Vigilantes With A Badge: Warrior Cops Endanger Our Lives And Freedoms

Rutherford Institute ^ | 31AUG18 | John W. Whitehead

[Yogafist]

Ok, I’ll bite. Exactly when was this magical time that there were no bad cops? Was it when Wyatt Earp was settling personal vendettas in Tombstone? Was it during the corruption of prohibition America? How about when cops were violating civil rights by dragging black people from busses and schools? Maybe it was during the late 60’s or 70’s when cops would show up at a domestic violence scene and tell the victim she had caused enough trouble, to find another place to sleep that night. There are over 800,000 sworn cops in this country, if they were as bad as this propaganda wants you to believe, there would be a lot more stories in the news each day.

[Freedomlibertyjustice]

You’re a real tough guy. You want to shoot some cops? Why don’t you join up with your antifa homies. Tough guy.

[Freedomlibertyjustice]

Why are you posting this inflammatory bullshit. Cops train using basic silhouette targets.

What is wrong with you?

[Freedomlibertyjustice]

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

As a result of the increasing militarization of the police in recent years, however, the police now not only look like the military—with their foreboding uniforms and phalanx of lethal weapons—but they function like them, as well.

Well, no.

Any squad of military personal who behaved anything like the current police would find themselves in Leavenworth making big rocks into little rocks.

Not even overseas in a war zone.

Better to say they act like hollywood imagines the military behaves like.

And a good portion of this "police culture" comes straight out of hollywood.

[wardaddy]

I said cops are over militarized and I stand by it

Your post is of straw construction

No offense

I’ll be happy to argue about what I actually posted

[doorgunner69]

Your boys are the ones that those pregnant woman and old man targets were created for.

Aim a loaded rifle at me and see what happens.

[Freedomlibertyjustice]

We train using basic silhouette targets. That post was garbage. Don’t threaten me, punk.

[MileHi]

That’s exactly what happened to Jose Guerena, the young ex-Marine who was killed after a SWAT team kicked open the door of his Arizona home during a drug raid and opened fire. According to news reports, Guerena, 26 years old and the father of two young children, grabbed a gun in response to the forced invasion but never fired. In fact, the safety was still on his gun when he was killed. Police officers were not as restrained. The young Iraqi war veteran was allegedly fired upon 71 times. Guerena had no prior criminal record, and the police found nothing illegal in his home.

That incident was and is an outrage, and no one was ever held accountable.

[MileHi]

More cop-bashing drivel...

Yeah, sure, that's all it is.

[MileHi]

We train using basic silhouette targets.

Ahh, no wonder you are all over this, you are part of the problem.

[null and void]

Those were targets that were SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED by local, state, and federal police agencies, and ordered from Law Enforcement Targets, Inc. during the obama years.

Are you trying to whitewash just how close we came?

What is wrong with you?

Is your search engine broken?

LET me help you...

Please pay particular attention to this quote from LET, Inc.:

This product line was originally requested and designed by the law enforcement community to train police officers for unusually complex situations where split-second decisions could lead to unnecessary loss of life.

[fortes fortuna juvat]

>>What does the Rutherford Institute have to say about the real threats to Americans, those being Antifa, the media, Black Lives Matter and corrupt politicians?<<

That is a very good question.

[fortes fortuna juvat]

>>More cop-bashing drivel (with which I’m sure Sharpton and Obama agree wholeheartedly). And it even has groovy cartoons, so it must be true!<<

Well and truly said.

[fortes fortuna juvat]

>>Nonsense. Elite tactical units are a necesssry part of modern law-enforcement. If anything, we don’t call on them enough.<<

Well and truly said.

[fortes fortuna juvat]

>> Aim a loaded rifle at me and see what happens.<<

I agree: Or even an unloaded one!