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Re: Police officer resigns, another is fired after Ferguson incidents
And yet you refuse to acknowledge that this disapproval might actually stem from the behavior of police... I don't personally know what the proportion is, but I know it isn't arbitrary, nor does it reflect some kind of moral failing on the part of the general public. Police don't do the same job they used to do, and they don't do it the same way, and the people of this nation don't approve of these changes.
Then they have lost sight of the mission they are tasked with.
It's still very strange how the most vocal anti-government people are often those most supportive of government agents (police) even when they are engaging in the exact kind of tyranny that these people are most vocally against. It seems that government tyranny is acceptable on a local level to them, as well when it is directed towards people they deem inferior, which is usually poor blacks.
Exactly the sort of thing that police should not be able to do. They are not there to issue orders. They are there to uphold the law. That means if they want to control you, move you, arrest you, detain you, or threaten you, they need probable cause and a warrant. There is no excuse for police threatening and hurting innocent people like this. If there isn't enough information and no obvious immediate danger, the police should withdraw.
It's not "some people" who don't like cops. It's most people.
And yet you refuse to acknowledge that this disapproval might actually stem from the behavior of police... I don't personally know what the proportion is, but I know it isn't arbitrary, nor does it reflect some kind of moral failing on the part of the general public. Police don't do the same job they used to do, and they don't do it the same way, and the people of this nation don't approve of these changes.
I've been on police forums, and the notion that the community is "the boss" always gets a good chuckle from the leo members there.
Then they have lost sight of the mission they are tasked with.
Actually that's a broad brush. There are conservatives that are against police abuse as well. I realise most of them here on this board are fine with it, its mostly conservative libertarians that take issue with it.
It's still very strange how the most vocal anti-government people are often those most supportive of government agents (police) even when they are engaging in the exact kind of tyranny that these people are most vocally against. It seems that government tyranny is acceptable on a local level to them, as well when it is directed towards people they deem inferior, which is usually poor blacks.
Saw on the internet news somewhere that some people have filed a $40 million lawsuit against officers who were in Ferguson trying to control the crowds, stems from officers ordering a mother and child in a Mc D's restaurant onto the floor while they were purchasing ice cream, they were cuffed and hauled away for asking why they were told to leave and why they were being ordered around, since they weren't the ones causing the so called trouble.
Exactly the sort of thing that police should not be able to do. They are not there to issue orders. They are there to uphold the law. That means if they want to control you, move you, arrest you, detain you, or threaten you, they need probable cause and a warrant. There is no excuse for police threatening and hurting innocent people like this. If there isn't enough information and no obvious immediate danger, the police should withdraw.