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In this day and age cops will never be respected until they drop the wannabe military attitude...
Originally posted by roadgravel
reply to post by bigfatfurrytexan
But if I have to draw down on your, your life is in grave danger. If i have to fire, i am shooting to kill.
Do you think you would have the need to draw down on a 95 year old man in a walker if he wasn't pointing a firearm at you? Even if your weapon was loaded with bean bag rounds?
edit on 9/7/2013 by roadgravel because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by Liquesence
Not so much wannabe as actual military attitude.
Maybe the new Google glasses can be a good thing if every law enforcement officer is forced to wear them
Originally posted by schadenfreude
If I type what I feel, I'll get arrested. What else is there to say?
Land of the free my ass.
To the commenter who suggested a PAC, I'd say there's probably a better idea. Start a non-profit, a legal fund, that channels money to parties who are suing the police. There is not much political will for opposing the police, so the best remedy is in the courts. If the non-profit becomes large enough, it can grow a lobbying arm, but that's later.
The flaw that I see with simply using the judicial system to attempt to restrain an already corrupt and bloated apparatus is that any victories can only result in monetary reparations and maybe some criminal convictions, all of which are ultimately funded by us, the very same people enduring the abuse.