| d21lewis said: I'm saying that people are condemning all cops for the actions of a corrupt minority. The police are accountable for their actions. There are also outside agencies responsible for investigating departments. This was murder. Police are trained to shoot if their lives or others are in jeopardy. That wasn't the case this time. The thing I hate is how many on social media--and I guess, the eyes of the world--see the police in the United States as reckless and trigger happy because these are the stories that get headlines these days. "Cops are bad." It's not much different than saying "All white people are serial killers" or "All football players abuse women" or "All black people are rapists" or "All women shoplift". When people are afraid of the police, it makes it much more difficult for police to do their jobs.
Meanwhile, go to www.officer.com (I haven't been in months). Look at all of the police officers who have died in the line of duty in the past week. They don't get national coverage. Care to have a discussion? Let's have a discussion. |
in 2014 127 officers died in the line of duty, 50 vehicle related, 49 gun related (2 "accidental", possibly ff?), 19 heart attacks,..
about 1100 people were killed by Police in the same time frame, unfortunately the site doesn't have a quick way to determine how, but at a quick glance I see more than 49 shootings
I think it's normal for media to pick up the later ~9 times more often and there have been shocking cases like this one that need to be covered. Ofcourse I would like to read about good police work aswell, which might not make the news anywhere near as often as it should.
