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Yes they are being killed by police at an alarming rate.
Seriously.. it didn;t alarm you to watch the Floyd video? That doesn; t alarm you that that police officer could kneel on floyds neck while he died..and do so in full view knowing he was being videoed? It doesn;t alarm you that the police feel SO CONFIDENT.. in their power.. that they feel they can kill a guy on camera who is passed the point of resisting?
It doesn't alarm you.. that THREE OTHER OFFICERS..who are sworn to uphold the law.. and serve and protect... stood by and watched it happen? Which means in their minds.. at some point they made a decision that the consequences of PREVENTING floyd from dying by stopping their fellow officer... were GREATER.. than the consequences of standing by and let a fellow officer kill a defenseless citizen.
It doesn't alarm you.. that an elderly protestor.. can be pushed down by police officers.. so hard that he cracks his head and ends up in the ICU. While officers walk by the man. And when the police administration merely QUESTIONS.. whether the police acted appropriately by knocking the elderly man down... a whole police unit decides to resign from that police unit in protest.. from merely having their actions that resulted in an elderly man in the ICU.. questioned? And when those officers were taken to a hearing on their actions... police officers.. lined up and APPLAUDED them?
That doesn't alarm you?
It doesn't alarm you that a concealed weapons holder. Can be stopped by the police on suspicion.. and then shot... while following the officers instructions... and the officer face no legal consequences for it?
It doesn't alarm you that a 19 year police veteran... stops a fellow officer from using a chokehold, and the 19 year veteran is fired for interfering when another officer is using excessive force? By the way.. the officer she stopped... but he kept his job? Got sentenced a year later for using excessive force again when he slammed a handcuffed teenagers head into a car...
But her firing still stands. Why doesn't that alarm you?
It doesn't alarm you.. that a group of officers.. can procure a "no knock warrant"...on virtually no evidence.. and break into an apartment.. and then surprise surprise.. they are seen as intruders and get fired upon.. and they end up killing the unarmed occupant? And face no legal repercussions?
Like we are to believe 1. They went to the trouble to obtain a no knock warrant.. but then now claim they knocked and announced themselves 2. They assume that knocking on the door anyway and or announcing they were police.. and then breaking it down AFTER MIDNIGHT... that people are going to respond with calm after being woken up by the sound of a door breaking?
And none of that alarms you.. as a supposed libertarian and supporter of freedom. What alarms you more.. is a restriction on ammo sales?
You need to reexamine your lean.
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a few cases is NOT an alarming rate. a restriction on ammo sales impacts 100 million people. a few rogue cops-who are under arrest=big difference