For the most part ordinary people aren't going to undertake serious acts of violence when their kids are present. On the other hand, there's a continuing history of this sort of stuff on the part of cops, whether it's a cop shooting a kid in the back in Cincinnati, or a sheriff blowing away a kid in Ruby Ridge.
Until the Pinellas Park cops can show that they are to be trusted they should be disarmed. No doubt they have little experience with crowds of this nature.
That's a pretty strong generalization of policemen and I'm not letting it go unchallenged. We had almost 100 cops killed here on 9/11 who could have easily taken themselves out of the area of harm; instead they saved lives and lost their own.
Mistakes have been made, especially when the volume gets turned up and the adrenaline and fear is pumping, by cops in all states, but for the most part they are trying to protect innocent people from the scum of the earth.
I got enough of police-hatred from my years on the left; where they were always privately referred to as pigs and storm troopers. Please, let's not make this about bashing the police; their job is hard enough.
Tell me more about that "kid" in Cincinnati. Was he peacefully protesting? And was it a "sheriff" that killed a kid at Ruby Ridge?
If you have such a peaceful crowd outside the hospice, why are you worried about a cop killing a kid. You had better worry about some Evangelical whack job or Bo Dietz. So far two evangelicals have been arrested for planning or soliciting someone to kill Schivao or a judge. All it takes is one whack job to show up and pull a gun and cause a stampede. Maybe kids shouldnt be there. Maybe bringing kids to such an environment is child abuse.