I agree with you. And I'm going to try to be careful with what I say.
Police raid a house, and shoot the first guy they see, with no justification at all. If a second (well-armed) guy had been around the corner and had managed to blow away three cops, maybe a bunch of people would say "right on! turn the tables on 'em! Our government is attacking us! We need to fight back!"
You know what I thought when I heard that Giffords had been shot in AZ? I thought "Our government has been attacking us, and I guess someone decided to turn the tables on 'em. I guess someone decided to fight back."
Then I found out that a 9-year-old girl had been killed, and the shooter was a nutcase. So, I had no sympathy for his actions at that point.
But still, when I hear unhappy stories involving government workers ... I don't think about it quite the same way I used to.
Signing up for SWAT is like signing up for the Hitler Youth. I don’t really care what happens to you after that. You deserve it all. My cousin is one.
I live in NYC. My block is still covered in snow from the first time a few weeks ago. People have to park sideways and off on an angle and back into the spots because the city never did squat with thesnow.
We have alternate side of the street parking to where we cant park on the side of the street two days a week. Nearly three weeks later, do you think the city did a damn thing with the snow despite the fact that no one was prking there? No.
Guess what though - the PIGS give out $100 tickets everyday up and down my block for improper parking.
I can’t tell you have livid the average person is at cops around here because of this ticket blitz after what the city has pulled.
Again - my view of cops and law enforcement is not what it used to be. I literally detest 99% of law enforcement at this point since they serve NO purpose whatsoever at this point than to respnd to crimes after the fact and write a report.
Protect and Serve my ass.
The loss of innocent people was unfortunate but we're long past the point where people should be shocked and dismayed by someone striking back at and out of control government.
Sadly, all the hand wringing and qualifying of statements before any facts were even known tells me that while we're too far down the rabbit hole to ever go back to the way things used to be, people are afraid to even show tacit approval of someone striking back. It gives me a sinking feeling.