My niece got a ticket in Gainesville for getting on her bike while the light was changing from red to green. The ticket cost here $125 and she had to go to traffic school since it was deemed a traffic violation. She did not talk back, throw a hissy fit, etc. She is alive today to complain about the Gainesville police.
We don’t give out non judicial death sentences for being disrespectful to the cops.
They should have thicker skin or get a different job.
I support Wilson. Brown put him in fear for his life by any standard, but that doesn’t mean I support every cop who kills somebody who isn’t “obeying”.
I guess concerns about a police state in this country are so last year around here.
The truth is that 0bama is militarizing our police at all levels of government.
That should be a concern to anyone who cares about freedom.
I wonder how patient they will be with those who don’t obey when the cops show up to make sure a minister performs a gay “marriage” or else.
Cops need to know we have their back when their actions are lawful and legitimate. But they also need to know that we aren’t going to knee jerk support every damned killing just by virtue of the fact that they were working and the decent was disrespectful or uncooperative.
IMHO
Both brown and garner would be alive if police showed civility too. Why do cops always get confrontational rather than conversational?