[TC Rider]

yada,yada.. You want to talk about bad training and the equipment you think every police officer has with them.

blah, blah, blah

The Pensylvanina Highway Patrol is the pre-eminent law enforcement body in PA, are you telling me they have no budget for batons, OC, etc? (I'm sure Hillary would tell us it's Bush's fault)

Some poorly equiped PSP members:

You don't know me at all, when you speak of my contempt for police. I have served with PA Highway Patrolmen and in the past counted them amongst my friends. I save my contempt for cops who shoot first. Like any other profession there are good and bad members. In law enforcement, the bad must go.

I socialize and shoot with cops every weekend.

All the cops I know, would probably agree with me, based on the articles, that these cops are bad actors, give the rest a bad name and should seek other employment opportunities.

I've explained myself enough, why do you defend these cops, based on these articles?

Do you defend their use of deadly force, before using OC, batons, etc?

How could a rake have been used in a deadly manner by a little guy against two cops in body armor?

Should the cops have taken him into custody when he was across the street behaving calmly?

Is it good police work to allow a situation to escalate so badly?

Why didn't the cops back off from the suspect to give him a chance to 'wind down' before plugging him?

Have you read the 'candlestick' thread where the cop shot a delusional women swinging a candlestick? Do you feel that was justified?

Are you of the opinion that cops can do no wrong? Do you realize the harm of that in a free republic?

[r9etb]

... based on the articles, that these cops are bad actors....

But that's just the problem. These cops may be bad actors, or they may have acted properly. We just don't know -- we've only got a couple of news articles to go from.

[Erik Latranyi]

"I save my contempt for cops who shoot first."


And to hell with the facts!

[Erik Latranyi]

"I've explained myself enough, why do you defend these cops, based on these articles? "


Why do you convict and condem them based on these articles?

[Erik Latranyi]

"Are you of the opinion that cops can do no wrong? Do you realize the harm of that in a free republic? "


Once again, you try to put words in my mouth. I said before that there are good and bad police officers.

However, to call them executioners and killers without the facts is slanderous and liberal in its roots. This is what we hear from Sharpton, Hillary, etc after a police shooting.

I thought I would find more restrained intelligence here.