[Swordmaker]

There were kids killed by police in just such scenarios then as well. . . They were considered tragic accidents and errors in judgement. There were also police killed by kids with real guns that the cops thought were toys. It’s a two way street.

But the sixties and the culture today ARE NOT the same. They simply are not. We’ve had fifty years of the drug war that have seen to that. . . and that has made all the difference.

[Salamander]

Didn’t happen here then and still doesn’t.

The cops here are mostly good ol’ boys.

They’re not crazy with fear.

[driftdiver]

And yet drugs are more available then ever.

Perhaps, just perhaps, the current methods are not working.

[Ken H]

But the sixties and the culture today ARE NOT the same. They simply are not. We’ve had fifty years of the drug war that have seen to that. . . and that has made all the difference.

What do you mean when you say the drug war made all the difference?

[MamaTexan]

But the sixties and the culture today ARE NOT the same. They simply are not. We’ve had fifty years of the drug war that have seen to that. . . and that has made all the difference.

The difference is that cops used to know their job was to protect and serve and that such 'service' required them to put themselves at risk.

Most of today's cops want a risk-free job. As long as THEY get to go home at the end of the day, it's all good.....and they really don't seem to care who or what they have to shoot to do it.