Cops

[robby]

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

Comments

[a1icey.livejournal.com]

he didn't even have his gun out as he turned the corner. he could have been taken in without any shots being fired.

but, there have been a lot of police deaths in nyc this year.

[robby.livejournal.com]

I watch for trends, and the heroic officer-involved shooting is becoming prevalent. One nasty perpretator had the nerve to harm a police dog as it was mauling him, right before he was shot to death.The local media has aired months of heart-warming stories about the police dog's heroic recovery and return to duty. No mention of the human that was killed by police.

[a1icey.livejournal.com]

this might lead to a big push to give nypd tasers. they currently don't carry one and there's been some incidents lately where having a taser would have prevented people from dying.

this guy in nyc, for example, he may have killed someone, but that didn't mean he deserved to be shot. we don't have capital punishment any more, so why are the police administering capital punishment themselves?

[robby.livejournal.com]

We've allowed our heroic armored police to kill without consequence, the moment they perceive they're in danger. They serve and protect themselves, rather than the public. One thread of this that's interesting is the media cheerleading that follows an officer involved shooting. The press is complicit in all of this.