[The_Media_never_lie]

I really don't see what else Scott could have done. If he just stood there with his hands up, they'd shoot him for disobeying orders.

Police shoot people for disobeying orders?

[mrjesse]

Police shoot people for disobeying orders?

If the order is to drop a gun, and the perp has a gun, police just might shoot him. What else would they do? Tackle a man known to have a gun? Or give the perp more time to think of his next move?

~Jesse

[mrjesse]

To all of your Law Enforcement and LE Families, please accept my apologies for offending you. That was not my goal.

But you have to realize that policeman are people too. Criminals are equal opportunity employees. They come in all shades, all degrees, and there are some in every industry.

I very much am grateful for police. They are very important in a civilized society. Unfortunately, like everyone else, they do things they shouldn’t — and due to their role as armed officers, someone usually gets killed when they mess up.

It is true that the hiring procedure for policemen is much more strict then McDonalds. But then, power tends to corrupt so some of that is offset.

It doesn’t take lot of searching the news to verify that this is a real problem, a problem which you must realize needs addressing.

It is easy to search the news and compile a long list of non-law enforcement people committing crimes. It’s just as easy to do so for police. That doesn’t mean that all policeman are bad, as a matter of fact, most are good. But that doesn’t mean that the problem doesn’t exist.

If you are (or are related to) a good law enforcement officer who obeys the same laws himself as he enforces on others and values the lives of others as his own, then THANK YOU. You are a vital asset to our society.

Also to all you law enforcement personnel, what is your take on the question of whether the life of a policeman is intrinsically worth more then that of a normal person? Whether such a belief is good or not, have you noticed that belief to seem common? Do you think it’s good or bad?

Good night. I must get rest.

~Jesse

[Ernie Kaputnik]

“Police shoot people for disobeying orders?”

Hope the lack of a sarcasm tag was an honest mistake on your part.

But if not, I'll answer that question for you:
Of course they do. All the time.

But, if you're lucky, and happen to be in the city of Fullerton, they may not shoot you. They may just handcuff you, then taze you, spray you with pepper spray and proceed to beat the living crap out of you until you're comatose. (Sarcasm tag deliberately not included.)

Silly question.

[Salamander]

They tasered my cousin to death because the big sissy wouldn’t stop running away and crying.

Somewhere between 3 and 5 cops zapped him at once.

It stopped him from running, alright...and stopped his heart.

Routine traffic stop but he was so terrified he panicked.

Dead guy leaves behind young daughter, now with no dad -or- mom.

The end.