Americans Killed by Cops Now Outnumber Americans Killed in Iraq War [More]Funny, how "monopoly of violence" fetishists are so quiet about this... for now.
It's not that they don't want to disarm you LEOS, have rules requiring you to check out your weapons at the start of an assigned shift and check them back in at the end of it-- it's just if they let you know that'll be coming once they've secured other objectives, you might balk at helping them get there.
The thing is, you guys who will apparently follow any order and not break the code of silence, you who abuse your authority, you whose highest priority is to make it home at the end of your shift and to hell if the people you're falsely presumed to protect and serve do, haven't exactly been making any friends.
One note of caution about the way things are presented on the linked site: I don't accept on blind faith that 5,000 were "murdered" by the police. I'd have to see that explained before assuming that none of those were legitimate DGUs against bad and dangerous freelance predators. That said, I'd love to see a credible breakdown, and have no doubt just from stories posted here that many (most?) are ruled justifiable and consistent with department protocols just because they can be.
[Via Jeremy H]
Actually, I think there was rumblings in NJ at one point, by the Dem's, to have LEO's check firearms in and out for their shifts.
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