Should The Police...

[Obadiah]

My opinions are about as relevant as yours when it comes to government power/authority and how it is to be used and deployed.

Is it? I spent an entire career as a street cop in one of our nation's biggest and most dangerous cities, most of it in the ghetto areas. In that time I never had a sustained complaint against me and received many awards and commendations for outstanding service to the community. What is your law enforcement experience that makes your opinion equal to mine?

 

[smaller]

Is it? I spent an entire career as a street cop in one of our nation's biggest and most dangerous cities, most of it in the ghetto areas. In that time I never had a sustained complaint against me and received many awards and commendations for outstanding service to the community. What is your law enforcement experience that makes your opinion equal to mine?

I am certain you are an expert in domination, beyond question.

 

[jasonc]

Eo disposal is ok I think, why not? That would fall under serve and protect. The offensive use of eod robots is going too far and should be verboten on domestic soil.

They have breach teams and all sorts of armor. The shooter was one man. They should have sent a team of men into the parking structure to end the threat.

That makes more sense than remote detonated ied's. What the heck is a police dept doing with c4 in stock anyway? Thats absurd.

Because it's used to detonate bombs.so you woukd risk more officers.the man was vet,what if he was eod.so eod shouldn't use this on American members of isis? You said on American soil.we have them on AmeRican soil.Eod defuses bombs by destroying them in place or to place they can most saftely.

 

[jasonc]

Why have government, the miltary as well they too can turn on you.Americans never innsurecred at all.John Jays rebellion ,whiskey rebellion. THE army came in took them out.

 

[Edward]

You folks exaggerate much? We're talking about one extreme situation that demanded extreme measures to save countless more lives from being lost and some of you are reacting as if tomorrow morning we are going to find lethal police robots on every street corner blowing to bits every person who does so much as jaywalk. Get real people!

There is no body armor in existence that will protect you from a high powered rifle at close range. Even being shot in the body armor by a small caliber hand gun is like getting hit with a sledge hammer wielded by a very strong man! Lets put you at the front of that team to be the first one mowed down by his gunfire and see is you still think that's a better idea than letting a machine do the job instead.

Anticipating just such a situation like this and being prepared for it perhaps? That's their job. Police work goes a lot deeper than just the guy on a motorcycle that writes you a traffic ticket. Anarchy is the alternative.

So are guns. So by that logic the police shouldn't even be allowed to carry guns. In fact, clubs were also instruments of war at one time, so the police shouldn't even be allowed to have their batons (which are nothing more than modern clubs). Nope, this simply isn't a valid argument.

Oh come on, we are talking about one incident where a machine was used to save the lives of countless more innocent people at the expense of the life of one murderer. This is hardly a "fully controlled police state under global governance". Or do you believe it would have been better to save this murderer's life at the expense of letting him continue to kill more innocent people until he ran out of ammunition or just got to tired to hold his rifle anymore?

A robot with rubber teeth? To do what? Playfully nip at the guys ankles until he gets so annoyed he goes home? In which comic book did you get this idea?

So you chide everyone for exaggerating and say to get real...then continue to post doing the same exact thing. Did you notice that brother?


Cheering them on about this incident sets a terrible precedent.
But luckily, this incident comes with such a good justification (they saved lives-THEY SAVED LIVES!!!)
that it makes anyone look stupid for mentioning long term ramifications.

If they accidentally blow up a little old lady, then you'll come on spouting isolated incident?!

Well I think the police saving lives is an isolated incident. Lol...

 

[reba]

Rom 13:1 Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.
Rom 13:2 Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation.
Rom 13:3 For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same:
Rom 13:4 For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil.
Rom 13:5 Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake.
Rom 13:6 For for this cause pay ye tribute also: for they are God's ministers, attending continually upon this very thing.
Rom 13:7 Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour.

 

[Edward]

OK. So your opinion is that instead of stopping this guy by the best means they had available to them, the police should have just stood by waiting for some kind of trial by jury to take place while he simply continues to kill as many people as he has ammunition to kill. You are clearly an anarchist who has no respect for any authority over you and you clearly are using no common sense in this situation. Perhaps you need to be one of the people he shot in order to see things a little more realistically. That generally wakes one up to reality real quick. That's about all I can say at this point.

Wow dude. You're really a big time cop fanboy hey? (I know, ex cop)

You really sound over the top to suggest to multiple posters that perhaps they need shot to wake up to reality.

Ok, so all cops are good guys and all citizens are bad guys or stupid...

But if that's true, why was the suspect shooting at the good guys and not the citizenry?

 

[reba]

closed for the hatred shown to authority

 

[reba]

SHAME