Maverick9
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"Appropriate"?????“The situation is very unfortunate,” Faris said, reading from a statement at a news conference. “It does appear, at this time, that Deputy Knox’s actions were an appropriate response to what he reasonably believed to be an imminent threat to his life.”
So, you are pleased to live in that world where you must be servile to survive? GeeZeus, kill me now.
If officers are going to interact with the public with the assumption that "this guy may be the one guy out of thousands that kills me" then it would only seem appropriate for the public to interact with officers with the assumption of "this may be the cop that overreacts and shoots me."No, you're smart. You don't have expired stickers, or speed or break traffic laws. Every stop on the road has a potential to lose your life - after all it's a stranger with a deadly weapon.
If officers are going to interact with the public with the assumption that "this guy may be the one guy out of thousands that kills me" then it would only seem appropriate for the public to interact with officers with the assumption of "this may be the cop that overreacts and shoots me."
It only takes that one guy, and if I don't know Officer Friendly then he's a danger with a deadly weapon, right?
Right.If officers are going to interact with the public with the assumption that "this guy may be the one guy out of thousands that kills me" then it would only seem appropriate for the public to interact with officers with the assumption of "this may be the cop that overreacts and shoots me."
It only takes that one guy, and if I don't know Officer Friendly then he's a danger with a deadly weapon, right?
Sure. How about you head on down to your local LEA and ask the chief to get all those insecure cops, cuz we can tell who they are just by looking at them, to quit. Then life for thee and we gets better.....mmm'k.This goes to the "us against them attitude".
If an officer is that insecure then they need to find another line of work.
"APPROPRIATE"....my ^$%
If officers are going to interact with the public with the assumption that "this guy may be the one guy out of thousands that kills me" then it would only seem appropriate for the public to interact with officers with the assumption of "this may be the cop that overreacts and shoots me."
It only takes that one guy, and if I don't know Officer Friendly then he's a danger with a deadly weapon, right?
This is an excellent point and perfect context.
The FACT is police shoot/kill about 750 people every year in America.
Only about 35 cops are murdered every year in America.
In addition in the first instance, it's illegal to fight back or resist. You have to just stand there and be killed, then hope your survivors can win a settlement in court (in most states).
Right.
Sure. How about you head on down to your local LEA and ask the chief to get all those insecure cops, cuz we can tell who they are just by looking at them, to quit. Then life for thee and we gets better.....mmm'k.
Not in Missouri. If that someone is a cop arresting you that is.Negative... you have a right to resist if your life is in danger... been covered here many times.
Key words are only if life is in danger. So no if someone says "put your hands behind your back" you cannot resist and say no. That's resisting arrest (no force). You can actively resist arrest and fight back but that'll add more charges.
If someone is beating you in the head with a baton then you can resist.
I believe the case was where the cop was shot because he was using excessive force? I know someone will correct me if that's wrong.
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Not in Missouri. If that someone is a cop arresting you that is.
That's interesting, "should have" for a traffic stop arrest without warrant.
The reason cops want to come to your window is to take the extra-legal sniff and peek search.
LE has a vested interest in perpetuating the mindset that every shoot is a good shoot until there can be no further value to maintaining such a position. Time, more of it, is the number one goal of LE in a cop involved shooting. Once the incident gets past a week then the "outrage" is long gone, except for a small, vocal, and easily discounted/ignored few.The LE knee-jerk response.....it, the shoot, is justified until it is found to not have been justified.
Release the dash cam video!!!