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Originally Posted by residinghere2007
Bunch of sheep we are turning into in America. Remember our "founding fathers" rebelled against the authority of England and we glorify that in our history books but now-a-days we are supposed to bow down to rogue officers who think they are on some foreign or domestic battlefield.
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Bunch of mindless sheep we are turning into in America. The Founding Fathers didn't rebel against authority for the sake of rebellion. They rebelled, because they thought that authority was unjust (and other reasons like economics). Remember the Founding Fathers put down Shays' Rebellion and the Whiskey Rebellion - which were also rebellions against authority.
Society shouldn't bow down to rogue officers, but there are proper ways of dealing with that. Michael Browns refusal to stop illegally walking down the road and attacking of the police officer getting out of his car are to be admonished whether or not the cop used excessive force. That extreme kind of disrespect towards cops has no constructive end in society and in fact is a fatal cycle as it puts other cops on edge - on edge to be more likely to be too rash and quick to judgment.
If Darren Wilson is found to have used excessive force he deserves the harsh sentence that awaits him.
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