Nice thoughtful comments.
But I don’t think you understand the purpose of these threads. You aren’t supposed to think and reflect on the sorry state of our society and how we got here. No.
You are supposed to emote and focus your hate on the police who have no goal but to kill you.
It’s like 1984 Minute of Hate or something.
Thanks for clearing that up. Will do.
“You are supposed to emote and focus your hate on the police who have no goal but to kill you.”
I have very mixed feelings about police.
I watch the TV show COPS, and I have empathy for them...95% of their job is dealing with domestic disputes where adults act like toddlers. It looks like an awful job at times.
But they are certainly not without fault. I really can’t understand tasing a 10 year old (unless he was holding a gun). Even if the 10 year old were wielding a knife, I think most people would be able to go up and just grab it. This 10 year old was apparently unarmed...just ‘out of control’. It would take a lot of convincing, to get me to understand why tasing was necessary.
They could have picked him up, put him in the back of a police car, and called the parents.
Really - its a 10 year old. When my kids were younger, and I would roughhouse with them, one thing was glaringly obvious: An adult is infinitely faster, stronger, and more coordinated than a 10 year old kid.
So some cops are good...some are bad. I believe the story stated there was a suspension, so even the department thought this was a mistake. It is just a little scary to contemplate that cops (who have quite a bit of authority) can be ‘bad’. Many years ago, I spent a few months at Fort Knox, for Armor Officer training. Many of my peers were in the National Guard, and had civilian jobs. One of them was a State Trooper from Texas. After spending a few months with him, and seeing how immature he was, it absolutely blew my mind to think that he had a badge.
I don’t think most people ‘hate’ cops....but we do (and most certainly should) hold them to a very high standard. They have a tremendous amount of power.
“You are supposed to emote and focus your hate on the police who have no goal but to kill you.”
You are so right. FReepers are out of line on this. It’s not like police are going into hospitals and tazing patients to death.....
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3156866/posts?page=1
Ooooooh. Awkward.
Never mind.