“this could all be avoided if we didn’t have an epidemic of young black men running from the cops, whether on foot or by car.”
Sure, no one should run from the cops, but 50 years ago when we ran from them in our cars when they came after us for illegal street racing, we didn’t get shot for our actions. The hard fact of the matter is that the cops have in large measure become “too eager to shoot.” Your family pet who runs up barking to a cop is more likely than ever to die for trying to say “hi.” And now the citizens are not far behind. Also, the cops have become para-military in their dress and weaponry. Just how long before they decide to switch from AR’s to M-16’s? No wonder the RATs want to confiscate our guns, because when push comes to shove, the LEO’s know that they are going to be out-gunned as things stand today.
50 years ago if you had committed robbery, then punched a cop in the face so hard you broke his eye socket, then tried to take his gun away, you would be dead and no one would even have noticed or cared.
Yea we have all heard that line about cops being military bla bla from the Holders, Obama;s Sharpton and Jackson but now would you address the robbery, the assault on the store owner, the assault on the cop or the rioting or even the DDems playing this up to get their votes out.