Quote:I'm just pointing out the Police are just as guilty as the thugs rioting. Plenty of times it comes out both sides are being played, Sharpton doesn't give a damn about the FBI correct. But he's been paid by the FBI in the past to be an informant, what's to say he still isn't paid by the FBI to stir up civil unrest and give them a reason to militarize the police?

 

Despite those of us that fall into the conspiracy theorist crowd would like to believe, FBI isn't working as your local police department. In fact, there's almost no interaction between the two departments. 

 

Quote:In this specific case or in general? I can link you endless stories of aggressive Police behavior, in this case it APEARS at this time that the cop was overly aggressive and killed the unarmed boy I haven't seen that disputed anywhere.


This is a result of the war on drugs, war on terror, type redirect. When you arm policeman like a military, give them military grade weapons and armored vehicles. trump it up in every movie every show you end up with over aggressive cops.

 

Police deserve violent aggression because another cop at another point in time did something stupid? There are endless stories of aggressive civilian behavior, what's your point? Please explain the correlation between the war on drugs / war on terror and a police officer in Missouri confronting a very large man that knew he just committed strong-arm robbery? 

 

Police have too much gear? Your argument is invalid if you're in favor of a well-regulated militias or populaces. If you're willing to name one piece of equipment that they shouldn't use, I can name a reason why it is completely necessary.

 

Quote:Please don't mistake what I'm trying to say as against of the average officer. I sympathize with them, they've been put in a bad spot. However you have to admit there is an over aggressive tone all together regarding the police force, it has become militarized. The police in Missouri have even called the area as a "war zone" I'll find the link to the article when I get home.

 

The redirect WAR on Drugs has been used forever, combine that with equipping our police like a military and the mindset changes. It changes from protect and serve to survive the war zone, in a war zone shoot first incidents are going to happen.

 

That's my issue this APPEARS to be a case of a hot headed cop that was in the shot first survive the war zone mentality. The family came out and asked for peaceful protest, and at first there seemed to be peaceful protest. Then agitators like Al Sharpton move in and suddenly they're rioting and looting. Several articles have reported most of the looters are not from the area, so they're coming just to agitate a bad situation. Now the discussion isn't the militarized police treating American soil like a "war zone" but rather controlling an unruly mob and the NEED for a militarized police force to control the public.

 

You're out-of-touch here. Police don't wake up thinking they're going to suit up and shoot someone. More and more police die every year because of inaction due to frivolous lawsuits that stick in the back of their minds. When the civilian populace changes, so do those responsible for enforcing the laws that govern them. 

 

I don't know what it's like to work at Ferguson. I do know, from experience, that sometimes it is a war zone. Sometimes you're at war with someone or a group of people determined to seriously injure or kill you. 

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