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<blockquote data-quote="Buck Randall" data-source="post: 1632436" data-attributes="member: 38590"><p>A few years ago an unarmed man near here was killed when he drunkenly rushed some cops. There was no national outrage. It got a mention on the local news. It was a tragedy, but most people accepted that the police had to make a split-second decision for their safety. It's a tough job and things like that happen.</p><p></p><p>George Floyd was pinned to the ground and cuffed before he was killed, so he wasn't a threat. Freddie Gray was killed while in police custody, so he wasn't a threat. Philando Castile had a concealed carry permit, calmly informed the officer during a routine traffic stop, and then was shot to death. No threat there. When you put your knee on a man's neck and leave it there for several minutes while he and the crowd around you beg for his life, you can't claim his death was a tragic mistake. How many killings like that need to happen before you think outrage is justified?</p><p></p><p>I don't want police to die at work. Do you know why there isn't more outrage when it happens? Because the justice system works for them. The killer goes to prison. Most states have programs to issue payments to the victim's family. The community mourns the loss of an officer and supports the family. Nothing about this is controversial, despite everyone agreeing that it happens far too often.</p><p></p><p>When the police conduct a raid on the wrong home and an innocent person ends up dead, the family is lucky if they receive an apology. The officers aren't charged, and the family has to lawyer up to even dream of being compensated.</p><p>https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/somebody-shot-my-girlfriend-911-call-from-police-shooting-of-breonna-taylor-released</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Buck Randall, post: 1632436, member: 38590"] A few years ago an unarmed man near here was killed when he drunkenly rushed some cops. There was no national outrage. It got a mention on the local news. It was a tragedy, but most people accepted that the police had to make a split-second decision for their safety. It's a tough job and things like that happen. George Floyd was pinned to the ground and cuffed before he was killed, so he wasn't a threat. Freddie Gray was killed while in police custody, so he wasn't a threat. Philando Castile had a concealed carry permit, calmly informed the officer during a routine traffic stop, and then was shot to death. No threat there. When you put your knee on a man's neck and leave it there for several minutes while he and the crowd around you beg for his life, you can't claim his death was a tragic mistake. How many killings like that need to happen before you think outrage is justified? I don't want police to die at work. Do you know why there isn't more outrage when it happens? Because the justice system works for them. The killer goes to prison. Most states have programs to issue payments to the victim's family. The community mourns the loss of an officer and supports the family. Nothing about this is controversial, despite everyone agreeing that it happens far too often. When the police conduct a raid on the wrong home and an innocent person ends up dead, the family is lucky if they receive an apology. The officers aren't charged, and the family has to lawyer up to even dream of being compensated. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/somebody-shot-my-girlfriend-911-call-from-police-shooting-of-breonna-taylor-released [/QUOTE]
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