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Idiot with self control problems = scumbag.That should be the default assumption in every free and civilized society.
Scumbag, seriously? This was an idiot with self-control problems. Nothing in any of the articles published contains anything to suggest that he was more than a troubled youth.
Gun owners have everything to do with this situation. Due to the easy access of firearms, the prevailence of them is high. Which means, as an officer, you have to presume that everyone you encounter is armed. To do otherwise, is simply ignorant.
The same would be true w/o guns. The perp might have a butcher knife, or sewing scissors.
No, they should have arrested him and taken him to jail. That's how it works.
As a trained fire fighter I bet I know far more about training and real life scenarios than you ever will. Anyone who is anyone... :roll:
Training provides a base. Those that train stretch their tolerance and learn to expect, anticipate and deal with the unpredictable. Training takes individuals that assess a situation differently and helps/makes them asses situations in a more similar manner so as to provide stability and uniformity.
Cops are not always right. Taking a fight to the courthouse is a better thing to do than to fight but cops win that almost every time. If you are charged you are rarely going to get that over turned, if not ever.
You have not educated yourself and you apparently have no idea what a no knock warrant is or how and why that has led to the deaths of innocent children, elderly in addition to people thinking that they are facing a home invasion robbery... and all innocent people where the police went to the wrong house as well.
Yep, I would know nothing about training, especially since I am in the military and have been stationed at forward operating locations before. But go ahead and tell me about how much I do not understand about training.
Training does provide a base knowledge, but it is impossible and probably deadly to train everyone to react the same way to any particular instance. Training should be disigned to educate someone on the basic theory of how to react to a situation. But since all situations are not cookie cutter situations you can draw up in a training environment, all training should ever consist of is basics with an emphasis on using you brain to think thru the scenario.
If you feel this way, I would not have any pitty on you if an officer shoots you dead. Right or wrong, who cares!
The officer's only concern in a situation where a citizen starts a confrontation with them is public safety and their own life. If you put them in a situation where they feel thretened by creating a hostile environment, I would not fault them for taking it upon themselves to protect themselves. Right or wrong, I don't care. If you want a confrontation on the street with an officer, just remember that officer has the right to defend themselves from you and that not everyone has the same threshold of what they will put up with until they feel they are in danger.
No education needed.
What if it was your kid?
My kids wouldn't take a car without permission...
Not everybody that gets training understands it. Nobody said people are robots and react the same. The argument is that cops, like you, are trained to not piss their pants and start shooting at people unless absolutely necessary. I see the History Channel shows about frontline soldiers in Afghanistan. They don't roll in and just start blasting. They asses the situation and make a trained and knowledgeable decision. That cop jumped out of his car and started shooting. He is also trained with tazers... but that wasn't even on his mind set, apparently.
We are not talking about cookie cutter situations. We are talking about this situation. In this situation the cop opened fire against an unarmed person that was not a deadly threat at that moment. Those are the facts.
Cop wants you to stop walking. You don't. Cop shoots you and you wouldn't feel pity?
I had two cops, one with a dog, attempt to grab me when I asked them if I could walk past them to my car. They were funnelling people out down the street and blocking side streets. I jumped back and they missed me. Had they grabbed me I would have been arrested and there is no way I would have been able to "fight them in court". Don't even try to be silly about that... I walked down the street, out, around the block and called over to them and waved.
You aren't a soldier with a gun, are you? Right or wrong you don't care... holy ****ing **** that is ridiculous. No offense since I don't know you but damn!
About no knock warrants and police killing innocent people? Nice to know that you don't care, right or wrong. :lol:
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