With over two hundred million guns in America, a whole lot of people get shot for stupid reasons and it shouldn't be too much of a surprise when cops shoot each other. My only thought when it happens is that it sucks to be the cop but why are people getting all weepy over an inevitable event. When you put all those guns in circulation, what did you think would happen ... or did you think about it at all.
The cop rationale is they need heavy artillery because the streets are so dangerous. The thug rationale is that they need the big guns because the cops are so violent. One line of reasoning cancels out the other and you are left with nothing but the glaring conclusion that what you are doing doesn't fucking work and results only in lots of dead people and jam-packed jails.
I might be more sympathetic to cops but they gave away respect in favor of fear when they got tanks, helicopters, and heavy weapons. Even with that ridiculous firepower, I might still be sympathetic if they didn't work as serfs for the Crown with their Interstate speed traps that serve only to make money while making the Interstate more dangerous. I might even be sympathetic after the volumes of records of police brutality that are being continually replenished by new assaults. And macing those unarmed girls from OWS at UC Davis was really special too, wasn't it. In general, I find people are more afraid of cops than we are of criminals ... and with good reason.
The rampaging racism in police prosecution isn't hype but a matter of public record in the gross disparities between arrest of whites and blacks for the same crime. This is particularly evident with regard to arrests for smoking marijuana in which the incidence of use is roughly the same with whites and blacks but blacks get busted four or five times more often for it. In the current day of for-profit jails, there is a great incentive to keep the jails full and reefer is one exceptionally easy way to do it.
The Cop / Thug polarization is similar to Fox News in which everything's Obama's fault. If you buy a candy bar that was on the shelf too long and went dry, it's Obama's fault. I don't like the skinny little fascist either but the ludicrous polarization results, as above, in nothing but dead people. The solution to the problem is significantly greater than simple enforcement. Just as acting like thugs in Iraq only destabilized the country, it won't work in east L.A. either.
When it comes to getting more guns in the country, cops are first in line to defend the right to bear arms. The cops also say the streets are so dangerous that they need tanks and helicopters. From this it seems reasonable to conclude that cops don't rely much on logic nor do they have much understanding of cause and effect.
It's all very well to be pissed off with me but I'm not the problem as the only gun I've ever fired was an M-16 and I'm not interested in another one. You'll get sympathy from me when you stop acting like fools and not before.
Today's offering: Police shoot pregnant mother's dog in her own driveway
The cop rationale is they need heavy artillery because the streets are so dangerous. The thug rationale is that they need the big guns because the cops are so violent. One line of reasoning cancels out the other and you are left with nothing but the glaring conclusion that what you are doing doesn't fucking work and results only in lots of dead people and jam-packed jails.
I might be more sympathetic to cops but they gave away respect in favor of fear when they got tanks, helicopters, and heavy weapons. Even with that ridiculous firepower, I might still be sympathetic if they didn't work as serfs for the Crown with their Interstate speed traps that serve only to make money while making the Interstate more dangerous. I might even be sympathetic after the volumes of records of police brutality that are being continually replenished by new assaults. And macing those unarmed girls from OWS at UC Davis was really special too, wasn't it. In general, I find people are more afraid of cops than we are of criminals ... and with good reason.
The rampaging racism in police prosecution isn't hype but a matter of public record in the gross disparities between arrest of whites and blacks for the same crime. This is particularly evident with regard to arrests for smoking marijuana in which the incidence of use is roughly the same with whites and blacks but blacks get busted four or five times more often for it. In the current day of for-profit jails, there is a great incentive to keep the jails full and reefer is one exceptionally easy way to do it.
The Cop / Thug polarization is similar to Fox News in which everything's Obama's fault. If you buy a candy bar that was on the shelf too long and went dry, it's Obama's fault. I don't like the skinny little fascist either but the ludicrous polarization results, as above, in nothing but dead people. The solution to the problem is significantly greater than simple enforcement. Just as acting like thugs in Iraq only destabilized the country, it won't work in east L.A. either.
When it comes to getting more guns in the country, cops are first in line to defend the right to bear arms. The cops also say the streets are so dangerous that they need tanks and helicopters. From this it seems reasonable to conclude that cops don't rely much on logic nor do they have much understanding of cause and effect.
It's all very well to be pissed off with me but I'm not the problem as the only gun I've ever fired was an M-16 and I'm not interested in another one. You'll get sympathy from me when you stop acting like fools and not before.
Today's offering: Police shoot pregnant mother's dog in her own driveway
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