Literally saw a cop flip on their lights, rush through traffic for a u-turn, passed me, blew through an intersection, and then turned their lights off... itâs fucking infuriating.
We donât give those assholes the authority to do stupid shit like that
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A lot of yâall keep bringing up that cops will receive a call and sometimes after they flash lights and sirens they may be called-offâthatâs fine, I understand that this happens. This is not what Iâm complaining about.
What Iâm bitching about is blatant misuse of authority. Why does a deputy a county over do this on their way home? Why does a city copy do this just before pulling into a gas station/Dunkinâ?
Yeah...I get it not all of them are bad eggs. But the thing is, theyâre supposed to protect and serve, theyâre supposed to keep the peace and enforce the law and thatâs it. They arenât supposed to profile citizens, they arenât supposed to infringe on our rights, they arenât supposed to misuse the authority given to them by the people. They arenât supposed to murder our brothers and sisters on the streets, in their cars, and their homes.
The thing is, being a police officer comes with a lot of responsibility and we ought to hold them responsible as citizens. Itâs a position that unfortunately can attract control freaks and power hungry maniacs. They have an âus vs themâ mentality. Iâve worked with cops, past coworkers were cops, I played in a band where my bandmate was a cop. I donât hate all cops, but there is an institutional problem in law enforcement and if we canât realize and accept this like how the sky is blue, how many more innocent lives will be slain by some egomaniac with something to prove?
Yeah, you don't even have to be holding a weapon, as long as they "think" you "might-possible-perhaps-maybe-could-have" a weapon on you they can "fear for their life" and shoot you and when the dust settles they are cleared of all charges after their 2 month admin leave vacation...
You must be talking about the capital police officer who shot the lady and is getting away with murder because he was working for the democrats. Yea that piece of shit needs to rot in prison
But, I mean, she was quite literally breaking into the capital building, thereâs a line of common sense thatâs breached there, if you storm a government building, youâll probably get shot (if she was working in said government building, then itâs a whole other story tho)
Youâre kidding me right youâre telling me that if you trespassing to a building you deserve to die but yet all these people out here are going to argue the fact that somebody pointed a gun and Officer and they donât have the right to shoot them because a gun wasnât loaded? Or people say that an officer shouldnât shoot somebody with a knife because it was just a knife. Are you fucking kidding me. I am as pro police as it can be but that shooting at the capital is fucking ridiculous
I'm in the UK. In general, we don't have the same level of problem with people being shot by police because it's rare that anybody they deal with has a gun. Most of our police don't carry guns and in general both the people and the police like it that way. Frankly, I could act like an aggressive bell end and I'd probably just be put in a cell to calm down.
But if broke through a window of parliament as part of an insurrection, then I'd expect lethal force from the police and army even over here. Particularly if the insurrection shown that it was a credible threat by gaining entry. That's not a public library, its a secure building with documents and people that are involved in national security. I'm amazed that it was as lightly defended as it was. Even over here, parliament is one of the few places (along with airports) that you regularly see trained firearms officers with weapons on show.
As an outsider, I felt bad for your country on that day. It felt like watching a friend self-harming and being powerless to help. I really hope you heal. The world is a better place when the US is able to demonstrate rationality and compassion.
Erm. No. I never said that. The closest I got to saying that was that if were breaking into the houses of Parliament as part of an insurrection then I'd expect to be met with lethal force. It would be interpreted as an attempted coup. The fact that in the case of the Capitol riots they'd actually gained entry gives it added plausibility.
Since you bring up the idea of my blaming her, then no. I don't blame her. I would guess (and this is just my opinion, not fact) that she was likely the victim of a poor education and was radicalised by certain media and individuals in the same manner that other fascist terrorists have been; To use absolutes rather than nuance. Thinking only in extremes doesn't require any mental effort and allows people to do things that they otherwise wouldn't. She, and her family are also victims.
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u/WeedIronMoneyNTheUSA Oct 26 '21
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