Posted on 08/16/2010 5:08:17 PM PDT by Upstate NY Guy
Two Tampa police officers shot, killed during traffic stop
http://www.tampabay.com/news/publicsafety/crime/two-tampa-police-officers-shot-killed-during-traffic-stop/1105674
In the UK you cannot take a crap without a government camera on you. What is this person talking about
popcorn ping
I believe that this issue deserves a lot more attention by all freedom loving citizens!
That’s because the law-abiding public is the enemy of the state.
>> Two Tampa police officers shot, killed during traffic stop
And not all teachers are pedophiles.
What’s your point?
Having said that, there is something apparently wrong when people who apparently are presenting no threat are being shot five, six, seven times.
Maybe its training, maybe its procedure, maybe its general unpredictability in society itself, but something is definitely wrong.
Tragic, tragic, tragic.
Soon as the Costco tapes were “glitched” it pretty much confirmed to me that nothing really out of the ordinary was going on, just a anti-gun Costco employee thinking he was going to get someone in trouble.
Funny how tapes never glitch when they prove what the store and police claim.
I think the training is a big part of the problem. These guys are trained to react to a certain situation. In the Costco case the perceived situation was probably all wrong. The cops probably did not know this was a law abiding West Point grad/veteran with a concealed weapon permit and not a threat at all.
Probably some idiot Costco clerk made some crazy statements to the 911 operator and the cops started following the wrong template. They may have already figured the situation was going to end in a deadly shooting and the events followed this course.
“Cops, every day, willingly take awful risks of being shot while on duty” - the common cry of badge lapping socialists.
According to the US Dept. of Labor, being a cop means you are NOT in one of the ten most dangerous occupations. Construction workers, commercial fishermen, loggers, and seven other occupations are the most dangerous.
Being a cop is not all that dangerous.
But cops are necessary for any police state, and American socialists have high hopes. Plus, cops are government employees, and grossly overpaid and egregiously over benefit equipped ones at that.
A handful of cops being shot is NO REASON WHATSOEVER for American cops acting like steroid enraged jack booted storm troopers.
Unless - horrid thought, they are steroid enraged, jack booted storm troopers.
Ping!
>>I’ve always respected and appreciated the police.<<
Ten years ago I would have said the same thing. Now it has changed to, “I fear unrestrained police tactics and questionable department investigative methods. I totally disagree with SWAT no knock procedures and killing dogs in 95% of the cases.
And the person that shot them was a criminal that deserves to be executed or spend the rest of his life in prison. Just like the cops in Nevada that shot down the former military officer that was exercising his right to carry a weapon and, according to witness accounts, did not resist. All cops aren't bad. They all aren't good either.
There were conflicting witness reports. You should probably wait until the coroner's inquest in September.
I will. Thanks.
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