ChrisL
Diamond Member
Ya, I am crazy because I want to hold people accountable for thier actions no matter their job title. There are no cops that have committed crimes and they should be afforded a pass on all of their actions due to thier job title. The poor guy that did nothing laying on the floor of a hotel hall that lost his life deserved to. If I make a mistake in my job I have to pay the consequences why should a cop n ot have to pay the consequences too. Most cops are decent people, how ever the blue line allows the bad apples to do what ever the fuck they want. If you murder some one like thisa guy clearly did you need to go to jail. If you think you desrve respect just due to wearing a uniform, you are sorely mistasken.There was no assumption, he could be clearly seen. So just keep going, obviously a copcan commit no crime in your eyes.Here is the thing you can score to high on a civil servicwe test to become a cop. So just keep teling me how they no more than I do and how it is to complicated for us civilians to comprehend.. If you belive that a guy with his fingers interlocked on his head, face down on the ground and legs crossed is a threat, then you do not have two IQ points to rub togeth3er just like the two idiot fucking pigs in that vidio. And yes they were fucking murdering pigs. If you belive that was good police work you have no buisness being a cop or telling me how a cop should act. Go get fucking bent you fucking dim witted boot licking dumb fuck!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I hoppe that shit happens to some one in your family. Any way you slice it an umarrmed inocent person lost their life and you condone the actions of murderers.Ya , the cop sounded real worried on the vidio. They had him on the ground with his hands interlocked and legs crossed absolutely no threat at that time. They easily could have went and cuffed him, but they did not. They issued order after order that did not make sense and shot the guy. Over 4800 construction workers died on the job in 2014 so no I do not feel bad for the cops. They can either do their job or they do not belong there. This cop belongs in prison. You can expect more cop killing in the future do to this guy, we like the cops do not want to get shot and killed. This vidio and the aquital sure does not raise my trust in the cops, many people will see this vidio and think, the next time a cop points a gun at me I should likely shoot him before he shoots me. As far as him protecting my ass, I can do with out five high powered bullets in my body. I can do with out this proitection. I have never called a cop to protect me and never will.Their job is to protect the public from dangerous suspects.
I already acknowledged that the cop was an asshole. However, he is not a mind reader and he doesn't know what the suspect is capable of doing or what the suspect is carrying, a knife, a gun, whatever.
Number Of Police Officers Killed By Firearms Rose In 2016, Study Finds
The number of law enforcement officers shot and killed in the line of duty increased sharply in 2016 relative to 2015, according to a preliminary report from The National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund.
The overall number of officer fatalities rose by 10 percent, remaining lower than the average for the previous ten years.
But the NLEOMF found that 64 officers were killed in firearm-related incidents in 2016 — a 56 percent increase over 2015, when 41 officers were killed. It's the highest number of firearms-related deaths recorded since 2011, when the tally was 73.
Those shooting deaths included 21 deaths in ambush-style shootings, "the highest total in more than two decades," NLEOMF said in a statement.
The rise was partly fueled by a few high-profile shootings that took the lives of multiple officers, NLEOMF notes:
"Eight multiple-shooting death incidents claimed the lives of 20 officers in 2016, tied with 1971 for the highest total of any year since 1932. Those incidents included five officers killed in ambush attacks in Dallas (TX) and three in Baton Rouge (LA) spanning 10 days in July."
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Number Of Police Officers Killed By Gunfire Fell 14 Percent In 2015, Study Says
Overall, including traffic fatalities and other causes, 135 police officers died in the line of duty in 2016, NLEOMF says. That's 10 percent more than died last year, and the largest tally since 2011, when 177 officers died — 73 of them in firearms-related incidents.
That's still lower than the average of the previous ten years, when total fatalities averaged just under 144 deaths per year. And it's far lower than in decades past. According to NLEOMF data, in the 1970s, an average of 231 officers died each year. In the '80s, the number who died each year never dipped below 175.
Still, the rise in shooting fatalities in 2016 — and especially the increase in ambush killings targeting law enforcement officers — has police officers on edge, The Associated Press reports:
" 'We've never seen a year in my memory when we've had an increase of this magnitude in officer shooting deaths,' said Craig Floyd, president and chief executive of the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund. 'These officers were killed simply because of the uniform they wear and the job they do. This is unacceptable to the humane society that we are.' ...
"Floyd said the impact of this year has been profound on law enforcement. Agencies are struggling to recruit officers to their ranks and those who continue to serve 'talk about how their head is now on a swivel.'
" 'They're always looking over their shoulder, always worrying about the next attack that could come at any time from any direction,' Floyd said."
The cops know better than to ever ASSUME that somebody is not a threat. They know this due to experience dealing with people.
Okay, crazy person. Go get some psychiatric help for yourself.
Nobody has said that he deserved to lose his life. Nobody has said that cops that have committed crimes should be able to get away with them and nobody has said any of the things that you claim in your post. What was said is that you don't understand the kind of stress that the cop was under, you weren't there, you aren't trained in dealing with potentially dangerous suspects and don't know what the hell you are talking about. A jury apparently saw the evidence. The officer was not charged. That is how our justice system works. Plenty of other people have "walked" too, like Casey Anthony, OJ Simpson, etc.
There is a damn good possibility that the stress of being a police officer in a high crime area has an affect on the human psyche. That is a fact.