Originally Posted by Byte1 (Post 1785346)

Originally Posted by Byte1 (Post 1785346)

Mind reader? "Frightened sheep?" He took on two trained police officers and got the better of them, knowing they had firearms; frightened? So, this COP is a racist solely because he shot a black man? The suspect was not a "convict" so I doubt the COP had that thought in mind at the time. Biased thinking might demean an officer by labeling him a "reptile" but some of us respect law enforcement and take offense. Shameful?

Originally Posted by ColdNoMore (Post 1784901)

All excellent points, but unfortunately the actual underlying issues of why this keeps happening... are primarily twofold.

1. The police unions are so powerful, that prosecutors are leery to even bring up charges against LEO's...because of the likelihood their prosecution will be unsuccessful.

2. The reason the prosecutors have the deck stacked against them is for a number of reasons, but you can bet every single cop knows that they are almost untouchable from criminal prosecution...or even being permanently terminated.

The laws basically allow them to be... "bubble-wrapped" (yeah, I borrowed that term :D)


Difficulty in prosecuting bad cops (click here)



And you can bet your last dollar, those facts are in the back of every single cop's mind and especially with the 1% of bad ones...and/or of those (a much higher %) who emotionally have no business being in law enforcement. :ohdear:

I mean cripes, who in the world can watch the Rodney King over-the-top and totally unwarranted beating (given that he was certainly no threat)...and not shake their heads at how those involved got away with it?

If you watch any documentary of King's case, it quickly becomes evident that a change of venue to a much more receptive jury pool...was the foundation of the outcome.

And then we get the miscarriage of justice with OJ, which those same documentaries basically call 'payback' for Rodney King.

NEITHER of those cases...received true justice.

If the unions (which also includes teachers) did more to police their own people, a LOT of the problems we're seeing now...would go away.

And this is NOT a general "anti-union rant," because in a lot of cases unions actually protect the employees...from abusive supervisors/employers. [/SIZE]

Originally Posted by jimjamuser (Post 1784776)

What the world and the US of A needs now.....in the sense of money/resources stolen from the taxpayer is MORE IRS officers to catch the white-collar criminals. That money recovered could pay for more neighborhood beat police PLUS many social workers.

Originally Posted by ColdNoMore (Post 1784901)

All excellent points, but unfortunately the actual underlying issues of why this keeps happening... are primarily twofold.

1. The police unions are so powerful, that prosecutors are leery to even bring up charges against LEO's...because of the likelihood their prosecution will be unsuccessful.

2. The reason the prosecutors have the deck stacked against them is for a number of reasons, but you can bet every single cop knows that they are almost untouchable from criminal prosecution...or even being permanently terminated.

The laws basically allow them to be... "bubble-wrapped" (yeah, I borrowed that term :D)


Difficulty in prosecuting bad cops (click here)



And you can bet your last dollar, those facts are in the back of every single cop's mind and especially with the 1% of bad ones...and/or of those (a much higher %) who emotionally have no business being in law enforcement. :ohdear:

I mean cripes, who in the world can watch the Rodney King over-the-top and totally unwarranted beating (given that he was certainly no threat)...and not shake their heads at how those involved got away with it?

If you watch any documentary of King's case, it quickly becomes evident that a change of venue to a much more receptive jury pool...was the foundation of the outcome.

And then we get the miscarriage of justice with OJ, which those same documentaries basically call 'payback' for Rodney King.

NEITHER of those cases...received true justice.

If the unions (which also includes teachers) did more to police their own people, a LOT of the problems we're seeing now...would go away.

And this is NOT a general "anti-union rant," because in a lot of cases unions actually protect the employees...from abusive supervisors/employers. [/SIZE]

Originally Posted by cherylncliff (Post 1784598)

After the George Floyd case, not resisting can be a death sentence if you are black. I have not seen any reports that Mr. Brooks fired the taser. He was fleeing at the time and was shot in the back. Mr. Brooks death has been ruled a homicide.

Originally Posted by ColdNoMore (Post 1784910)

How about we level the playing field and local police start making folks at the square, sitting in their golf carts, blow into a breathalyzer, start handcuffing them...and hauling them off to jail?

And if they resist, in any fashion and start running away?

Just shoot them in the back...and kill them.

After all, obviously some folks think being over the limit, tussling with a cop and then running...should carry a death sentence.

Let's see how fast and magically minds are changed...if that were to start happening. :ho:

Originally Posted by ColdNoMore (Post 1784952)

You forgot, PLUS executioner...which some cops have become ALL 3. :oops:

Originally Posted by Byte1 (Post 1785346)

Mind reader? "Frightened sheep?" He took on two trained police officers and got the better of them, knowing they had firearms; frightened? So, this COP is a racist solely because he shot a black man? The suspect was not a "convict" so I doubt the COP had that thought in mind at the time. Biased thinking might demean an officer by labeling him a "reptile" but some of us respect law enforcement and take offense. Shameful?

Originally Posted by Topspinmo (Post 1785359)

Why do you think only white 1%’er get out of paying taxes or steal for the taxpayers? The tax code was written by politician/lawyers/lobbyists in their favor. What do you think the code has all the loopholes and exemptions?

Originally Posted by jimjamuser (Post 1785373)

Originally Posted by jimjamuser (Post 1785377)

Originally Posted by coffeebean (Post 1784683)

Will someone PLEASE explain to me why the store was burned down? Why do these thugs feel it necessary to destroy property? I’m at a loss with the critical thinking that is surely lacking with the people who commit arson. They can get away with it. Is that the reason?

Originally Posted by charlieo1126@gmail.com (Post 1785270)

When you shoot someone twice in back it’s murder you can go 123 or manslaughter but it’s murder

Originally Posted by ffresh (Post 1785401)

Actually, it's very simple. The thugs burned down the store (Wendys, I believe) because the owner called the cops since a guy, presumed inebriated (I'm assuming), was sleeping in the drive-thru lane, necessitating vehicles having to negotiate around him. Evidently, you're not supposed to call the cops when this occurs :icon_wink:

Owing to their limited reasoning capacity, the thugs blamed the subsequent tragedy on the owner who called the police.

Fred

Fred

Originally Posted by ffresh (Post 1785401)

Actually, it's very simple. The thugs burned down the store (Wendys, I believe) because the owner called the cops since a guy, presumed inebriated (I'm assuming), was sleeping in the drive-thru lane, necessitating vehicles having to negotiate around him. Evidently, you're not supposed to call the cops when this occurs :icon_wink:

Owing to their limited reasoning capacity, the thugs blamed the subsequent tragedy on the owner who called the police.

Fred

Fred

Originally Posted by charlieo1126@gmail.com (Post 1784567)

Originally Posted by Steve9930 (Post 1785650)

They have a picture of a White Woman that started the fire. There is a reward for her capture or information. There is an organization causing this chaos.

Originally Posted by jimjamuser (Post 1785361)

Unions somehow work in Germany. And they have WAY less Police killings.

Originally Posted by Bay Kid (Post 1785818)

She didn't like the food.