Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

To: Dutchboy88

My point is that cops have a hell of a lot more power than I do. So their screw ups do a lot more damage. And the consequences should do a lot of damage to the cop that screws up. Do you think nothing should happen to cops that screw up and get the wrong house? Throwing flash bangs in. Screaming at the occupants. Throwing people to the ground. Standing on the back of necks. Do you think if people are treated like that for no reason, that cops should just be able to shrug their shoulders and say “Oh well, my bad”? i’d like to see them suffer serious consequences for that, to force cops to be extra careful to not make that mistake again. And if people are killed in a botched raid, the cops involved should go to prison (general population), just like any other criminal.


42 posted on 08/27/2014 5:33:25 PM PDT by christx30 (Freedom above all.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 36 | View Replies ]


To: christx30
"Do you think nothing should happen to cops that screw up and get the wrong house? Throwing flash bangs in. Screaming at the occupants. Throwing people to the ground. Standing on the back of necks. Do you think if people are treated like that for no reason, that cops should just be able to shrug their shoulders and say “Oh well, my bad”?"

Several things are apparent from your post. One, you believe this is happening 400 times a day, in every city, all over America. There is no reason to ask such silly questions unless you think this is common as drug deals. But, it is not common, at all. And, you hear about every one of them because you are dialed into this on the internet. There are a lot more serious problems out there, my FRiend. Second, what exactly do you mean "...for no reason." Do you think that the cops are just cruising over to Dunkin Donuts and say, "Hey, I have an idea...let's break this door down and scare the hell out of the occupants." When the errant entry happens there is an error in planning, execution, intel, whatever. Again, get a grip...the guys are trying to enforce the laws that make the neighborhood dangerous...the very neighborhood in which the errant entry is made. Third, the group of cop-haters around here spout this same nonsense...everyone is getting killed by rogue cops. It is so blatantly idiotic. You and the gang could not, would not, survive in your towns if you actually got what you wanted.

45 posted on 08/28/2014 9:38:33 AM PDT by Dutchboy88
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 42 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson