The police are servants of the people. Not their betters nor their masters. When a citizen guns down an unarmed and fleeing assailant, the citizen is rightfully charged with murder. To issue special rights to one group, in this case the police, is unAmerican. The claim that "no one is above the law" rings hollow while you defend cold blooded murder.You place some above others in the rights and responsibilities totem pole. It is sickening and disgusting. There will come a time when your own ox is gored by those you hold in special privilege and when that happens and you are left spitting into the wind, you'll have no one to blame but yourself.
Just as special rights for any so-called class of citizens is wrong. That would include affirmative action, so-called hate crimes and the well connected and influential being allowed to carry firearms in NYC or any other Liberal cesspool.
Look, I know you’ve been here a long time and I respect that, but your lack of critical thinking makes me wonder how you have been around so long.
Cops are not a privileged class (maybe at the donut shop, but at least not above the law). The police are charged with and are responsible for the safety of ALL. When an individual breaks the law assaulting that officer and is possibly going to endanger others, including the cop, the cop is REQUIRED to STOP the criminal regardless of what it takes. The rightful assumption being that if the perp got away he would likely cause harm to others, not suddenly turn into model citizen.
If you can not grasp that simple notion, then please stop and read up on the law, don’t just keep jumping to 3rd grade conclusions.
Thankfully libertarians are a very minor part of those claiming to be conservative.