Unfortunately, police nowadays have no credibility.
How often have we seen police report of a man “pointing a gun” or “reaching for his waistband” turn out to be pure hokum when a video turns up?
Why not tell us?
I would have to say, as in this case, the majority of the time they do have a gun. The number of times that a shooting turns out to be an egregious violation by the police, in my opinion, is quite low.
“Unfortunately, police nowadays have no credibility.
How often have we seen police report of a man “pointing a gun” or “reaching for his waistband” turn out to be pure hokum when a video turns up?”
Exactly! If the public felt that the cops were nearly always professional, there would be less tendency for there to be anti-soclal activity resulting. You cannot continually cover up any and all mistakes, with the possible exception of those instances when there is photographic evidence of criminal actions on the part of the LEOs. I have seen it first-hand. If you want to see the “circle the wagons” side of the cops, just try filing a complaint against one of them like I did. You will likely see every possible trick, threat, and intimidation technique in the book used against you including threats of criminal charges against you for the mere fact of filing a complaint. In my case, the only thing that drove the matter out into the open is going to the town council. These guys only understand force against them when it comes from someone outside their little club. And they worry about us citizen having a gun!
SO, actually YOU are approving the Riot, and No Law and Order ???