Re: Cops 3: Shoot low boys -- they're ridin' Shetland ponies!
Sounds like the Dallas PD has a pretty good reputation actually and was improving in terms of lowering excessive force.
http://www.dallasnews.com/news/crim...essive-force-complaints-drop-dramatically.ece I definitely feel for the cops and their families this is terrible.
That said these sniper(s) in custody will get the death penalty for what they did. The cops who recently ****ed up might go to prison... maybe. And that's why so many have lost faith in the system.
This isnt about just the Dallas PD...this is about the police in general. No matter the reason people dont trust cops, especially minorities. It is nothing new it happens quite frequently. Dallas is just where it flared up this time.
And you see, some of us have been warning of this stuff for a while. (at least since Ferguson) Pattern shows that if you just keep ignoring the issues sooner or later the pendulum swings back. It happened in Watts, it happened in LA with Rodney King, it happened in Ferguson and we are on the brink of it now again. When people feel like no one cares about them and that they cant even trust the police to protect them (let alone not kill them) justified or not they are going to fight back. When you see guys like James Blake get beat up because he is standing somewhere and "looked" like a suspect, when a law abiding citizen gets shot in broad daylight, when people get choked out for no reason, tazing of suspects who arent resisting and when routine traffic stops become death sentences people get ****ed. When nothing comes of the actions of those cops it multiplies it by 10.
That doesnt justify fighting violence with violence (especially killing police officers who have done nothing wrong) but it certainly explains it. Maybe if people stopped ignoring what is going on this wouldnt happen. Maybe if the cops did more to police their own (and call out those that are acting outside the law) this wouldnt have happened. Maybe if everyone remembered that above all else we have the right to live none of this happens. But no we have both sides digging in never admitting fault and excusing any bad behavior. It is nothing new...
And in the end all that really matters is that an innocent man was killed and now a bunch of innocent cops were killed. And for what?
This isnt a race war (yet) it is about people with authority using it to lethal ends too quickly and easily and a populace not willing to take it anymore. To what end race plays in is unknown, but it is definitely a part of this. Sure the pro cop side will vilify BLM wrongfully (I think the last two days have shown they have a purpose and message that has a point) and the BLM side will race bait and claim all cops are evil racist ******** but that is just noise. You can take race out of this and it is still the same...there is a fundamental breakdown and no one seems interested in fixing it. Innocent people should not be killed by cops. Traffic stops are not death penalty worthy infractions. (nor is most crime in general) This is not the wild west (the wild west wasnt the wild west) we dont pull out our guns and shoot first and ask questions later. That is wrong, and no badge makes that ok. And every time that happens people get angry and honestly can you blame them?
