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Maybe people are tired of cops shooting dogs...
Find it really interesting that it seems like the majority of the comments are against the police. Maybe people are finally going to stand up for their rights and stop being trampled by the government.
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Maybe people are tired of cops shooting dogs...
Find it really interesting that it seems like the majority of the comments are against the police. Maybe people are finally going to stand up for their rights and stop being trampled by the government.Last edited by 8mpg; 07-15-2014, 01:51 AM. -
Local government officials fear retaliation when they act like assholes?
They might as well title the article "America: Working as Intended".Originally posted by racrguyOriginally posted by racrguy -
The government/police constantly try to expand the powers of the police state by asking "If you are not doing anything wrong then what have you got to hide?". The growing animosity towards the police by the citizenry can be summed by this question to the police; "If you are not trampling our rights what do you have to fear from a person that you consider an extremist?".Magnus, I am your father. You need to ask your mother about a man named Calvin Klein.Comment
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Wanting cops to do their job and not trample peoples rights is now extremism? Oh.Comment
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When a Dallas PD officer shot 12 year old Santos Rodriguez in 1973, people rioted. It was at that point, armed with a shotgun in a basement, my grandfather decided he would retire from the PD and move on to something else.
People can only take so much.Comment
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What the fuck does political affiliation have to do with anything? You're marginalizing the issue here, which is that people are fed up with cops being crazy and using force first, instead of doing their fucking jobs.Originally posted by GhostTX View PostZOMBIE REAGAN FOR PRESIDENT 2016!!! hehComment
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from a comment on the article
The number of Americans killed by police in the United States now outnumbers the amount of U.S. troops killed in Iraq. Over 5,000 Americans have been killed by cops since 9/11, a figure that suggests,”Americans should be more fearful of the local cops than “terrorists,” writes Katie Rucke. To illustrate the sheer scale of the violent threat posed to the public by police officers, in cities like Seattle, 20% of all homicides are carried out by cops.Comment
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Seattle's medical examiner doesn't differentiate between police and non police shootings. If it's a shooting related death it's either homicide or suicide. They don't take the circumstances of the situation into account for cause of death. There were zero Seattle police officers charged with homicide in 2013.Originally posted by 8mpg View Post
Of the 29 "homicides" by gun fire counted in 2013 there were six that were by police officers. Of those six, two were actually shot in 2012 and died in 2013. Of the remaining four; two were killed by SWAT teams in standoffs, one was shot after shooting a bus driver while in the act of trying to take another bus. The last one though was legitimately questionable as the person didn't have a gun, only a piece of rebar.
The 20% number is very misleading, when you take a non sensationalist look at the facts it's really 0% by most people's standards of what is homicide. Police acting in self defense while on duty aren't usually considered as murderers.Comment
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Blame the article, not me. Did you read it? Notice the link title? How many times was "right wing" cited in it? Left wing? I agree with you, just saying the cases the article stated on cop killers, they weren't right wing folk.Originally posted by YALE View Post"Self-government won't work without self-discipline." - Paul HarveyComment
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Originally posted by David View Post
History lesson - never knew the story:
Shortly after 2 A.M. on July 24, 1973, Dallas patrolman Roy Arnold saw three boys fleeing from a darkened service station where a soft-drink machine had just been burglarized. Arnold thought he recognized two of the youths as the Rodríguez brothers, who had been in trouble with the law on previous occasions.
Arnold and patrolman Darrell Cain drove to the boys' home and awakened their foster grandfather, who spoke little English. The brothers were handcuffed and taken to a vacant lot behind the gas station for questioning. David was in the rear seat with Cain; Santos was in the front seat with Arnold.
According to court testimony, after both boys denied knowledge of the burglary, Cain pointed his revolver at the back of Santos's head and urged him "to tell the truth." The boy repeated that he knew nothing; the gun clicked, but did not fire. According to testimony, when Santos reiterated his innocence, Cain warned that the gun contained a cartridge, then spun the cylinder and again squeezed the trigger. The revolver fired, instantly killing the youth.
Newspaper accounts headlined that the fingerprints of the Rodríguez boys did not match those taken at the scene of the burglary; nor was any firm evidence subsequently found to link the youths with the incident.
A "March For Justice" commemorating Santos Rodríguez was held in downtown Dallas on July 28, 1973. Violence erupted in the late afternoon, causing widespread property damage; thirty-eight arrests were made, and five policemen required hospital treatment.
Cain was tried after a change of venue in Austin in November 1973. His defense contended that he had believed his gun to be empty and had reloaded it immediately after the shooting. He was convicted of murder with malice and sentenced to five years in prison. The brevity of his sentence became an issue in the community, but an attempt in 1978 to have the Justice Department review the case failed.
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That officer should have been tied to a truck and drug around the neighborhood. Slowly.I wear a Fez. Fez-es are coolComment
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5 fucking years? I hope someone got him in prison or someone was waiting for that pig when he got out.Comment
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