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originally posted by: dragonridr
a reply to: spirit_horse
Wow OK maybe they don't deserve jail but at the very least need to lose their jobs. I expect more of this however. I mean who really wants to become an officer anymore?? They don't have people beating down their door to become police officers. Meaning more often then not they are down to hiring from the people who shouldn't be armed in the first place.
Think about it police are underpaid living in most cases in poverty. They get little or no respect from the public. They have to put there lives in danger to try to arrest someone only to have a lawyer get them off and put them back on the street. Used to be they had respect and kids even wanted to grow up to be police. Now well were down to two types morons and people with an overly developed sense of justice. Both can be dangerous.
originally posted by: jitombe
8 cops shooting at 2 targets and all those misses? Is that why they were considered incompetent?
originally posted by: spirit_horse
a reply to: intrptr
WOW, not only did they miss 105 of the 107 rounds on the first vehicle, the other cops missed their target as well. These poor folks are going to have serious psychological issues even driving down the street. I say this because I have been in a few high speed crashes and I still get the feeling at times of the impact, dirt and glass sensations. They will have times they feel they are going to be opened up on when seeing a parked police car. Sad. And I am not surprised they let them go without charges. Retraining maybe? There is no excuse and any attempt by the Sheriff or DA to minimize it and not prosecute is an affront to all citizens.
originally posted by: Qspeedyrock
a reply to: spirit_horseVery much agree when tshtf even though mashal law may be called but many of these leos etc are going to lose their lives. The problem is that many innocent and non violent people are going to die. What will be left will be those with a brutal survival mentality and many of these groups will not be just using small arms fire. Whole police stations will be completely blowen away with any surviving leos etc mopped up with the armed drones etc that the rebels have obtained. When areas get completely out of control i would not be surprised if tptb just nuke the area or use some other weapon of mass destruction.
originally posted by: DAVID64
Eventually this will have to reach critical mass and protesting in the streets en mass if you want to quell these incidents.
It already has and there are still people, even here, that defend them and constantly make excuses for them. Stop protecting them like they can do no wrong, punish the ones who lie and cover their buddy's ass and start handing out prison sentences and we may see a change. We will never see a mass uprising of the public.
originally posted by: John_Rodger_Cornman
a reply to: spirit_horse
They are totally out of control.
107 shots?
Who were they trying to kill? Predator?
originally posted by: rollanotherone
a reply to: spirit_horse
I'll have to research that figure you posted. Not that I don't believe you, it's just that I would like to know more about that since my daughter will be 9 in that year. (She's still baking in the womb)
originally posted by: CharlestonChew
a reply to: spirit_horse
Government is a monopoly on the use of force.
Because of the nature of government, humans are capable of acquiring power to be able to abuse others with impunity.
Coercive hierarchies need to be abandoned in regards to human organization.
originally posted by: spirit_horse
originally posted by: DAVID64
Eventually this will have to reach critical mass and protesting in the streets en mass if you want to quell these incidents.
It already has and there are still people, even here, that defend them and constantly make excuses for them. Stop protecting them like they can do no wrong, punish the ones who lie and cover their buddy's ass and start handing out prison sentences and we may see a change. We will never see a mass uprising of the public.
I am not sure about that. There is a large number of people that have been preparing for asymmetric warfare. I say a large number, but I mean a few million out of the 320 million or so. If you just had 3 million or ,93% the ptb will be in trouble. That is a very large force and after they hit armories, acquire weapons and training from vets and maybe foreign support from the likes of China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, etc. all who wouldn't mind see the US Government go by the wayside, things will get very ugly. That is what people don't understand when they say they are just local incompetent militias. And I think there are a whole lot more that would join in if the ptb brought in international response forces. Foreign troops on American soil would drive the numbers of people fighting way up. I suspect that is part of the reason the government predicts only 60 million people in the US by 2025. They say emigrating for jobs, but I suspect something worse especially after the huge homeland forces buildup. But I digress. Just wanted to reply.