Oh I do remember the threads on the “dehumanizing stares” assault.
But after all - if anyone deserves a beat-down by the po-leece, its someone who would give them .... “dehumanizing stares”.
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When police suspect every one is a danger, no one gives them respect and appreciation.
Its dangerous work but not every incident needs to be resolved with handcuffs and a billy club. Police officers who think people must be carted off to jail are a greater threat to society than the society they’re sworn to protect.
Police are supposed to protect life and freedom and not to deprive people of it unless they’re committed a crime that endangers others. But too many in police work have forgotten they’re servants rather than taskmasters with shields and clubs.
Piece of cr@p charge by the piece of cr@p cops.
But in our own communities, we know where they live...
AMEN!
Has anyone noticed the disconnect between the comments on threads of this type, and those on the Ferguson threads?
There seems to be a general assumption that the officer in Ferguson was fully justified in shooting Mr. Brown, who at least according to some accounts may have simply refused to obey a police order quickly enough.
I don’t know what really happened in Ferguson, and neither does anybody else posting to this forum. I just find it odd that the cases described above are taken as evidence that the cops are out of control, but the cop in Ferguson is given much more the benefit of the doubt.
I also sometimes wonder if the “police brutality” complained of by black people for decades, but generally dismissed by many of us, may just be moving out of the ghetto into Main Street.
IOW, might they have had a point all along?
My personal interactions with cops have been few, but with one exception very professional, even the one where they almost blew my head off by mistake.
I can live without them. I encourage others to do the same.
Protect yourself, your and if necessary, join with your neighbors to protect the neighborhood.
It’s much easier to arrest and harass innocent White citizens. There are no marches and you don’t have to watch the fake “reverends” condemning you on national TV.
The arrest numbers go up just the same, and the cops don’t have to put up with the “civil rights” screaming.
This situation has been getting worse over the last 40 years or so. No one questions that police work is dangerous and necessary but the division between ordinary citizens and police has been deepening with no sign of ever improving.
I never disobey authority, I never break laws but every time I see the police I watch what they’re doing and stay clear of them - exactly as I would when I see a pack of “youths” or any other potentially dangerous situation. We have armed them like combat troops and they have migrated their tactics to placing their own security as their primary objective.
It’s a recipe for disaster when we need effective police more than ever before.
“For example, police arrested Chaumtoli Huq because she failed to promptly comply when ordered to “move along” while waiting outside a Ruby Tuesday’s restaurant for her children, who were inside with their father, using the bathroom. NYPD officers grabbed Huq, a lawyer with the New York City Public Advocate’s office, flipped her around, pressed her against a wall, handcuffed her, searched her purse, arrested her, and told her to “shut up” when she cried out for help, before detaining her for nine hours. Huq was charged with obstructing governmental administration, resisting arrest and -—”
This gal is saying her race and religion(Islam)were a factor.
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the first did step would be to take away all of the MRAP heavy armored vehicles all magazines over 10 rounds, and no more assault weapons in the vehicles.
the reason is to enhance public safety.
when we give them gear like this it is inevitable that they’re going to be using it, much as an actor can only fully get into a role only after putting on the costume .
I’m very law and order but it is getting more and more clear that numerous police officers have SEAL Team six fantasies dancing in their minds.
IF, IF, the fuzz can charge you with a felony that sticks, you no longer can own a firearm or vote. I would like to suggest, IMHO, that that is part of this new police state agenda. A subtle way to disarm the public...
Get on the ball and elect a pro-2nd Amendment, constitutional sheriff in your county. I have one. He’s run two appointed police chiefs out of town who overstepped their authority. He’s also informed the state police commander of the district that one state trooper who harassed citizens is not allowed in the county.
In addition, he has a good number of armed citizens who can be called out and deputized as auxiliary deputies in case of an “emergency.”
And then it's katie-bar-the-door.
They are conveniently lumped into this article.
I remember the story about the guy with the air rifle in Wal Mart or wherever it way. Don't care if we're in a store at the display rack. You NEVER point a weapon at someone unless you desire action, either by yourself or by the other person.
but that's me. Party on
No credit for the Indiana cop who stopped and gave the homeless man a pair of his boots? No credit for the cop who comes by to visit the fatherless black kid to mentor and got his a bed, and desk so he would not have to sleep and do his homework on the floor? No credit for the Charleston County SC deputy killed two days ago answering a domestic disturbance call at 4am? Get a damned life.
it’s why when the shtf occurs, many, many people will not lift a finger to help police.
When the panhandler Cesar Beltran was shot by Tacoma Police Officer Michel Volk, eyewitnesses said:
“Then all of a sudden, (the officer) yelled something and she tried Tasing him, but missed. When the guy started to run away, (the officer) immediately threw the Taser down, pulled her gun out and shot.” The man seemed to be running in slow motion — possibly drunkenly — as he attempted to flee, Graham said. That’s when the officer fired four shots, several of which appeared to hit the man, she added, “I didn’t see anything in his hands,” Graham added. “I didn’t see him do anything physical or threatening. I’ve just never seen anything like that before in my life — a person just getting shot like that. It was just heartbreaking.” (1)
“Folks we watched this while waiting in the turn lane. From what I viewed the slow moving but irritated homeless man was absolutely murdered. I could have restrained him with one arm. To be watching something that seemed sorta funny be turned into a shooting......I am not comfortable as a tax paying and law abiding citizen in Tacoma anymore. Maybe time to relocate our business as this type of event is now all too common in Tacoma.” (2)
Have these eyewitness accounts been investigated and verified or debunked? Has officer Volk been exonerated or fired? Was Beltran shot in his front or his back? The Tacoma News Tribune has not reported the results of any internal investigation. In light of police shooting issues in the TNT and around the country, I look forward a full public disclosure of the results of this case.
Uncle Miltie
(1) http://thedailyworld.com/sections/newswire/northwest/panhandler-shot-injured-after-charging-tacoma-police-officer.html#sthash.ylGGY3wR.dpuf
(2) http://www.kirotv.com/news/news/man-wounded-after-being-shot-police/nYZQr/
I know my local cops. Good guys. First encounter with one involved thugs. I was armed. Officer was proper and respectful.
There are good cops.
But some are thugs who need to be fired or jailed for a LONG time.
Hi, I hope you are doing well.
Maybe I didn’t understand the post. Isn’t asymmetric warfare designed to counter this type of threat?
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