Agaricus
Active member
I agree, Trout. Why was lethal force used when there are nonlethal alternatives? Not just in this case but as standard ROE.
Yeah, dash cams and lapel cams should be standard too.
There seems to be a downward spiral in law enforcement vs. the community. Some wrong cops abuse their authority. Cops get less respect. They all become more fearful of the citizens so they overreact. Which pisses off the citizens more. Which pisses off the cops more. And so on and so forth. A tenser and tenser them-and-us mentality grows. It's happened before, like the murders at Kent State.
Yeah, dash cams and lapel cams should be standard too.
There seems to be a downward spiral in law enforcement vs. the community. Some wrong cops abuse their authority. Cops get less respect. They all become more fearful of the citizens so they overreact. Which pisses off the citizens more. Which pisses off the cops more. And so on and so forth. A tenser and tenser them-and-us mentality grows. It's happened before, like the murders at Kent State.