Okay, that's what I thought.
I get where you're coming from in regards to this.
Part of me just sees this as damage control. I'm never surprised when people are fired over things like this anymore.
I get where you're coming from, "Shouldn't we wait until the facts are in, before acting?" - Totally with you, data driven as opposed to emotionally driven policy.
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The point I was making earlier - that I wasn't directing at anyone in particular. I just found it funny, because some folks here have some cognitive dissonance regarding mob rule and anarchy.
When the mob is mad about a citizen being wrongfully shot by a police officer, i.e. a violation of that citizen's rights, the politicians who cave to the mob are wrong.
When the mob is mad about violation of a citizen's rights (gun laws) and the politicians don't cave to the mob, then the politicians who don't cave are wrong.
When is the mob wrong? (This is rhetorical...)
A suspect with a history of having guns on him illegally, who dives back into the car after realizing he's about to be placed under arrest, could be up to anything. Could be going to put the car in drive and flee. Or could be going for that weapon to practice the Mozambique drill on the officer's face.
If you don't remember this particular incident below, it was discussed before in a different thread. Watch it all the way through and you'll see the similarities.
Tulsa shooting of two police officers
I certainly fault her for shooting someone with a lethal weapon when she meant to use a non-lethal.
But was she wrong to be hyped up? That area of operations could very bad for all we know.
Last edited by Hot Sauce; 04-13-2021 at 04:27 PM.
Gaming will get you killed in the streets. Dueling will get you killed in the fields.
-Alexander Hamilton
Good lord. I mean, my jaw can only drop so far.
This is the elected Mayor in the city in which this took place, right? So I can only assume that he’s supported by a majority of the local populace. Given that, maybe this community wants to disarm their Police doing felony stops?
I wonder how that’s going to work out.
There's nothing civil about this war.