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Originally Posted by itshotinvegas
The alleged murder occurred on Monday, and the suspect was arrested on Friday. What are we angry about? Cops commit murder far less frequently than the general population. This cop committed a murder and was arrested. What's not working? You won't stop murder. What should I be concerned about? That a murder occured? I'd be concerned if he was not arrested, but again, you won't stop murder, even from cops from time to time.
That is a BS attitude.
Policing in America needs to be addressed and changed. Overall and not just from a racial standpoint. It has become increasingly militarized and militant. The whole idea of the police being servants of the people is almost dead and that is a problem.
The police take jobs swearing to Serve and Protect, the citizens. The citizens are not only their boss but their charge.
Do you know that the police have the absolute lowest standard of culpability when it comes to killing someone? How does that make sense?
If you or i feel threatened in the street and we have a gun we cannot just shoot someone 'because we felt afraid and want to get home to our family". We need to FIRST identify a real threat. See a gun or otherwise be really threatened. Simply mistaking a cell phone for a gun will not protect us.
A member of the military in a war zone, who is also around citizens non combatants is held to the same standard. They cannot shoot unarmed citizens saying " we felt afraid and want to get home to our family". They must FIRST see a gun or other identified threat before killing.
ONLY police have a legal defense of "...we felt afraid and want to get home to our family" even IF THEY DO NOT identify any weapon or threat. The law actually allows them to use the ASSUMPTION or PERCEPTION of threat as a defense.
'Sorry it was only a cell phone in your hand. Sucks to be you. I thought it might be a gun and did not want to wait and confirm so I shot first. Again, sucks to be you and dead'.
How is it possible that Police, the sworn PROTECTORS of the people have the absolute lowest bar when it comes to using violence on the people?
That won't change unless the people in power, who are almost never the victims start to care and demand change, even though it does not impact them.