Anaheim has become a huge problem out here. Not sure how a police officer can believe his life is in danger when someone is running away either.
I read a report once that only one percent of police officers ever pull out their gun in a 30 year career - let alone fire it - I am not sure what todays numbers are but we have a huge number of police shows on tv these days showing shootings weekly - this has to have some effect on leo’s.
“Not sure how a police officer can believe his life is in danger when someone is running away either.”
Answer: Bad guys carry guns. Some bad guys who carry guns run from the police. When bad guys, who carry guns, can’t outrun the police, they use those guns against the police.
The fundamental problem is that LE today has no relation to LE a couple of decades ago.
The entire industry was dumbed down and physicalled down in the interests of “diversity” about 20 or thirty years ago.
ALL the requirements that had evolved over many many years regarding physical ability, mental state of mind and motivation were gradually eroded in the name of “fairness”, just like everything else in our society today.
Now, we’re paying the price of that relaxation of standards and we have an LE industry littered with people who have no business in a position of authority of ANY kind, let alone one where they are legally empowered to use deadly force anytime they think it’s in their best interest to do so, and are encouraged, by their brotherhood, to then lie and coverup the facts.
For the first 60 years of my life, I had nothing but respect for any member of LE (even Traffic Enforcement) and always gave them the benefit of the doubt. Over the last five years or so, I’ve been doing a 180 on this matter, and no believe they are NOT my friend and haven’t been for a decade or so.
Oh sure, they’ll respond to crimes in progress (adrenaline junkies) and do some investigations from time to time, but for the most part they are bored with their day to day work environment and will FIND ways to harass the public and will strike back like a rattler when confronted (eg with cellphone recordings) about their questionable, overzealous behavior (eg “erroneous no knock assaults on the wrong household).
Sad state of affairs, brought on by diversity and fairness, coupled with ineffective internal disciplining.