It only makes sense that cops are apprehensive of their lives. When they tell you do not do something, don’t do it. Nobody ever died when being polite to a cop. Only those that don’t obey cops have the tendency to suicide by cop. I apologize if I sound harsh, but I speak the plain truth.
When they tell you do not do something, don’t do it. Nobody ever died when being polite to a cop
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Umm, no. Did you read the excerpt? That guy died after being told to pull his hand out of his pocket.
Recently the big deal was about some poor dumb drunk following every command - only to be shot and killed.
And that cop was acquitted.
If a cop doesn’t have the ability to control his fear long enough to assess a situation and guarantee that there is in fact a genuine *threat* to his life - or the lives of those around him before he opens fire on someone, then he doesn’t need to be a cop.
Our community is burying a 29 year old father of 2 today who was killed responding to a noise call last Sunday along with 4 other police officers injured. The entire community has pulled together to honor this young man. Police are not perfect but I doubt any of the keyboard warriors here would do their job no matter what the pay.
“Nobody ever died when being polite to a cop.”
Bullshit. Utter bullshit.
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But that’s not the truth.
Did you read the article?
The case described in the opening of the story is one in which a police officer told a motorist to remove his hand from his pocket and them shot him when he complied.
The motorist was obeying the officer’s instructions.
In the first paragraph of the article it relates the story of a cop who ordered a man to take his hands out of his pockets and then shot him as he did so. So what happened there? Not polite enough?
All to often the police can shoot anyone for any reason, or suspicion, and walk away from it. And this guy is helping him. I would love to see his defense of that police officer in Minneapolis who shot that unarmed woman. No doubt he would have half a dozen explanations justifying it.
While I agree with the sentiment, what are you supposed to do when you are told to take your hand out of your pocket, and don't know if it will be perceived as a threat? You can say "taking hand out, slowly," which would be good, but shouldn't be shot for forgetting. (Assuming the facts of the case are as stated in the article).
And on this case the not cop was shot BECAUSE he complied. Every time a cop stops someone he/she MAY face a gun. Every time you;re stopped by a cop you WILL face someone with a gun. What this bullshit says is that your life is worth less than a cop’s.
no cop has any right to kill someone who has his hand in his pocket...
I don't have that right...you don't have that right and cops don't have that right....
its high time cops OBEYED THE LAW and respected fellow citizens....