Menu
Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
New media
New media comments
New profile posts
Latest activity
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Members
Current visitors
New profile posts
Search profile posts
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles and first posts only
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Forums
Non-Cattle Specific Topics
Coffee Shop
Another shot dead by Mpls police
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Help Support CattleToday:
Message
<blockquote data-quote="boondocks" data-source="post: 1496469" data-attributes="member: 20599"><p>Farmguy, Butch doesn't need me to defend him. But I agree that we need to start holding LEO to a higher standard. They are getting (in many areas) way too militarized and way too trigger-happy. Not all of them! But instead of "policing themselves" and weeding out their own bad apples, they sure seem to close ranks and protect the bad cops. It's a downward spiral, in which poor policing leads citizenzy to respect them less; tensions rise between the police and the policed, so cops become more fearful for their lives; being more fearful, they get yet ever more SWAT-like and more trigger-happy, resulting in them killing people they should not; respect for LEO goes down further. Lather rinse repeat. </p><p>The good cops need to hold their colleagues accountable. I hope your grandson stays safe in a very tough job.(It must be worrying for his family, I'm sure). I hope that he is self-reflective and examines any inherent preconceptions or biases he has (as we all do) that may lead to unfortunate outcomes. And I hope that you encourage him to hold his fellow officers accountable. It should not be an "us versus them" mentality (on either side of the thin blue line).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="boondocks, post: 1496469, member: 20599"] Farmguy, Butch doesn't need me to defend him. But I agree that we need to start holding LEO to a higher standard. They are getting (in many areas) way too militarized and way too trigger-happy. Not all of them! But instead of "policing themselves" and weeding out their own bad apples, they sure seem to close ranks and protect the bad cops. It's a downward spiral, in which poor policing leads citizenzy to respect them less; tensions rise between the police and the policed, so cops become more fearful for their lives; being more fearful, they get yet ever more SWAT-like and more trigger-happy, resulting in them killing people they should not; respect for LEO goes down further. Lather rinse repeat. The good cops need to hold their colleagues accountable. I hope your grandson stays safe in a very tough job.(It must be worrying for his family, I'm sure). I hope that he is self-reflective and examines any inherent preconceptions or biases he has (as we all do) that may lead to unfortunate outcomes. And I hope that you encourage him to hold his fellow officers accountable. It should not be an "us versus them" mentality (on either side of the thin blue line). [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Forums
Non-Cattle Specific Topics
Coffee Shop
Another shot dead by Mpls police
Top