Virginia police officer gone and done it now

[Fuzzy Necromancer]

I need to drive my two-year-old to daycare tomorrow morning. To ensure we arrive alive, we won't take public transit (Oscar Grant). I removed all air fresheners from the vehicle and double-checked my registration status (Daunte Wright), and ensured my license plates were visible (Lt. Caron Nazario). I will be careful to follow all traffic rules (Philando Castille), signal every turn (Sandra Bland), keep the radio volume low (Jordan Davis), and won't stop at a fast food chain for a meal (Rayshard Brooks). I'm too afraid to pray (Rev. Clementa C. Pickney) so I just hope the car won't break down (Corey Jones).
When my wife picks him up at the end of the day, I'll remind her not to dance (Elijah McClain), stop to play in a park (Tamir Rice), patronize the local convenience store for snacks (Trayvon Martin), or walk around the neighborhood (Mike Brown). Once they are home, we won't stand in our backyard (Stephon Clark), eat ice cream on the couch (Botham Jean), or play any video games (Atatiana Jefferson).
After my wife and I tuck him into bed around 7:30pm, neither of us will leave the house to go to Walmart (John Crawford) or to the gym (Tshyrand Oates) or on a jog (Ahmaud Arbery). We won't even walk to see the birds (Christian Cooper). We'll just sit and try not to breathe (George Floyd) and not to sleep (Breonna Taylor)."
These are things white people simply do not have to think about."
-David Gray

[Draco Dracul]

It's not a soldier's job to de-escalate.

Cops are not trained like soldiers. They don't have the same objectives and goals as soldiers. They don't have the same rules of engagement as soldiers. They don't serve the same function in society as soldiers. They are NOT soldiers and should not be treated as such.

Most soldiers have both more training in de-escolation and stricter rules of engagement than cops. And while soldiers often get away with horrendous crimes, the army will at least occasionally bring one of thier own to justice, something that cannot be said for the cops.

[ProfessorDetective]

It's not a soldier's job to de-escalate.

Cops are not trained like soldiers. They don't have the same objectives and goals as soldiers. They don't have the same rules of engagement as soldiers. They don't serve the same function in society as soldiers. They are NOT soldiers and should not be treated as such.

Most soldiers have both more training in de-escolation and stricter rules of engagement than cops. And while soldiers often get away with horrendous crimes, the army will at least occasionally bring one of thier own to justice, something that cannot be said for the cops.

Shame that 'militarizing' our police forces doesn't do any of that and just makes the guns bigger.

[Fuzzy Necromancer]

well, you gotta do something with all that scifi weaponry the army doesn't ask for, want, or need but gets anyway

[ProfessorDetective]

well, you gotta do something with all that scifi weaponry the army doesn't ask for, want, or need but gets anyway

With how much cash they get, I'm surprised they haven't figured out man-portable energy weapons yet.

[Fuzzy Necromancer]

I mean, they do have portable heat rays.

[ProfessorDetective]

I mean, they do have portable heat rays.

Wait, what? Are we talking Martian tripod style, or...!

[Dragon Ball Fan]

I do feel for the victims of police brutality and don't feel any need to defend the officers involved but the way people are obsessing over this and the other two cop related deaths and talking about how horrible the police are and how the people shouldn't take it anymore, I am concerned for the lives of my officer relatives, I am concerned for all decent cops because it seems the left is making making the war on cops a reality.

[Thebestoftherest]

I mean, they do have portable heat rays.

Wait, what? Are we talking Martian tripod style, or...!

By that definition a mobile heat could be that.

[Fuzzy Necromancer]

I mean, they do have portable heat rays.

Wait, what? Are we talking Martian tripod style, or...!

We're talking about a devise that, when you put it at somebody up to 30ft away, (theoretically) causes no medical harm but disables them with intense pain as if they were burning all over. .-. It's something 45 wanted to deploy against the protesters outside the white house.