freedomdwarf1
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ORIGINAL: kdsub quote:
There are loads of other ways to deal with this situation. I think we can all agree with the above... I am sure Wilson would agree with the above...But of course we have time to think about it... And that is where the training comes into it - think first, act after consideration. Maybe that is where the difference is between the US and other countries when it comes to guns. quote:
ORIGINAL: kdsub He did not have that luxury. Training or no training when things happen this quickly we can all make terrible mistakes... And again, therein lies the difference between the US and other countries. If a mistake is made, there are proceedures to deal with these mistakes and the judiciary where the officer(s) in question face the charges first and prove that they were justified in their actions. In the US, it seems that you have different ways of letting a death happen with nobody being held accountable for it. quote:
ORIGINAL: kdsub he made one but not a criminal one nor was it his fault. He was put in that situation by Brown and only Brown. And what of the "excessive force" laws? There again, that is where the US differs from almost anywhere else. The charge of excessive force rarely seems to be applied whereas almost anywhere else, it's the first thing that is brought up. quote:
ORIGINAL: kdsub I do think good things can come from this...especially a new realization by police that this could happen to them and they will be thinking of this when they have a gun in their hand. I don't think so because of the type of training your police seem to have. In most other places, it's anything and everything else first, guns last and even then only when absolutely everything else has failed. Your guys seem to be trained in shoot first, ask questions later; and it appears in the majority of cases that they get away with it by the judiciary not pushing what laws you have. quote:
ORIGINAL: kdsub The cameras are good as well even though they do not give the whole story either. The bullshit about the court system is just that... don't break the law and you will not be before a judge... if you do your economic situation should mean nothing. The problem is, as per CB's link - Shouldn’t more people, in equal measures, be taken in and not taken out? It begs the question when compared to other countries. ETA: Yes, I know CB's posts tend to be racist but I tried to take that element out. As for "investigation found no evidence to support charges".... Ummm... a police officer with a smoking gun and a dead body?? Are they blind?
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