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“Setting the props for a third term?”
Could you make it more cryptic?
Thanks.
This opinion piece minimizes much and does not give full context of the chief’s statement. Since when did we decide that police have to be injured or killed before they are allowed to respond?
And some FReepers went nuts on those of us asking this same question when Ferguson first broke.
We are grow comfortable living in a police state, and lie to ourselves that it’s not really a police state we now live in.
This weekend there are myriad ‘safety checkpoints’ all over town. Every car is stopped, your papers are asked for, your car is visibly searched, if the cops suspect drinking you must submit to a blood test on the spot.
We became Soviet - and we lie to ourselves it’s not a Police State.
Cops shoot a shoplifter dead, and we say “they had it coming’.
We deserve everything about to happen to us.
This one does not look good for the cops.
Will wait for more info.
Where’s JESSE?
Irresponsible article by Breitbart.
Agenda 21.
If officer safety was the priority, we wouldn’t risk them in the first place.
I watched the video in detail several times. This guy Powell was actively seeking “suicide by cop”: he stole a few petty items to elicit a police response, set the items (two cans) on the sidewalk with deliberation, pulled a knife when they showed up, checked behind himself and _moved_ when he realized he was putting bystanders in the line of fire, then started screaming “SHOOT ME” while heading toward the police in a threatening manner with knife draw, while police shouted “DROP THE KNIFE” many times before finally shooting him - waiting so long that when he fell he just about reached one of the cops.
The police did everything exactly right in this scenario. One quibble may be had over the last 2 shots, arguably unnecessary - but understandable in the high-adrenaline moment.
