Teach Cops to Maim?

[Brian37]

It’s difficult to tell how many unjustified shootings happen per year, since (for reasons which should be embarrassingly obvious), unjustified shootings are rarely reported - there’s not enough of a database to draw a conclusion. 

But what number are YOU willing to accept? 500? 50? 2? At what point does the number of times police shoot an unarmed or fleeing suspect (and the word is ‘suspect’, not ‘perp’) become acceptable to you?

Boru

Oh pulease...

Don't give me the "if it saves one life crap"....

You are banging on about something that is STATISTICALLY unimportant - about 1100 police shootings a year - and the MAJORITY - the vast majority is when someone is threatening cop with a weapon.


What you want is dead cops. Because that's what we would see if cops are disarmed.

There you go again Robosnot. 

It isn't a matter of wanting dead cops moron! It is a matter of not having a police force that cannot be held accountable. You know who else doesn't have to answer to the public when civilians are killed by law? IRAN, SAUDI ARABIA NORTH KOREA.

And where did anyone claim cops should be disarmed? What I say is that deadly force should not be hair trigger, and should be a extreme last resort. 

You need to snap out of your Dirty Harry mode and understand that in real life, every time a firearm conflict happens, be it between civilians or civilians and cops, SOME REAL HUMAN BEING'S LIFE, AND THEIR FAMILY'S LIFE IS AFFECTED, BOTH COPS AND CIVILIANS.

I'd rather live in a world where neither cops or civilians have to fear each other.

HOW DARE YOU claim anyone disagreeing with you wants dead cops. F YOU!