Bad cops get a pass.

[Rikao4]

the problem is..
the good one's always seem look the other way..
and should one have a moment of morality...
the other's come after them...
so there really aren't any good one's anymore......
some just aren't as bad or dirty..

Rika

[sammyg2]

over the past few years I've noticed it's become significantly harder to support LEOs and support their side of the argument.
I know a few cops at the social level and they're good people. So how did they become that vastly outnumbered on the force by dickwads??!!!!


These tools were intentionally sending a message:
if cops are targetted by a civilian, no civillian will be safe.
that was their version of taking off the gloves and throwing away the rule book. Of warning us, of telling us DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT IT!
That sort of thing is expected when a small group get way more power than they can handle.

But they were so upset that a cop killer was on the loose they couldn't expect to be rational, could they?

[nota]

why has not the feds stepped in and charged the cops who shot up the truck ?
why have the feds totally abandon this type of law enforcement [over site of rouge cops]

I have a simple solution
if a cop fires at let alone hits or kills a citizen who is not a threat or criminal
the cop should be FIRED and never allowed to be in any form of law enforcement ever again


btw still can't find any national data or state by state data on the numbers of cops killed by citizens
vs the numbers of citizen killed by cops
is it ten to one a 100 to 1 or a 1000 to 1
one thing is for sure it ain't more cops killed then citizens
and is likely over a 100 dead citizen for every cop killed
so the job of being a citizen is more dangerous then being a cop

[Baz]

More bad PR - kid gets shot and killed after answering the door with a Wii controller in his hand.


Roupe was in the ROTC at Woodland High School and hoped to join the U.S. Marine Corps, the station reported. His friends remember him as a good kid.

EUHARLEE, Ga. – An attorney representing the family of a 17-year-old Georgia boy who was shot and killed by a police officer says the boy was holding a video game controller when he was shot after opening his door.

Christopher Roupe was fatally shot in the chest Friday, Feb. 14 when Euharlee officers showed up at the door of his mobile home to serve a probation violation warrant for the boy’s father, WSB-TV reports. A female officer reportedly told the Georgia Bureau of Investigation that Roupe pointed a gun at her after he opened the door.

But the family’s attorney, Cole Law, said the boy was holding a Nintendo Wii video game controller, and was about to watch a movie.

“The eyewitnesses on the scene clearly state that he had a Wii controller in his hand. He heard a knock at the door. He asked who it was, there was no response so he opened the door and upon opening the door he was immediately shot in the chest,” Law told WSB.

Neighbor Ken Yates said that he saw the female officer immediately after Roupe was killed and described her as being visibly distraught.

“This is tragic,” Yates told the station. “She came out of this house. She put her head in her hands and she was sobbing. Supposedly, he opened the door with a BB gun and in my opinion I think he was playing a game with his neighborhood buddies.”

Here's the article:

Christopher Roupe, Ga. teen fatally shot by cop, was holding Wii video game controller, not gun, attorney says - CBS News

[Rikao4]

another tragic what ever...
nothing will happen to her..
cleared & shooting will justified..

Rika

[JavaBrewer]

The only cop I know personally is a hell of a nice guy. Family man who likes BBQ and margaritas like the rest of us. I have witnessed him coming home from work and it takes a good hour for him to unwind.

Too bad that nearly all my non-social police (chp, sheriff, etc...) encounters are so radically different.

[Joe Bob]

LAPD in Torrance protecting a Commander that gets an early morning paper......what could happen?

[flipper35]

Living in a small town, all the officers we had were decent people and some were really good guys (and gals). One of the older ones reminded me a lot of Sheriff Andy. They would hang out and talk but if you screwed up they were pretty fair about it.

[Bill Douglas]

Cops seem to follow a particular culture depending on where they are, meaning all the cops in the area are either good - bad - ugly. Where I live the cops are about 60% on the sliding scale LOL towards good.

I remember in London if there is a cop on the beat you would ask him directions to... and he would want to stand around chatting for 5 minutes and other people would walk past with big smiles saying hello to the friendly guy. In South Africa (talking about Johannesburg) if you saw a cop you would look at your shoes and keep moving. I felt that if you asked directions you would most likely be smashed in the face with the butt of a short barreled 12 gauge shotgun. I don't know what it's like now but when I was a teen the scariest cops were NYC Transit cops.

[nota]

Originally Posted by flipper35

Living in a small town, all the officers we had were decent people and some were really good guys (and gals). One of the older ones reminded me a lot of Sheriff Andy. They would hang out and talk but if you screwed up they were pretty fair about it.

andy is not the problem by his own actions
the problem is barnie
and the fact that the andy's are willing
to keep the barnies on the force

we need andy's who are willing and able to fire the barnie's

[Baz]

Originally Posted by nota

andy is not the problem by his own actions
the problem is barnie
and the fact that the andy's are willing
to keep the barnies on the force

we need andy's who are willing and able to fire the barnie's

Amen to that, Nota....

[flyenby]

I do not believe cops walk on water....they asked for the job, and certainly enjoy the perks