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Regarding the video: The man was advancing on the police officer and we can't see anything other than that. We don't know if the officer had his gun drawn already or not. Just too many unknowns in this case. I'd hope there are some traffic cams or other footage brought to light during the investigation into it. If a police officer orders you to do something and you act aggressively towards the officer, I think the officer is well within his right to shoot you.

I say this in full knowledge that one day, I could be shot due to my implant batteries dying at the wrong time. My Pops actually had somebody call the police on him because they thought he was loading a pistol in his car outside a Walmart. He was putting fresh batteries in his own implant.

dafyre

I've been more philosophically challenged and changed during my 3 years on here than my entire time at my last job (10 years).

scottalanmiller

@dafyre said in Non-IT News Thread:

I've been more philosophically challenged and changed during my 3 years on here than my entire time at my last job (10 years).

That’s what we strive for.

scottalanmiller

68 dead in a riot in Venezuela.

DustinB3403

@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

@dustinb3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:

@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

how can those whose sole job is to uphold the law fundamentally not believe or obey it?

That is where you are wrong, cops don't uphold the law. Their job is to arrest people that they believe has broken some law. It is the courts job to uphold the law.

Right, so if another cop breaks the law, the other cops should arrest them.

This goes back to the point though, cops are held just above most law. For example, if they shoot and kill someone, rather than that individual cop being arrested immediately, there is an investigation to see if excessive force was used.

dafyre

@dustinb3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:

@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

@dustinb3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:

@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

how can those whose sole job is to uphold the law fundamentally not believe or obey it?

That is where you are wrong, cops don't uphold the law. Their job is to arrest people that they believe has broken some law. It is the courts job to uphold the law.

Right, so if another cop breaks the law, the other cops should arrest them.

This goes back to the point though, cops are held just above most law. For example, if they shoot and kill someone, rather than that individual cop being arrested immediately, there is an investigation to see if excessive force was used.

Around here, the officer(s) involved will be put on desk duty or suspended with pay during the investigation.

DustinB3403

@dafyre same thing here.

scottalanmiller

@dustinb3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:

@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

@dustinb3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:

@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

how can those whose sole job is to uphold the law fundamentally not believe or obey it?

That is where you are wrong, cops don't uphold the law. Their job is to arrest people that they believe has broken some law. It is the courts job to uphold the law.

Right, so if another cop breaks the law, the other cops should arrest them.

This goes back to the point though, cops are held just above most law. For example, if they shoot and kill someone, rather than that individual cop being arrested immediately, there is an investigation to see if excessive force was used.

Good example. Even when it is taken seriously, it’s not taken very seriously. Not with “normal” seriousness.

momurda

@scottalanmiller Every time a cop shoots someone in America, that cop is denying due process. That should immediately prohibit that individual from being LEO for the rest of their life, even if the person shot at them first.

If a cop shoots someone without being shot at first, that cop should be charged with murder or manslaughter. Due Process before execution by the state is supposed to be guaranteed by the Bill of Rights. Violating due process should have severe penalties.

mlnews

Taiwanese kids find a camera covered in barnacles, lost at sea for two years, open up the case and find the camera is working flawlessly, and still fully charged! The camera and pictures have been returned to their owner now.