[ProtectOurFreedom]

She put the weapon down, walked out of her apartment unarmed, clad in a T-shirt and yoga pants, hands up, and laid face down on the carpeted hallway floor outside her door...An officer...shot the 39-year-old mother SIX TIMES times with a high-powered rifle as she lay on the floor 30 feet away.

That is absolutely sickening. What the hell???

[Leaning Right]

> That is absolutely sickening. What the hell??? <

Yep. Something changed maybe 30 years ago. Cops ceased thinking of themselves as “peace officers”. Instead they became “law enforcement officers”. With that name came a huge change in attitude. Too many of today’s cops act like they’re part of an occupying military force.

(And yes, I get that being a cop is a tough job, tougher than it was 30 years ago.)

[sport]

Why not. When the Police are called out, they must kill someone. No dog to kill. No husband and wife to kill. They had no other choice. She forgot Rule Number One and it cost her her life: To Wit} No matter how bad the situation, involving the Police makes it worse. In spite of Free Republic Dogma, the Police are not your friend. At one time I believed they were your friend.