That is almost always the case. So why should police officers be afraid of repercussions if they went in and shot the killer? They are almost never hung out to dry by their brass.
I’m sick of this motto that the Cops have to go home safe. When did they stop laying their lives on the line? I’ve read, seen, watched years of the COP shows, and one or two would breech homes with a reported shooter.
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That is one of those unfortunate ‘mottoes’ that come back and ‘bite you in the ass’.
One can understand the meaning of it and certainly it is true, but same can be said of the Asphalt paving worker that is resurfacing on the Interstate. Or ANYBODY that walks down the street of a city etc.
Also we started pointing out cops as heroes for simply doing the job that is the basis of their employment.
Those NYC and FDNY and the rest that RAN BACK INTO THE BUILDINGS were and are HEROES in the sense of the word as it was meant to be.
While the Police in the Alexandria shooting were ‘brave’ and stood their ground, they were NOT heroic in the true sense of the word...theirs - in a respect - was a kill or be killed situation.
Then we ‘have’ to point out one cop is not only a woman, she is lesbian. WTF does it matter?
SHE did her job. If ‘WE’ don’t think she was capable or are amazed that she stood her ground, maybe she shouldn’t have been there in the first place.
I remember a few years back there was a big deal about the lack of Black Fireman in a Baltimore graduating class. O’Malley was the Mayor and it turned out that the class had been assembled earlier and lack of money made them keep putting the class back and no one really noticed ‘or cared’ that it was ‘lily white’. Come to be that when the class was organized there were plenty of ‘others’ BUT the delay in start ‘forced’ many to go get some work and get on with their lives so they ended up with an all White team.
Baltimore took IMMEDIATE action though and had a recruitment campaign that basically shut out Whites, get these guys together and form a class IMMEDIATELY.
Would like to see how that turns out in the long run.
In the course of everything the ‘man/lady’ in the street included a ‘HUGE’ Black Lady being interviewed and getting her opinion..HER comment “If I am on the 4th floor and my fat ass is trapped I am not going to be checking on the color of the person at the top of the ladder’.
Even at 78 I tend to head toward gunfire and the yelling of fire, I realize I am probably just going to get in the way BUT I certainly hope that I wouldn’t have to ‘fight off LEO types while trying to ‘rescue’ someone.
Right, Wrong or Indifferent, it is a sad person that just hunkers down and doesn’t move - ORDERS or not— especially when you can hear the carnage going on from a SAFE distance.
We have to go back to hiring Police, Fire, FBI on a basis of real life experience, not so much emphasis on education, sex, gender (or supposed lack of), sexual orientation and the ability to carry modest weight in a stressful situation.
YOU can’t teach GUTS and what some would call ‘stupid behavior’ (RACING INTO GUNFIRE) but the men that were there when it was necessary no longer seem to be in our presence.
COPs that I grew up with and were around and I knew earlier in life would NEVER have acted the way these guys- I don’t mean to broadbrush but with the lawsuits for most anything, one almost has to wait for ORDERS to storm the building lest he be disciplined for not following procedure -
THE LIVES OF THE PEOPLE YOU ARE SWORN TO PROTECT ARE SECONDARY, which in itself is pathetic ESPECIALLY when Police Chiefs (POLITICAL APPOINTEES) who need a driver because they don’t know the way around the city they protect as they have worked in 10 different cities to allow them to be YOUR POLICE COMMISSIONER/CHIEF, these same guys/gals will get up in front of the microphone along with YOUR elected officials and damn ‘private’ gun carrying (ie licensed carriers) while not acting to protect individuals until it is entirely safe.
THE denutting of American Males is nearing its peak - sadly, and WE have to snap out of it.