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Two NYPD cops felt they were in danger, and fired 16 rounds on a crowded sidewalk and wounded nine innocent people. There is a strange narrative being written by the mainstream media that cops are heroes, and their lives are worth more than every one else's.
We're having a huge spike in police killings, which the press euphemistically calls officer-involved shootings. Yearly, thousands of people are gunned down nationwide.
One common scenario is a police chase, where someone driving doesn't want to stop. The car eventually does stop, but the driver won't get out. Dozens of cops have surrounded the vehicle, guns drawn, and if the car moves, they all fire. The rationale is that suddenly the car has become a deadly weapon, threatening our heroic police, and another poor schmuck is brutally killed.
Woman shot in her own backyard:
http://gawker.com/5937422/sheriffs-deputy-shot-decorated-navy-vet-in-her-own-backyard-because-she-startled-him
We're having a huge spike in police killings, which the press euphemistically calls officer-involved shootings. Yearly, thousands of people are gunned down nationwide.
One common scenario is a police chase, where someone driving doesn't want to stop. The car eventually does stop, but the driver won't get out. Dozens of cops have surrounded the vehicle, guns drawn, and if the car moves, they all fire. The rationale is that suddenly the car has become a deadly weapon, threatening our heroic police, and another poor schmuck is brutally killed.
Woman shot in her own backyard:
http://gawker.com/5937422/sheriffs-deputy-shot-decorated-navy-vet-in-her-own-backyard-because-she-startled-him
