The media loves to focus on rarity making it seem like there's a problem when none exists, but it's particularly sinister when done to divert attention from real problems that do require scrutiny. Agenda driven journalism is not journalism.
The media loves to focus on rarity making it seem like there's a problem when none exists, but it's particularly sinister when done to divert attention from real problems that do require scrutiny. Agenda driven journalism is not journalism.
I definitely disagree with this.
Here's what I suggest. Go to the appstore for your phone. Search for 'liveleak'.
Install it, and open it once a day.
The media picks up maybe 1% of police beatings/killings that are caught on video.
And usually it takes the media months when they finally do pick up a case.
I couldn't believe it when they picked up the Eric Garner case(guy in NY who cops put in choke hold and refused to give CPR to).
I thought for sure they wouldn't cover it.
The cops killed him over the summer, and I think it was almost Christmas time before the news picked up on it.
Even when they did cover it, they didn't show the full video of the cops standing around for 10 minutes not helping him. The media censored it(at first) to make the cops look better. A lot of people called CNN, etc out for the censorship which is probably the only reason they eventually showed more of the video.
I'm going to go way out on a limb here and guess you are white, suburban and likely LEO.The media loves to focus on rarity making it seem like there's a problem when none exists, but it's particularly sinister when done to divert attention from real problems that do require scrutiny. Agenda driven journalism is not journalism.
I'm going to go way out on a limb here and guess you are white, suburban and likely LEO.
ok...soomeone explain this one! WOW!
Suicidal/homocidal Phsychopath felon roaming streets with shotgun??? Wtf took so long???!
Should they have just waited for some innocent people to get caught up in this guys path???
There.
I am white but I'm an immigrant, Colombian, and not LEO, just logical. It's human nature for two people to see the same info and have two different takes on it. 400 people killed by cops per year, one person views it as cops running wild and another as LEO's being incredibly restrained in light of well over 20 million arrests. Question is what would a neutral statistician say about the situation. I've had my run-in with authorities in my life but I also recognize what they contribute to society. It's not glamorous to praise police these days but I remember my dad's furniture store alarm going off at 3am when I was a kid watching a police officer enter the basement in total darkness with his revolver drawn looking for a robber. That takes balls. I also know a guy that's a Sargent that tells me about the crappy stuff he comes across as a cop like child molestations that haunt him at night. They never get credit for dealing with unthinkable ugliness. No, it's fashionable to pinpoint one bad officer out of millions and organize a campaign against all of them for the sake of an agenda.
would mandatory body cams change this any thoughts I would like to hear them
its almost like you will not fart or pick your nose when there is a known camera pointing at you ya know
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I think all cops are prob marksmen they have to put in so many hours a week at the gun range they could hit a leg if they wanted to. "center of mass" is just a shooting term
this couldn't be more off. I hear the shoot them in the leg answer all the time. contrary to popular belief a lot of cops are not marksmen. yes they have to put in time at the gun range but there are shitty shot cops out there. my father is a cop and he told me it burns him up all the time when people say "just shoot them in the leg. when youre in a situation where you have to pull your weapon to use it more than likely its about to be a life or death moment. you don't have time to aim for a leg you may or may not hit. center mass in not just a shooting term. you have a much higher percentage of hitting someone in the chest rather than a leg. depending on the person a bullet to the leg wont stop them anyway with adrenaline pumping.
Here's my advice to those that might be interested in learning what a police officer deals with, try a "ride along" with a local department. A larger Metropolitan one preferably, so you can experience a broad spectrum of calls. These citizen "ride along" may open your eyes a little, plus you hopefully meet a true/concerned professional officer.
"Better to be judged by 12, then carried by six".
Here's my advice to those that might be interested in learning what a police officer deals with, try a "ride along" with a local department. A larger Metropolitan one preferably, so you can experience a broad spectrum of calls. These citizen "ride along" may open your eyes a little, plus you hopefully meet a true/concerned professional officer.
"Better to be judged by 12, then carried by six".