutional racism is a problem. Societal racism is a problem. Self investigation is a problem. Asset forfeiture is a problem. Quotas are a problem. Promotions based on busts are a problem. Lack of quality assurance is a problem. Fines as a source of police salaries is a problem. Lack of national standards is a problem. I'm sure there are several score more. |
MOMMY: He is MAKING ME Read His Posts Thoughts and Prayers. GOoD Thoughts and GOoD Prayers. HATERWORLD Vs THOUGHTs and PRAYERs World. It Is a BATTLE ROYALE. Nobody LOVEs Me. Everybody HATEs Me. Why Don't I Go Eat Worms. Tasty Treats are Wormy Meat. Yes Send message Joined: 16 Jun 02 Posts: 6895 Credit: 6,588,977 RAC: 0 |
Some bizarre ethical mutation causes the overwhelming majority, as well as the judicial/legal system, to protect the small minority from the consequences of their actions. This is the problem NOPE. All Contacts between Police and Citizens is a POTENTIAL DEATH to dA COPPER. When dA VAST MAJORITY of Citizens of Certain Persuasions DO NOT COMPLY with Coppers, this UPs dA Contact to Possible and Probable DEATH fO ALL Coppers. Dats dA PROBLEM Thank GOoDness Coppers have LETHAL FORCE on Their Side[s]. Gots dA REAL TRUTH of It Yap May we All have a METAMORPHOSIS. REASON. GOoD JUDGEMENT and LOVE and ORDER!!!!! |
MOMMY: He is MAKING ME Read His Posts Thoughts and Prayers. GOoD Thoughts and GOoD Prayers. HATERWORLD Vs THOUGHTs and PRAYERs World. It Is a BATTLE ROYALE. Nobody LOVEs Me. Everybody HATEs Me. Why Don't I Go Eat Worms. Tasty Treats are Wormy Meat. Yes Send message Joined: 16 Jun 02 Posts: 6895 Credit: 6,588,977 RAC: 0 |
Watchin' 'Tuck' dA Other Day when This 'Beauty' was On. Man O Live. If 'Sarge' had a Son......[CharpDots].........Nah http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/09/16/college-puts-professor-who-tweeted-about-teaching-future-dead-cops-on-administrative-leave.html Admin 'Leave'. Wat A JOKE. GET A HAIRCUT COMMIE while Youse is On 'Leave'. Wonderful Wavy Locks of Yap May we All have a METAMORPHOSIS. REASON. GOoD JUDGEMENT and LOVE and ORDER!!!!! |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24879 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
Not a report about individual police officers, but an interesting one nonetheless. Are US police too quick to shoot? |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24879 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
Opinions are like myths & legends, they contain a grain of truth. |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24879 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
"Grain of", not Field of... Is correct regarding that opinion piece.As you seem to be the master of that "field of", care to advise all of what the "grain of" is? |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30651 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
Not a report about individual police officers, but an interesting one nonetheless. Say the same about the unarmed officers in all the countries that do not have routine police armed. The result of these unarmed police forces is a much lower level of violence and crime. Bullies create violence. Just like armed brown shirt thugs and Kristallnacht. |
OzzFan Send message Joined: 9 Apr 02 Posts: 15691 Credit: 84,761,841 RAC: 28 |
Some bizarre ethical mutation causes the overwhelming majority, as well as the judicial/legal system, to protect the small minority from the consequences of their actions. This is the problem Yeah, it's a real good thing cops have deadly force on their side so they don't have to analyze a situation and deal with it appropiately and accordingly, ignoring what bystanders are screaming at them while they resort to upholding the law. (And by the way, I subscribe to Mr. Kevvy's statements that most cops are good.) |
betreger Send message Joined: 29 Jun 99 Posts: 11361 Credit: 29,581,041 RAC: 66 |
"Grain of", not Field of... Is correct regarding that opinion piece.As you seem to be the master of that "field of", care to advise all of what the "grain of" is? I saw no insult just a logical question. |
Mr. Kevvy Send message Joined: 15 May 99 Posts: 3776 Credit: 1,114,826,392 RAC: 3,319 |
One of the strongly contributing factors to this is a militarization of the police, where they are being given stronger and stronger lethal weapons and unfortunately their training reflects this. (I was utterly flabbergasted even at the concept of police bayonets, one of the military weapons formerly prohibited for police forces yet somehow now allowed...) Thus when there is a bad situation requiring a fast assessment, that assessment is immediately going to be directed to the firearm and shooting centre of mass or other lethal response, rather than towards the most effective non-lethal solution available and minimal force required to solve the problem. For example, a person with a possible mental issue armed with a simple blunt object ie a hammer or pipe could be rendered ineffective by an officer in riot gear with a riot shield... this gear makes one impervious to such a weapon. This is standard-issue kit... why aren't police putting it on to confront people in these situations so they don't have to pull their sidearm? ie pin them with the shield while whacking them with a truncheon if required and then other officers can restrain them for good. Also works wonders against tiny pocket knives or screwdrivers or other barely-lethal weapons that so many people have been shot dead over. As an example of the contrast between police training in Europe and North America, we have the incident of unarmed Swedish police officers on vacation who non-violently subdued people fighting on the New York subway. Their training includes how to non-violently restrain violent suspects, etc., and emphasis on de-escalation. This is pretty much standard in European police forces. |
j mercer Send message Joined: 3 Jun 99 Posts: 2422 Credit: 12,323,733 RAC: 1 |
Your example has three or four LEO subduing one unarmed violent person that was not advancing on them. That is a little different than one or two LEO dealing with an advancing armed/unarmed? violent person. ... |
W-K 666 Send message Joined: 18 May 99 Posts: 19065 Credit: 40,757,560 RAC: 67 |
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Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30651 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
Mr. Kevvy, I agree completely. The rules for US police forces seem better suited for Bodie than today. Stare decisis is the problem. Rules set in the 1800's are still the rule today. The pitchforks are starting to come out. |
W-K 666 Send message Joined: 18 May 99 Posts: 19065 Credit: 40,757,560 RAC: 67 |
Just ask yourself, would this have happened in any European country? This silly idea that a police officer is allowed to open fire any time a member of the public doesn't do what the officer thinks is the normal reaction, needs to be stopped. Opening fire should be the last remaining option, not one of the first. |
betreger Send message Joined: 29 Jun 99 Posts: 11361 Credit: 29,581,041 RAC: 66 |
Just ask yourself, would this have happened in any European country? Yes, Franco Spain, Nazi Germany, all of the Soviet Bloc, Russia today to name a few. |
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