Posted on 08/29/2011 1:01:22 PM PDT by La Enchiladita
FULLERTON, Calif. (KTLA) -- The Orange County district attorney's office has released a list of at least 18 threats made against Fullerton police officers in the wake of the death of homeless man Kelly Thomas following a confrontation with six officers.
Some of the threats have included explicit mentions of violence.
In one instance, a call was made to the Fullerton police dispatch center threatening that "a bomb will go off in your place soon."
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Fullerton is just over the hill from where I am.
I don’t see that as so much of a threat as it is prudent advice. If I lived in a place like North Korea, Syria, Zimbabwe, China, Burma, or Fullerton where the police beat up people after handcuffing them I think I’d be inclined to resist. It’s nice to live in a state like Wyoming where the police are much more a part of the community than they are in Fullerton and we generally don’t worry about this kind of thing.
Prepare and get ready? How is that a threat of violence?
I heard three loud comments from the public about skinhead dog shooters. They didn't give a crap and just engaged in mutual praise of each other's ninja copness.
I guess if the cops increasing act more like third world death squads than police officers who go around shooting dogs and murdering people then government, large or small, should not be surprised when this happens.
Perhaps the police shouldn’t beat people to death after they have them restrained.
You must be a cop hater, everyone knows those heros are better than us. As for their toys, heck the cook might have got their order wrong and deserved some ninja treatment.
Agreed, somehow, they never seem to think that gee, they might be the source of the problem. They expect everyone to support them and they release these threats and expect sympathy...
They brought this on themselves. I don’t support or condone what is likely to happen to these officers but again, they brought it on themselves. Cops need to stop acting like everyone is the enemy before everyone decides to agree and become their enemies.
I’d highly recommend an immediate stop to the para-militarization of law enforcement before it’s too late. There’s no reason for cops to have full auto weapons on duty and there’s no reason that they have to act like wanna be special forces. Frankly, that attitude that they think they are elite is embarrassing and shameful.
I don't know if you have followed the story or not, but there are no less than 4 investigations into the Kelly Thomas incident in progress, including one by the FBI. Instead, you and the anonymous threat-makers have already decided what you want to do with Fullerton police. I don't believe in mob lynchings and prefer instead to wait for, and accept, the findings of the investigations. This is where I differ from your "angry mob" approach.
And, really, Fullerton is NOT North Korea, Syria, Zimbabwe, etc. Get a grip, girl.
Your approach is the very reason why police officers do NOT live in the communities they police. Yes, I know a little bit about Wyoming and, in my experience, law enforcement there does not mess around, nor would you be threatening them.
I have a cabin in Pinedale, WY. You are right, heartland cops generally tend to be part of the community.
In SoCal, my full-time home, a lot of cops are “us-vs-them” rogues.
You people are such babies. Really, do you think police officers should be social workers and gently pet suspects, even when the suspects are violent and dangerous? Wake up and recognize the real world, where dangerous people live, and police are necessary wherever human beings reside.
Find yourself a society that does not have a police force and get back to me on how that is working out.
Also, if people threaten police officers in general and shoot at them just about every day as is happening in L.A., then people should not be surprised if they get no response the next time they dial 9-1-1.
If the cops are going to respond like the Fullerton Force when folks dial 9-1-1, then the people very likely ARE better off without them. It kinda all hangs on the cops’ behavior in the line of duty, doesn’t it.
Thugs is as thugs does.
Don’t want to be treated like one; don’t be one.
Severe haircuts are in the works.
In my youth...I lived right near F.J.C.
Having a police force is fine, having one that thinks it’s a special forces unit is not.
Police are not necessary in the role that they have assumed. You may want to live in a nanny state, I do not. Look at what is happening now with the TSA. They are trying very hard to expand their authority to any type of transportation. I guess you’ll be thrilled every time a TSA Nazi wants to see your papers at every check point on the road.
Ever ask yourself why criminals are so violent and dangerous now? I’ll tell you why, we tolerate it. Societal moral standards are dismal now. A lack of guts on sentencing and pandering to criminals overshadowing the Rights of the criminalized have contributed a great deal to the problem. Jack boot SWAT teams are not the answer. All they are accomplishing is creating a serious divide between law enforcement and the public. Most people view cops in a very poor way now, not like 50 years ago when cops were part of the community, they’ve elevated themselves out of that and are now considered outsiders in many areas. Events like the one in the OP don’t help that.
I’ve seen more of the “real world” as you put it than most people. Places where law enforcement act like jack booted thugs, resentment and distrust are very high and the cops are quite literally in danger. In places where LE is part of the community and don’t act like a bunch of Nazi’s, well, they are much better received and welcomed into people’s lives.
If you want to live with JBT’s, that’s your choice. I’ve seen it first hand, I don’t like it, don’t want it, and won’t accept it.
Not all of it. When a suspect resists, there is give and take. The police have been trained in procedure which they must follow; the suspect can do whatever he likes and often they do, even when handcuffed. The investigations will determine if procedure was followed by the Fullerton Police. They didn't go to the scene on a lark. They responded to a report of a crime in progress; that's their job. It's not like other jobs. It's not tea and sympathy.
Are you aware that just two days ago, LAPD made a stop in response to car burglaries and one officer was shot in broad daylight? Was the policeman a thug simply for wearing a uniform and a badge and doing his job?
Freedom doesn't mean lack of law enforcement; that is due to human nature, which at its lowest needs a forceful remedy. Police don't try suspects, they just apprehend them. Then the suspects have the rights accorded by our justice system. It's not frontier justice.
I'm sorry but your rationale has a liberal tinge, in that you blame the behavior of criminals on the presence of police. It's always someone else's fault, everyone's fault except the perpetrator.
Fullerton has even more trouble of this nature. Looks as though they need a serious house cleaning before they are sued into bankruptcy.
Read this: http://www.ocregister.com/news/mam-134979-ocprint-police-officer.html
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