Posted on 12/11/2013 12:40:46 PM PST by Kaslin
Be careful about calling the police is the lesson I think. Interesting turn of developments that I did not see coming...
Cops must be turned from para-military carabinieri BACK to what they were intended to be; PEACE OFFICERS.
THis insanity has to stop.
If they want to be part of an army, they should join the military where they can use these tactics against people who shoot back, not unarmed citizens.
The PBA and FOP are instruments of public oppression and union thuggery.
Picturing Barney Fife loading a 30 shot magazine before heading off to make an arrest.
The sheriffs in our quiet town, whose job used to be confined to giving out speeding tickets on our section of the local highway, and chasing teenagers with beer from the public park after hours, now have a SWAT team and armored vehicles.
Why? I guess because the Federal Government is paying for it all.
I think the Redus case is a very poor example to choose. If it indeed happened as the police contend, it was justified, and it has little to do with the subject at hand. There are many more relevant examples that could have been used for an intro.
These days, after reading article after article of cops deliberately behaving like Hitler's Storm Troopers, I'm beginning to have my doubts. I'm beginning to think the idea of beating up some poor, law abiding citizen, and killing his pet dog, gives these Storm Troopers a hard on.
the Word may still be Incarnate, but Incarnate Word College’s students may lose their personal incarnate status rather quickly on this campus?
seems a bit contradictory, especially for a Church that has been in the vanguard of the right to life...
They do join the military. They go to war, killing people and breaking things, as they should. Then, they return and join or rejoin police forces, bringing their lessons learned to the new “enemy”.
That is the gist of the problem right there. And allegedly conservative "law-and-order" types who refuse to question the methods of the police are not helping things one bit.
,p> citizen dogs have as much rights as cop dogs- Protect your dog with body armor
“If it indeed happened as the police contend, it was justified, and it has little to do with the subject at hand.”
Horse $hit! Just like the recent “murder” of a 13 year old carrying a toy gun in Santa Rosa, CA, this is simply murder by cop. A traffic stop where the driver is hit with five rounds a close range is a criminal act. I hope this student’s family sues the university, and anyone else remotely connected to this wanton killing to the point where they own the school. Charge the cop with Second Degree Murder and jail him for 30 year! Just look at this guy’s work record!
I saw it coming ten years ago and have been railing against it since. Just ask Mrs. B.S. Roberts. She's sick of hearing it.
The cop that killed this boy has had 9 different jobs in the last 8 years.
What a crock. When I started in law enforcement almost 30 years ago there was much more “abuse” than there is today. We now have to walk around with a recording device and are required to record EVERY call we go on. Our cars have video and audio recorders in them. Soon we (they because I’m retiring) will have the video/audio combination on their person. From the time you go on duty til the time you get off everything is recorded.
Hard on criminals? A month ago several armed robbers got probation for holding up a convenience store. Probation. And the whole thing was caught on store video.
I don’t know how people can blame the ‘militarization’ of the police on cops. Put the blame where it belongs, on the people that vote to put freedom grabbing liberals in office. And, ‘militarized’ is having a patrol rifle in your cruiser?
I think some folks are getting a little carried away.
Given the fact that recording devices were conveniently not rolling, the cop's employment history, and the fact that there are no pictures circulating of any injury sustained when he was allegdly strick by the baton, it's extremely likely his is yet another lying jackass with a badge, and apparently a license to kill.
My thoughts exactly.
I think my wife is tired of hearing me on the subject as well.
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