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It appears to me we went from raising good citizens to lawless animals. Which by the way, future generations will pay for very dearly. This guy hits the nail on the head:
It appears to me we went from raising good citizens to lawless animals. Which by the way, future generations will pay for very dearly. This guy hits the nail on the head:
We've got plenty of lawless animals as police officers.
I believe the vast majority of cops are good people and professionals. But too many times I've seen the bad apples not held accountable when they screw up. This case is a good example.
I believe the vast majority of cops are good people and professionals. But too many times I've seen the bad apples not held accountable when they screw up. This case is a good example.
It's cases like these, and there have been numerous ones that have come to light just in the last few years, that cause people to believe that all cops are above the law; that they can abuse their authority in any way they choose and get away with it.
Allowing the bad ones to simply walk away from their criminal actions without repercussion does no favor to the many, many good cops out there. In fact, it undermines them in the public eye and ultimately makes their jobs harder and more dangerous.
I think we as a country should look at the fact that these minor drug deals aren't resulting in serious violent crime for the most part, and by introducing stings with cops whose "training" allows them to fire on a teenager fleeing the scene they are doing more harm than good.
The cop shouldn't have shot him, the kid shouldn't have tried to drive off with a gun in his face while he knew he was doing something illegal.
The police shouldn't be trying to arrest or ruin someones life for small amounts of drugs when they know fully well that they will be armed and prepared to shoot the suspect if things have a remote chance of harming them.
I think we as a country should look at the fact that these minor drug deals aren't resulting in serious violent crime for the most part, and by introducing stings with cops whose "training" allows them to fire on a teenager fleeing the scene they are doing more harm than good.
The cop shouldn't have shot him, the kid shouldn't have tried to drive off with a gun in his face while he knew he was doing something illegal.
The police shouldn't be trying to arrest or ruin someones life for small amounts of drugs when they know fully well that they will be armed and prepared to shoot the suspect if things have a remote chance of harming them.
This is true, and these cops should have better things to do than catching kids with marijuana. Maybe we have too many cops.
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