I knew I'd catch it for quoting "that movie." Those words, regardless of what came before/after them, ring true. So don't bring up the sum when I merely quoted a part please.
It being 'that movie', you might have considered that the writers had that quote coming from that particular character for a reason. In point of fact we do not grant cops that authority. Technically cops should have zero authority over anyone unless they are breaking a law in the officer's presence. Otherwise you're just giving arbitrary authority over law abiding citizens to the police, a hallmark of a police state.
I expect cops to leave law peaceful, law abiding citizens alone. When a situation does present itself where intervention is warranted, I expect cops to use the minimum amount of force necessary for control and safety, and I expect them to perform that job correctly and to as a high a standard as any other worker, or to find another job.
You know something, we all seem to forget, because we live our little comfortable lives (including myself), that the mind is not something that can keep being bent. People will eventually "snap."
If they can't handle the job, find another one. You do realize that you are essentially making excuses for cops to occasionally just blow someone away as, you know, a stress buster or something...
Is it his fault? Maybe. Is it society's fault? Maybe. But I do know one thing, and that is that WE have no place to say what his intentions were. We have no place to say what should be done with this man.
Yes, we do actually. We the people are the final authority in the US. So we the people, if we had any decency and balls, should get together and fire this guy and strip him of his right to bear arms even as a private citizen until he can demonstrate the ability to not kill people who are no threat to him or anyone else at the moment, despite what kind of day he may be having.
Placed in irrational situations and environs day in day out is a stimulus that will eventually bring about an irrational response. A police officer's job, an officer who works in a challenging environment, IS the voice of reason. Sometimes mistakes are made. Is it really that unbelievable/atrocious to think this could happen, and will happen again? People need to just open their eyes and take a look.
A police officere's job is to enforce the law, not to kill people. If they don't like the situations they are in day in and day out, they should get another job. If they don't like the situations the enforcement of some laws put them in, they should put their balls on the table and speak out against those laws. If they can't tell a tazer from a glock or other handgun, they shouldn't be wearing a badge. Especially with a glock, for Christ's sake the thing has a 5-8 pound trigger pull and a bunch of safety mechanisms to stop the gun from firing unless you indeed pull the trigger fully and totally back with the intent to fire.
And they also need to stop responding to the human condition with rioting and 25 million dollar cheese mountain lawsuits. Heck with this. I'm out for now. Gonna go watch some internet porn.
Agreed, but these days the PC thing to do is let people tear up a few city blocks and commit their own hate crimes without repurcussions of any kind. It has been decided in the United States that instead of holding people personally accountable for their situations in life we are going to set up various victim classes, all of which will occassionally riot and take a city orwih them.
what do you think this guy's family or friends are gonna do? 
