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Originally posted by Jon Miller View Post
I am sure this is part of it, I thought about mentioning it but didn't.
Still, it isn't an attitude that law enforcement should have. Their reason of being should be to protect and serve, not to get home that night. There is an inherent risk in that protect and serve.
Military people often have a hard time being in civilian society because they are meant to be more aggressive, harder and more callous about the lives of others. It seems to me, although maybe I just have noticed this more, that in the last 20 years law enforcement has become more military-like in attitudes and actions. This is a serious problem.
And one independent of racial bias and corruption/blue mob mentality.
JM
(The last I have seen prevalent even among police officers who I generally like and agree with.)
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Once law enforcement starts thinking of the population as the enemy and not as their treasure... we are in real trouble. And it seems like we have been there for some time (and in general African Americans have always been there).
JM
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Originally posted by Proteus_MST View PostI guess in many cases it surely is more difficult to not overreact, when you are a law enforcement officer in a country that has more privately owned guns than it has citizens (compared with being a law enforcement officer in countries with more than just rudimentary firearm laws)
I am sure this is part of it, I thought about mentioning it but didn't.
Still, it isn't an attitude that law enforcement should have. Their reason of being should be to protect and serve, not to get home that night. There is an inherent risk in that protect and serve.
Military people often have a hard time being in civilian society because they are meant to be more aggressive, harder and more callous about the lives of others. It seems to me, although maybe I just have noticed this more, that in the last 20 years law enforcement has become more military-like in attitudes and actions. This is a serious problem.
And one independent of racial bias and corruption/blue mob mentality.
JM
(The last I have seen prevalent even among police officers who I generally like and agree with.)
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Originally posted by Proteus_MST View PostI guess in many cases it surely is more difficult to not overreact, when you are a law enforcement officer in a country that has more privately owned guns than it has citizens (compared with being a law enforcement officer in countries with more than just rudimentary firearm laws)
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Where did he say that? Geeze, why don't you just go back to the kiddy table and let the adults discuss the issue.
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Originally posted by Jon Miller View Post
Because many law enforcement think of themselves as being in a war, with the primary goal returning home alive. I have seen this with many of my own family in law enforcement.
It is one of the central issues with law enforcement in this country (there are at least three, and only one of those is related to racial bias).
If you are looking out for yourself (physically and legally), it is safer to shoot to kill.
JM
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Originally posted by -Jrabbit View PostHere's the elephant-in-the-room question:
WHY CAN'T LAW ENFORCEMENT SHOOT TO WOUND / DISABLE?
WHY IS EVERYTHING A KILL SHOT?
The job is to arrest and detain criminals for prosecution, not to act as judge and executioner.
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I guess in many cases it surely is more difficult to not overreact, when you are a law enforcement officer in a country that has more privately owned guns than it has citizens (compared with being a law enforcement officer in countries with more than just rudimentary firearm laws)
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Originally posted by -Jrabbit View PostHere's the elephant-in-the-room question:
WHY CAN'T LAW ENFORCEMENT SHOOT TO WOUND / DISABLE?
WHY IS EVERYTHING A KILL SHOT?
The job is to arrest and detain criminals for prosecution, not to act as judge and executioner.
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Originally posted by -Jrabbit View PostHere's the elephant-in-the-room question:
WHY CAN'T LAW ENFORCEMENT SHOOT TO WOUND / DISABLE?
WHY IS EVERYTHING A KILL SHOT?
The job is to arrest and detain criminals for prosecution, not to act as judge and executioner.
It is one of the central issues with law enforcement in this country (there are at least three, and only one of those is related to racial bias).
If you are looking out for yourself (physically and legally), it is safer to shoot to kill.
JM
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