Pic of the Day
Pic of the Day
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- dbloc9
- Yeah well, welcome...Maaku
- She has a point. What's the alternative? Unarmed cops without authority to do anything that might cause harm?i_monk
- amazingMiguex
- @i_monk: one alternative is a country where cops who kill people would be prosecuted with the same rigour as civilians. It would be a start.********
- So armed cops without authority to shoot?i_monk
- The local branch of BLM treats the 1-2 cop shootings a year or two here the same as American numbers, but I don't see how you can really improve on that.i_monk
- Strawman.Hayoth
- if nobody had guns, the cops wouldn't think about anyone possibly having a gun and freak out. You won't solve this until gun regulations change.ESKEMA
- lol at aggression reduction as a result of disarming. a cop hired to protect and served who thinks everyone has a gun is a poor cop.imbecile
- if basically anyone can have a gun, he'd be a poor cop for thinking otherwise.ESKEMA
- any civil servant hired to protect and serve who enters every situation with a predisposition of guilt is a poor civil servantimbecile
- you have a mouth, people with mouths lie, i presume every word you say is a lie.imbecile
- i hope you see the stupidity in your argument. i doubt you do though.imbecile
- The reason American cops kill so much is that the Cop Unions prevent them being prosecuted when lethal force was unnecessary. Hence her sign.zarb0z
- The solution, as mentioned earlier, begins with prosecuting shootings as murders, like this week in Texas: fire the cop, charge them with murder. It is a STARTzarb0z
- That is all that needs to be changed: end impunity. Here in the UK, most cops have no guns. Those who do don't do traffic stops, they're for escalated events.zarb0z
- That doesn't mean disarm the cops. Period.zarb0z
- It means hold cops accountable (like a civilian) when their actions exceed rationale. Hence her sign.zarb0z
- I'll go a step further and leverage UK procedure against USA procedure and invite a flamewar:zarb0z
- EVERY time a cop fires their gun, they get to sit before a 5-member tribunal, made up of civilians (like USA jury duty) and a cop and a (whatever you like).zarb0z
- If it's proven they were justified, it'll take all of 5 minutes. Done, back to work.zarb0z
- If it's not CLEAR, it's referred to a Grand Jury (I think I have that correct), or maybe directly forms charges against the officer. No more paid leave.zarb0z
- But if it goes to court, and the cop is exonerated, the community needs to SUPPORT that process. Today, that process doesn't exist, hence her sign.zarb0z