[monday]

"The fact that this idiot wasn't shot is a testament to the professionalism of these fine young men who have sworn a duty to protect and serve. I'm sure you would have loved it if the perp had shot one of the police officers. You guys are here demanding that they lose their careers over this incident. Why don't you go a step further and demand that they lose their lives?"

sigh.... could you be any more melodramatic? No one would be happy if the UCP were shot. I haven't heard anyone say that as a matter of fact.

I don't know why I bother posting to someone so clearly removed from reality that you think the police could have been forgiven for shooting an unarmed man lying on the floor, whose only crime was not moving fast enough when told to leave.

Doesn't that sound a little crazy to you?

As for the hostile crowd. The UCP's own actions are what made the crowd hostle. If they want to avoid hostile crowds in the future, they might want to tone down the police brutality. At least wait until they get the suspect back to the police station.

[P-Marlowe]

No one would be happy if the UCP were shot.

A lot of people would be happy. There are plenty of anarchists and communists and terrorists and gang members who would like nothing more than to see police officers being shot and killed on a regular basis.

And quite frankly, advocating destroying a man's career over an incident like this is tantamount to wanting to see him dead. People quite often commit suicide when their careers are destroyed. Their lives are permanently ruined, whereas this perp's life was temporarily inconvienienced.

You have advocated firing these fine young men based on nothing more than reading this thread and vieiwing a video that, quite frankly, shows a perp with an attitude resisting arrest and otherwise taunting the police to do exactly what they did.

What do you do for a living? Anything? Or do you just sit here online and condemn police officers all day?