Posted on 07/16/2014 5:40:46 AM PDT by csvset
In some cases you can indiscriminately toss in flash bangs into cribs with a sleeping baby and all is well, after all you are the police and had good intentions, right...
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I am guessing it all depends on how vast ones comprehension of the English language is or perhaps it may just be what part of the country you were raised in.
It’s become acceptable through repeated misuse. It’s like the expression “butt naked”; it’s correctly “buck naked”. Buck is tanned deer hide without any fur on it vaguely resembling naked skin.
It’s a rant but “hone” is to sharpen an edge and “home” as a verb is what a homing pigeon does. At least that’s the actual meaning of these words.
We’re not discussing the wording of the Constitution here, are we? This is about the accepted and common use of the English language today. Not as it pertains to a book written during the Civil war where knowing the original meanings of words are necessary to gather the full and true gist of the times.
Just curious. What happened to the cop that got shot?
No one was hit as far as I know.
That's the precise opposite of the meaning of the word.
moot
mo͞ot
adjective
1. subject to debate, dispute, or uncertainty, and typically not admitting of a final decision.
"whether the temperature rise was mainly due to the greenhouse effect was a moot point"
synonyms: debatable, open to discussion/question, arguable, questionable, at issue, open to doubt, disputable, controversial, contentious, disputed, unresolved, unsettled, up in the air.
I’m talking about keeping some shed of logic in the English language, one of the finest constructs in human history. “Butt naked” and “Hone in on” have no rational meaning.
“Your” free to talk and “right like” you “wan’t too”. It “don’t make no difference two” me.
““As far as the officers response, I support their response 100 percent,” said Portsmouth Police Chief Ed Hargis, who claims his men never heard Watson say he had a gun or say anything. “Anytime the police hear there is a firearm, they start giving verbal commands, and they start yelling police.” “
They aren’t required to make SURE I know it is a cop? But I’m required to identify it is a cop? I’m required to tell a potential threat that I am armed?
Bite me. These commando raids are DESIGNED to cause confusion. Congratulations officer stupid. You left me confused as to what is going on, with only moments to decide and react. If I guess cop and I’m wrong, I’m dead. If I shoot and it is a cop, I may end up dead.
Thank you pigs so much for placing OUR safety so low on your priorities. Create as much confusion as possible so that I might hesitate when offered threat by a stranger.
Same thing with plain clothed officers. You want to act as if people KNOW you’re a cop. Why? Because you SAY ‘police’. Anyone can do that.
If a cop screws up during one of these raids and harms an innocent or non violent offender, we’re expected to ‘understand’ the cops’ confusion. But they make it clear that we are expected to get it right.
The professionals can’t be expected to be competent at their jobs. And they wonder why people had a memorial for a cop killer?
“Fully agree that the homeowner was within his rights. But he’s damn lucky he didn’t end up as Swiss cheese.
You’d think one of the Barney Fifes would have the decency to identify themselves before this near tragedy occurred. “
Even when they ‘identify’ themselves in these situations, it is often so incoherent that you can’t expect the victims of the raid to get the message.
Remember their goal is to catch you confused and unaware. Well, these idiots got the results of confusing a person as to who it was attacking him. Same thing happened in TX. Cop got killed, and they wanted murder 1.
They can’t be expected to get it right, but if we make a mistake, they have no understanding for us. Every time I hear of a swat guy buying it, I cheer.
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