Wanna know why police are so agressive when approaching a vehicle no matter who is in it?
Sgt. Kelvin Ansari was killed when shots broke out after he and other officers were approaching a vehicle suspected as part of a robbery investigation.
Officer Jordan Sheldon, a K-9 officer, was shot during a routine traffic stop and died at a nearby hospital. The suspect fled but police traced him to his apartment, where they found him dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Deputy Justin DeRosier was responding to a disabled vehicle when he was shot. He was flown to a hospital in Vancouver, Washington, where he died.
Deputy Peter Herrera was shot after pulling over a vehicle during a traffic stop. He died two days later.
Deputy Ryan Thompson was responding to a complaint about a motorist and attempted to stop the vehicle. But the driver wouldn’t stop and officers took off after him. After he eventually pulled over, the motorist got out of the car and opened fire on the officers. Both Thompson and the driver were killed in the ensuing shootout.
Sgt. Wytasha Carter was shot and killed outside a bar and another officer was critically wounded as they responded to a report about car break-ins and caught them in a vehicle.
Officer Natalie Corona was shot and killed after responding to a three-vehicle crash, from a stolen car.
These are not all I could have posted. Every one one of these is car related, and the police officer was killed. And these are not ancient history, they have happened this year and we aren’t even half way through the year. In the film, the officer held the gun to the car, when the family exited, the gun was lowered.
How many dead officers are considered collateral damage? Or does enlisting in the police department lower your status as a human?
rwood
“Wanna know why police are so agressive when approaching a vehicle no matter who is in it?”
So because officers, in the line of duty, run into insane criminals, now all American citizens should be ok with guns drawn on them when stopped by the police? I am sorry, but I am not ok with that thought process.
I am afraid that many people are losing sight of what it means to be an American citizen, and the rights inherent due to the sacrifice of those before us.
In no way, no matter how bad an officers day, week, month, or year have been, should they be immediately pointing a gun at any American citizen. That gun should only be drawn when coming up to level and firing.
This kind of stuff needs to be stopped. It seems that training is the big change between the old days and today. Officers should first be trained in the rights of the citizen, and how their first duty is to protect those rights, not curtail those rights for some perceived threat or safety for themselves. Officers, by the nature of their work, need to accept inherent risk. You cannot keep yourself 100% safe without infringing on the rights of innocent Americans.
For instance, having your service weapon pointed at the head of a 5mph speeder keeps you 100% safe, it does not however, keep the rights of that citizen safe and secure.
This is where the police of old really shined compared to those we see today. They accepted risk in order to keep our liberties in tact. Something to be proud of in my opinion, and something I wish more current officers would look up to.