Really? You need to up your game in this one to get any argument. I think the looters and arsonists need to suicide by cop. Let the legal process play out. My opinion is the cops did nothing wrong. Domestic violence call, previously convicted of domestic violence. No way to know if he was reaching for a gun. Police had identified and ordered halt. No way to know if the vehicle would have became a weapon. No way to know if the kids were being kidnapped. No way to know if the kids would be hostages. No way to know if the kids would be murdered.

Whine, whine, and whine, they should have tazed him. Drop him and be done with it. They did their job.

Speyside wrote:

it's tough being a cop... especially knowing just the day before 3 cops were ambushed in Maryland at a domestic abuse call... but of course we didn't hear much about that... 😟

DrafterX wrote:

for the most part, that's accurate...and is the impetus for the outrage and protests

it is ingrained in every block of police training...your safety comes first, second and third...your responsibility is to go home at the end of the watch...police recruits were weeded out for a lot of things when I went through the academy...
failure to consider officer safety was a big reason at the academy and also during probationary training periods at the beginning of a career...

that message of officer safety being most important is heavily emphasized whereas the importance of the life of each individual that they serve is barely mentioned...yet all policies on the use of deadly force do state a reverence for human life...

delta1 wrote:

Dude.
You really need to learn to read a bit more.

First, this doesn't appear to be on NBC at all. I'm guessing you are referring to the NYT photo gallery with that title.

Ironic that it's a photo gallery, with literally two sentences and you're upset.

Guess the sentences?
"Unrest in Kenosha, Wis., continued after the police shooting of Jacob Blake, a Black resident. Peaceful demonstrations earlier in the day gave way to chaos as law enforcement faced off with protesters."

So yes. Something can be peaceful at one time and not peaceful at another.

Time is difficult for you?

victor809 wrote:

There's an irony to it that it essentially makes the world more dangerous for your average citizen (the theoretical opposite effect that the police are advertised as doing).

Think about it. What's the majority of police involvement in the US. It's not swooping in and stopping murders, break-ins, rapes, crimes in process... As every 2nd amendment supporter will tell you, 9-1-1 won't get to your house in time, so you need a gun to protect yourself. That means the police usually arrive after the fact for these scenarios. They take reports.... crate off the bodies. Most of their interactions with citizens are not actually happening during split-second life or death situations. But by having them in non-life-or-death situations, you add a 3rd element, who happens to have a gun, and happens to be worried about protecting their life. All you've done is make a situation more complex, and added a deadly weapon when there may not have been one before.

victor809 wrote:

You're trying too hard.
Sure, I got my NBC and NYT mixed up. Big whoop.
And I know it's a photo gallery headline. Doesn't matter. Read the headline. You might as well read it out loud, your lips are moving anyway.
The headline is misleading, considering the rape of that town by BLM.

tailgater wrote:

Lol! 98.2%.. You literally just made that up 😄. Personally, I think the life of those two officers were more important than that of the rapist they shot in the back. He was resisting arrest and possibly reaching for a firearm. Completely justified shooting. And now, once again, they're burning and looting for yet another criminal.

JW1982 wrote:

...These deaths are tragic, regardless of whether they're avoidable.
But the next video I see of a cop shooting someone complying with their demands will be the first.

tailgater wrote:

Look at the Seattle sh*t hole self proclaimed as CHAD.

No cops.

How long did it take for that environment to self implode?

Your insight is not very insightful, if you ask me. It's not untrue, per se, but it misses the mark.

The reason cops are visible at events isn't to catch a criminal, or stop a crime in process. It's to prevent it from happening in the first place. And on a grander scale, that's why police are out and about rather than behind a desk. Visibility is key.

These deaths are tragic, regardless of whether they're avoidable.
But the next video I see of a cop shooting someone complying with their demands will be the first.

tailgater wrote: