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Originally Posted by shcisamax
Hmmmn. My opinion is Ferguson was justified. I think Eric Garner was not. He was selling cigarettes. Not what I would call a violent crime. He has been arrested 30 times for cigarettes. Ridiculous. Do you have anything else that might be more pressing in the world of crime besides arresting someone for selling cigarettes? Are you kidding me? Did you really need to have five guys tackling him and, I don't care how many times you deny it, it was a choke hold. As for the 12 year old boy in Cleveland, sheesh, he should still be alive today without a doubt.
As far as the way police handle themselves, I no longer feel I trust them because I personally know too many stories of heavy handedness and excessive force.
One of my neighbors recently mentioned that there have been lots of returning vets with PTSD enlisting in police force. If that is true, that may explain the barrage of overly forceful behavior. But police are not as I remember them growing up for sure.
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Then just forget about laws because the small ones are useless anyhow?????
I don't see it that way. AND I would trust a black officer or an Asian officer or a retired vet or a returning vet in exactly the same way. I don't think there is now more violent police officers, I think there are now more violent perps. If they wanted to arrest me I would not be mad at THEM. I would think I had done something awfully wrong.
I have NOT lost respect for law enforcement officers and hope I never live to see the time I do.