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Since liberals and other stupid people apparently need to be told this, here it goes:
Next time you feel compelled to slug someone, you might want to consider that they could be armed with a gun and aren't afraid to use it against you for being aggressive and threatening.
Life Lesson #1: You heard it first, right here on City Data, from AeroGuyDC.
You're welcome!
You jump on a Liberal where I live and you are as likely to get shot as you would be if you jumped a Con.
You really should not paint with such a wide brush it just turns into a mess.
The officer could, like an ordinary homicide suspect that was seen by three witnesses shooting an unarmed victim with his hands in the air and who admits to shooting the victim, be arrested, interrogated, and charged. Instead, whether due to official rules (like union contracts or department procedures for officer-involved shootings) or unofficial rules, the suspect is anonymous and at large.
Granted, this is an extreme situation. I don't see that as justification for throwing out a system that works perfectly well 99% of the time.
Since liberals and other stupid people apparently need to be told this, here it goes:
Next time you feel compelled to slug someone, you might want to consider that they could be armed with a gun and aren't afraid to use it against you for being aggressive and threatening.
Life Lesson #1: You heard it first, right here on City Data, from AeroGuyDC.
You're welcome!
Let's face it: really any small excuse you want to use to satisfy your insatiable need to shoot people will suffice, correct? Not just someone taking a swing at you, but anyone who might look "different" or "threatening"? Maybe someone who listens to loud hip-hop?
Must be pretty crappy to have a life where all you want to do is shoot, shoot shoot...
The only thing you've given me is a deepening dislike of the right, you used to actually post some things that made sense even if I didn't agree with them, now not so much.
You noticed that also, I was thinking maybe it had them confused with another posted because I left the site for a while, you have confirmed what I was thinking also. Seems people change and not always for the better, oh well.
Perhaps it could have been worded differently, but it is good advice. I know it can be frustrating to have to deal with cops, and many of them don't treat the people with respect, but it still isn't a good idea to get in a fight with one. You know those guys are jumpy and nervous in the extreme. Hell, one of those idiots shot a boy who answered his own door with a game controller in his hand! I'd say the best advice is to always have a phone to record interactions with police. Videos are the great equalizer. We also need to lobby for every cop around the country to wear on-body cameras. When a cop knows his actions can be scrutinized later, he'll be more respectful. And if a suspect gets out of hand, the cop will have evidence. It worked pretty well with the patrol car cameras, but they're limited and can only see so much. A body camera can see interactions. Even if all you see is the suspect, you can still hear the officer.
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Perhaps it could have been worded differently, but it is good advice. I know it can be frustrating to have to deal with cops, and many of them don't treat the people with respect, but it still isn't a good idea to get in a fight with one. You know those guys are jumpy and nervous in the extreme. Hell, one of those idiots shot a boy who answered his own door with a game controller in his hand! I'd say the best advice is to always have a phone to record interactions with police. Videos are the great equalizer. We also need to lobby for every cop around the country to wear on-body cameras. When a cop knows his actions can be scrutinized later, he'll be more respectful. And if a suspect gets out of hand, the cop will have evidence. It worked pretty well with the patrol car cameras, but they're limited and can only see so much. A body camera can see interactions. Even if all you see is the suspect, you can still hear the officer.
WHY would the best advice be to "always have a phone to record interactions with police" when "those idiots shot a boy who answered his own door with a game controller in his hand"?
This is what happens when groups like Anonymous (or vigilantes like Spike Lee) decide to post innocent people information on Twitter:
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Kathie Warnack, 48, started quietly crying when she learned that Anonymous had released the name of her stepson.
The St. Louis resident said her stepson is a 32-year-old police dispatcher in St. Ann, Mo., and before that a manager at a dollar store. He has never worked as a police officer — not in Ferguson or anywhere else, she said.
Her stepson also doesn't live at the address released by the group and rarely comes over, Warnack said.
"Wow, this is not good," said Warnack, as she began to cry on the steps of her home, which sits along a busy road.
"I guess I'm going to have to sleep with my gun and put cameras on the house," she said. "Now I have to defend myself and I didn't do anything wrong."
Warnack is disabled by a birth defect that means she has an artificial left leg and less than five misshapen fingers on each hand.
Her biggest worry: "Just not knowing if someone could come by here," she said. "I've been watching everything unfold on the news and it's scary."
They are protesting black and brown men (worse, TEENAGERS) being habitually gun downed by police like wild animals. These are children. They are humans, dammit.
The protests are to send a message. Law enforcement is supposed to be a positive force; not a threat to black and brown communities.
Open your eyes.
What I want to know is, why when a black teen / man get's gunned down by police, is the default position always that they were an innocent kid doing nothing wrong and then became a victim of racial profiling???
Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that shouldn't be called out when it actually happens, but that seems to be the default narrative before any facts are even known...
Anonymous has been discredited and their Twitter account deleted.
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