I am making generalizations. I never said I wasnt (unlike texas hick). In general cops are about average in intelligence, training and empathy. Sure there are examples of people who despite all the odds are amazing and still a cop but thats generally not how it is. Also cops chose their profession. A black guy full of lead didnt. The cops should be the ones taking the most risk in an encounter with a citizen. Not the other way around.
nationalize the police force. Create a ROE similar to the one our military forces have to follow in a actual WAR ZONE i.e. Don't fire unless fired upon (they dont always have this roe but when they are trying to pacify a population they know they shouldn't go in killing). Sure some cops will die. But they chose that career. Less civilians dying should be the ultimate goal.
Just black people full of lead huh, no other races you mention? Nice.
Rules of engagement like in the military are stupid, and not practical. There are many depending on where you are. In Iraq for vehicles it started out for us, ground, grill, grape. Shoot the ground first, then the grill of the car, then the grape (head of the person). The first two as warnings, the last as an attempt to stop the person. Then evolved into pin flares, pop ups and star clusters. Where you would fire them at the person as a warning. Firing warning shots like that is not acceptable for police in America. You HAVE to be accountable for every round. You shoot a warning shot, you may hit someone. Ricochets are a bitch, and you cannot judge where they will go. You shoot the car, it can skip off the hood and go level with the hood till it hits something else. Bullet travel down walls, its a tactic that is taught. You can shoot at an angle on a concrete wall and it will travel about a foot or less off the wall straight down it until it hits something to stop it. Same thing for the ground. You shoot to warn someone, you can hit someone else that is innocent. Afghan was different, and Africa even more different.
Waiting until someone fires a weapon at them or lunges at them with a knife is so, so stupid. It's a death sentence, which you appear fine with. Which isn't surprising coming from you. You want it treated as a war zone, you wouldn't like the results.
Funny how there are never threads on when cops are attacked while sitting in their car, being shot 8 times. Or when 3 cops are run over by a car on purpose. When cops are blatantly attacked nobody seems to care much around here. But when someone gets killed, even when justified, its up in a hurry with insults towards cops.
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