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Charge: Alaska man, 19, shot troopers from behind
Anchorage Daily News ^ | May 4, 2014 | RACHEL D'ORO

Posted on 05/04/2014 11:58:35 AM PDT by skeptoid

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To: judicial meanz
What is this cop hating crap I see on FR lately? I’ve been here a long time, and it never used to be like this. What in the friggin world hapened?

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.

61 posted on 05/04/2014 3:33:50 PM PDT by wideminded
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To: panaxanax; BobL

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.


62 posted on 05/04/2014 4:09:58 PM PDT by FreeAtlanta (Liberty or Big Government - you can't have both.)
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To: wideminded

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.


63 posted on 05/04/2014 5:35:22 PM PDT by judicial meanz ("Don't fire unless fired upon, but if they mean to have a war, let it begin here" -- Captain John Pa)
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To: skeptoid

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.


64 posted on 05/04/2014 9:35:17 PM PDT by zeugma (Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened - Dr. Seuss (I'll see you again someday Hope))
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To: zeugma

See 10,19,26 and 42


65 posted on 05/04/2014 10:45:21 PM PDT by skeptoid (the thought plickens)
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