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Posted on 03/13/2014 1:04:29 PM PDT by Dallas59
Mr. Canipe, a veteran of the Vietnam War, stopped his truck when signaled. Without being prompted, he then proceeded to step out of his pickup truck to see what the problem might be.
Lacking the strength to walk properly, Mr. Canipe then reached into his truck to pick up his walking stick, as he had done countless times before. But this time was different. Canipe was in the presence of a police officer. The disabled Vietnam veteran was listed in fair condition on Wednesday night.
When did they start hiring pussies to be cops?
With police, do what you are told when told, nothing more, nothing less. Especially with these militarized thinking police.
Prayer up for his recovery.
When affirmative action became mandatory.
Here's the really stupid part of this - there is NO standardized protocol for traffic stops. For years the Texas Highway patrol demanded that you step out of your car. They would approach no closer than the back bumper till you were outside. A few years ago they suddenly decided that you MUST stay in the car until they walk up to the window. Now it is about half and half. When you are stopped you really have no idea what they want you to do.
If the police can't even standardize on something as simple as are you to stay in the car or get out, it is no wonder they are consistently inconsistent on everything else.
Well, at least the cops got to go home safe that night.
Good thing the ignorant cop was a lousy shot.
It really sucks to wear a uniform, be a Highway Patrol, Trooper, Policeman.
Because all the problems coming from Obama down is falling upon the LEO, and they know the people of America are snapping back.
America is frustrated because they cannot remove Obama, so they are lashing back at ANY authority.
And the cops are too high strung.
Something is causing this irrational fear of being shot or otherwise attacked in LEO’s these days. I suspect that they’re being constantly briefed on how bad things are getting and how bad they can expect things to get.
If they’re this trigger happy now, it’s frightening to imagine how they’ll behave once “civilians” start defending themselves.
I retired from law enforcement in So. Cal in 1987, and what passes for justified shootings nowadays would have landed you in prison back in my day.
Makes me think a little when I have to use a cane when my knee acts up, could get a person shot now days by an idiot cop.
You really think so? I just think it's under trained, over scared cops.
Good thing this cop went through all of those training classes about firearm restraint and situational assessment. Those classes make him a professional - certified in the proper use of firearms under stressful conditions, in full accordance ith the law.
That training certification and professional experience is precisely why he can own and carry fully automatic weapons, and you cannot.
They are basically at WAR with half of America. End prohibition, and it takes the target off the backs of half of the citizens, and the Popo.Then they can get back to protecting and serving, instead of Nazi storm-trooping Constitutional rights stomping oppressors.
I can only speak for my locality being Alaska, and the Alaska State Trooper to me is of the highest standards, yet they too still have to draw guns, a suspected DUI driver tried to run down a Trooper last weekend and a local PD, they shot and killed him, the driver was actually on an Alaska TV reality show I think, so it happens everywhere, many are good and honorable but many are just tools to gather fines, code enforcement fees etc.
And some are just sadistic monsters who get off subjugating others. We have all arguably ran across that kind of a person in life.
It’s a different country now. The man knew a country in which you respected cops, and they didn’t live in fear of citizens.
Today, a lot of low-lifes hate cops and the cops don’t know what’s coming next.
So, an innocent man meets a suspicious and wary cop, and this is what happens.
It’s a very different country now. I know it is, but I think of elderly people I know who haven’t realized what has happened, and who see nothing wrong with holding a TV remote or a cell phone while speaking with a cop.
Is the country I knew ever coming back?
Yeah,and I guess all the 9-12 year olds in the Middle East that carry AK’s all the time are as trained as them.
Who cares about an old useless feeder?
The only thing that matters is that the Law Enforcement Officer got to go home that night!
/sarc
They always have. Some are Freepers.
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