Cujo665

The abuses under color of law are so minuscule in todays world that it turns many people off the moment you even mention it that way. The majority of the celebrated cases turn out to have been proper actions by the police that had the activists/Marxists waited for the facts, we wouldn't have had 95% of these riots.
Further, If I have to give the the benefit of the doubt to one side or the other; I'm going to give it to the officer and not try to second guess for days and weeks a decision he/she had to make in microseconds, in the heat of sudden battle, with fear driven adrenalin pushing them to save their own life, or to prevent the escape of a person who poses a threat to others if not stopped immediately.
The real solution is to fight the police in court, not out on the street. When people learn that one one simple fact, these types of incidents will stop. Fight for change in the voting booth; not in the looted gutted out, burned out building left by a mob.

Bozo the pilot

I doubt someone as narrow-minded as you is interested in fact. The biggest problem in any community is the lack of a father in the home, so when a culture needs to improve, they need to do it from the inside out-but I guess its easier to blame everyone else. Gtf up.

Turbosina

Personally I enjoy starting every 4 day by telling the other guy about how in a former life I worked at BLM* and how I spent most of my time setting fires**, as instructed by my supervisors. Always gets a good reaction.


*Bureau of Land Management
**Controlled vegetation burns

Happyflyer

If you your organization has a Union it should be allowed to file BK.

Allowing government "company's" like the postal service to have labor unions and immunity from BK is not an equal balance to the society who funds them.

Allowing a public school teacher union to go on strike with no threat of bankruptcy is ridiculous and extortion.

Excargodog

I’ve been in towns in Nevada, Idaho, and Wyoming where they’d have been more welcoming to Black Lives Matter demonstrators and ANTIFA rioters than Bureau of Land Management people. Anyone who thinks the ‘sagebrush rebellion’ is over is wrong.

buddies8

I would like to add Congress has immunity from legal action for bad laws and rules. Maybe we should start and remove Congress immunity protection, first.

Seneca Pilot

A lot of people say we need term limits. I disagree, what we need to do is close the revolving door between congress and lobby firms. End the legal insider trading for members of congress. And make it illegal for any family member of any member of congress from doing business with the government. They would limit their own terms once we close these avenues for them to come to congress poor and go home wealthy.

WickedSmaht

I'm also a former LEO and I pay attention too. Not sure where you worked or what PBA you belonged to but I've never seen a cop commit murder and keep his/her job. Then again, I've never seen a cop commit actual murder in the line of duty. Murder is a stepped charge, 1st generally requires malice aforethought and none of them are covered under QI. Anywhere. Period. If I'm wrong, prove it. QI only protects you from using deadly force in the lawful commission of your duties to prevent loss of your life, the life of another officer or the life of a civilian. I'm not claiming that an oversight board resolves those issues but I AM claiming that it increases transparency in the process and gives the community a greater say in what happens with bad cops and by extension greater ability to track patterns of wrongdoing. The law is an imperfect thing and so are the policies that govern those who enforce it. Is there room for improvement on both fronts? Absolutely. And we should take this time to do exactly that but to claim that police unions protect murderers or that the greater body of law enforcement in America is made up of murders is simply wrong in every way it can be wrong. The taking of human life is ugly and a hideous thing for everyone involved and it should never be done lightly or not thoroughly investigated in the aftermath and bad actors held accountable if discovered. But it does happen with reason on rare occasion. When it does we need to be less hyperbolic about the why and more introspective of the reasons behind the action, working to mitigate those reasons in the aftermath.

Surprise

¿por qué no los dos?

havick206

Sure kept me employed flying type 2 helo’s mopping up!