Posted on 05/04/2014 11:58:35 AM PDT by skeptoid
As two state troopers struggled to arrest his father, a 19-year-old man armed himself with an assault rifle and shot them seven times, killing them outside his home in a remote Alaska village, authorities said in charges filed Saturday.
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I think there was a tipping point a few years ago after people read too many stories of home invasions by SWAT teams at the wrong address and innocent people and pets killed for no good reason. Maybe these stories are not accurately representative of all law enforcement but it does seem that there are trends in the following directions:
1. Increasing militarization of the police, even in small towns.
2. A trend toward a very broad interpretation of what might constitute a threat to the police, which has to be dealt with by deadly force.
These events give the police bad PR. Normally you would think that conservatives would tend to favor law and order. But people in favor of small government are in some cases starting to view the police as just another branch of big government.
me too. That is a horrible term for people who put their lives on the line to maintain order.
Yeah, there are bad cops, but most are really good police officers. It would surprise many people to know how conservative and nice most officers are.
With the current thin blue line, most would join the side of freedom if things took a really bad turn.
The inuit did something horrible. He needs to never see freedom again.
God bless those officers families.
I understand your concerns, and I appreciate them. I have the same concerns. I’m just a little concerned that some people are generalizing a bit too much, ( i,e. al cops, jackbooted thugs, pigs, et al) and where that leads to.
I’d have to know what they were arresting him for before I’d comment on what I think about it. Didn’t see anything about that in the excerpt.
See 10,19,26 and 42
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