The following paragraph was taken from an article on AOL today. By AP writer
Officers who responded to the call "were confronted by a combative subject resulting in the discharging of the officer's weapon," the Chicago Police Department said in a brief statement late Saturday.
"The 55-year-old female victim was accidentally struck and tragically killed," reads the statement, which extends "deepest condolences to the victim's family and friends."
Sorry doesn't cut it any more. When men and women are killed by men and women who are not able to with hold gun fire. Police have non lethal ways to deal with people and they have stopped using them.
The question then goes to, "who has given the order to kill when you feel threatened?"
Reading the many police statements after such incidents. There seems to be a troubling sign rearing its head. Police have tools that are non-lethal. Why they keep shooting and killing people is any ones guess. Perhaps the media has just placed a focus on police murders.
This latest shooting of a mother leaves many wondering who will be next? If I call police will I be the one dying? Public trust eroding away with every bullet and body. Some communities pondering the question, do we really need police any way?
To be fair we the public created these entities to serve and protect the public? Are they still serving and protecting the public? Or is it time for citizens to take over?
When people begin to become afraid of a person with a badge, instead of respect. The tables have turned. Perhaps this is one reason cops are willing to shoot first and ask questions later. Who cares how high the body count goes. Our population is over a few billion so we can go without many of the souls currently walking the planet. Perhaps that is what police have decided. We, the public are expendable and an unfortunate causality of an unruly society.
Have police issued an order to kill when threatened?
Officers who responded to the call "were confronted by a combative subject resulting in the discharging of the officer's weapon," the Chicago Police Department said in a brief statement late Saturday.
"The 55-year-old female victim was accidentally struck and tragically killed," reads the statement, which extends "deepest condolences to the victim's family and friends."
Sorry doesn't cut it any more. When men and women are killed by men and women who are not able to with hold gun fire. Police have non lethal ways to deal with people and they have stopped using them.
The question then goes to, "who has given the order to kill when you feel threatened?"
Reading the many police statements after such incidents. There seems to be a troubling sign rearing its head. Police have tools that are non-lethal. Why they keep shooting and killing people is any ones guess. Perhaps the media has just placed a focus on police murders.
This latest shooting of a mother leaves many wondering who will be next? If I call police will I be the one dying? Public trust eroding away with every bullet and body. Some communities pondering the question, do we really need police any way?
To be fair we the public created these entities to serve and protect the public? Are they still serving and protecting the public? Or is it time for citizens to take over?
When people begin to become afraid of a person with a badge, instead of respect. The tables have turned. Perhaps this is one reason cops are willing to shoot first and ask questions later. Who cares how high the body count goes. Our population is over a few billion so we can go without many of the souls currently walking the planet. Perhaps that is what police have decided. We, the public are expendable and an unfortunate causality of an unruly society.
Have police issued an order to kill when threatened?
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