It has nothing to do with perceived value of life. It has to do with the fact that Govt Employees PUT THEIR LIVES ON THE LINE far more often than you do. FBI, Secret Service, Federal Investigators, TSA, are all out there to keep you safe. They place their lives in harm’s way, to protect you. The idea is to make the criminal think twice before killing them; so they can go home to their families after work, just like you.
I’m interested in going home to MY family after work too. Nothing against first responders, but why should the government value my life more cheaply than theirs?
Bullspit. LEOs choose that line of employment for money. The average Joe walking don the street has a right to life liberty and the pursuit of happiness as endowed by his Creator The govt employee is a hired hand. Granted, they also have the same rights as the average Joe, but in the line of work, they are not nor should be entitled to “some animals are more equal(important) than others” treatment.
Said as a two-career govt employee, third effort as a small business owner so don’t bother with any torrid responses. It won’t work, nor do I care. I was not a protected class, nor am I yet.
Murder is murder. Regardless whether the victim is a 2 day post conception unborn or a 99 year old semi vegetative state person, or a cop.
Some individuals forfeit their rights/lives by their actions, within the construct of the rule of law.
The best way to insure cops or average Joes get to go home after work is to assure the nation that all of us are protected by the same laws equally and without equivocation. Thinking that some status of employment makes one more protected than any other person is just un-American in its fabric.
Something about “all men are created equal” and “endowed by their Creator with certain un/inalienable rights” happens to get in the way of that elitist mode of thinking.