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Politics : BuSab
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To: Shoot1st who wrote (8779)7/16/2011 11:41:46 AM
From: Jorj X Mckie2 Recommendations  Read Replies (1) of 23934
 
Shootie,
more and more I am becoming fearful of our law enforcement. The idea of "To protect and to serve" has lost all meaning.

My Mom told me a story yesterday that just happened this past weekend. A Mother called the police because her two sons were fighting. When the police got there, one of the sons had got a knife and was threatening the other son. The cops shot and killed him. The son was not threatening the cops.

Now, obviously the kid shouldn't be using a deadly weapon. He was pretty obviously not the most civic minded tool in the shed. But here's the thing....we call the cops so that nobody gets killed in a situation like that. Hell, this would have probably resolved itself with some bruises and pissed off family members. Even in the worst case scenario, one of them get's killed by the other. What value did the cops add to the situation? They didn't prevent shit. They made it worse. And now the Mother gets to know that it was her call to 911 that killed her son.

More and more it is becoming obvious that it is a mistake to call the cops. And more and more we know we can't trust the cops. And as a law abiding citizen and someone who wants to respect law enforcement, it makes me sick to say that.

I'm glad that your daughter's situation worked out. Though obviously at a great price to her and to your family.
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