[Responsibility2nd]

 

Indeed, you have identified the root cause of the problem - police officers working day to day in a world gone crazy where something as seemingly innocent and trivial as telling a couple of teens to stop walking in the middle of the street can escalate into a life or death confrontation in a heartbeat.

The tragedy's that happened to Mr Brown is a symptom of that much larger root cause problem we collectively face as a nation in this day and age

Thank you for those comments.

I wonder why so many expect our police forces in America to be little more than Sheriff Taylor and Officer Friendly when in fact our culture and our society is fast becoming a composite of Ferguson, MO. If anything, I wonder why there aren't MORE cops shooting dogs and flash-banging babies and grand-ma's; given the overall condition of the USA.

I'm not condoning any rogue behaviour of any LEO's here. I'm simply commenting on the parallel between the free-fall of culture and the natural result to donut munchers everywhere.

 

[Califreak]

My son briefly toyed with the idea of being a police officer.

I begged him not to.

It is a dangerous and thankless job.

[bamahead]

I'm simply commenting on the parallel between the free-fall of culture and the natural result to donut munchers everywhere.

Still - somebody had to give the LEO's the legal 'authority' to run roughshod over the 2nd, 4th, 5th amendments to arrive at this messy juncture we're at now.

Dubious search warrant justifications, Civil Asset Forfeiture Laws, Police Militarization, SWAT raids on toddlers - all byproducts of removing many of the inconvienent restrictions on LEO's jobs that were imposed by a little thing called the US Constitution...