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re: Police in Wash. Shoot Man Running From them with a rock in his hands.
Posted on 2/13/15 at 2:50 pm to GeeOH
Posted on 2/13/15 at 2:50 pm to GeeOH
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Why is illegal for a citizen to shoot a person running from them, but it's just fine for cops to shoot someone not threatening them by running?
Because we have a nation of police officers who think that they themselves are the law instead of those who enforce it. Because Americans are consistently subjected to the hero worship of police by both our mass media and politicians. Because most Americans are more than willing to accept a creeping police state, either because they feel safer or because they're too concerned with mindless reality television to give a damn.
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Posted on 2/13/15 at 2:54 pm to SCLibertarian
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that they themselves are the law
I gotta do it....
This post was edited on 2/13/15 at 2:55 pm
Posted on 2/13/15 at 2:56 pm to SCLibertarian
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Because we have a nation of police officers who think that they themselves are the law instead of those who enforce it. Because Americans are consistently subjected to the hero worship of police by both our mass media and politicians. Because most Americans are more than willing to accept a creeping police state, either because they feel safer or because they're too concerned with mindless reality television to give a damn.
Well said.
Posted on 2/13/15 at 3:23 pm to BlackPawnMartyr
Yep. That was a head "shot". He "killed it" on this thread...
Posted on 2/13/15 at 4:47 pm to GeeOH
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Why is illegal for a citizen to shoot a person running from them, but it's just fine for cops to shoot someone not threatening them by running?
It is illegal for police to do this. But DAs typically give very wide latitude to police when charging them with crimes. It is what it is (until we change it).
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