However and unfortunately, we have had a rash of deputies shot here in FL this year.
Read any of my posts (and even my tag line) and you'll wuickly see that I am ANTI JBT, but very pro-LEO. Sounds like a contradiction, but it really isn't.
The justice for killign a LEO or a civi should be equally as swift and certain. The perp should get a fast trial right before his hanging. To hell with life sentences.
Oh, I am very pro law enforcement myself. Worked with them many years in one way or another. Have good friends on the local police forces. All of them are awesome guys. I’ve run into a couple with egotistical attitudes who’ve had to have talking to a few times.
I just think it is a bit arrogant of cops to scream bloody murder over the shooting of another cop, and NOT do the same over a normal, average citizen who has been shot, robbed, stabbed, raped, or murdered.
When it comes to “equality” all citizens have the same rights. we have the RIGHT to not be molested, or have crimes committed against us, that includes police officers. I certainly think they need to catch the guy and put him back in jail, and try him for attempted murder (I hope it doesn’t end up BEING murder for the sake of the officer and his family, and the police force there)... but, at the same time, I think the “righteous indignation” that police use when a “brother” (or sister) officer has been shot could be turned down a notch.
Or, turn it up a few notches when normal, average folks have mayhem committed against them as well.