Police Officer Killed while Pumping Gas in Houston

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rgambs said:

Thirty Bills Unpaid said:

gimmesometruth27 said:

this is cowardly and shameful. throw the shooter in prison and never talk about him again.

i am not getting my panties in a twist because it was a cop that died. he was a person. wearing a badge does not make his life worth any more than anybody elses.

another gun death in america.

yawn.

I know you eased off there and I'm not trying to drag you back in... but on your one assertion here... I'd like to say that a cop's life is definitely more valuable than some shit criminal.

That's making some HUGE assumptions.
You are assuming the cop is a good person, just because of his profession, and that a criminal is a bad person.
Obviously a cop killing criminal is shit, but assuming Wilson is a better person than Brown is way too assumptive.
You don't know what a cop does in or out of uniform. He might be a wife beating piece of scum. (odds are higher than in the general public) They might abuse and or neglect their children, might be racist, might abuse people on duty. They might lie and cheat, even steal. It is almost certain that they witness sexual or physical abuse on the job and remain silent, or even lie to protect the abusers.

Meanwhile, you don't know what kind of life a shit criminal lives either. The criminal (what's the crime? that's everything that matters here. I assume you only mean the nasty violent criminals, but you paint with a wide brush in this topic) might work their ass off to try to give their kids a chance in life. They might take care of the sick and elderly in their family and always keep their word.
Lives aren't the sort of commodity that can be easily weighed and valued.

There are going to be exceptions of course.

But in general... if someone makes a habit of making victims of crime... a cop's life is INFINITELY greater.

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Thirty Bills Unpaid said:

gimmesometruth27 said:

this is cowardly and shameful. throw the shooter in prison and never talk about him again.

i am not getting my panties in a twist because it was a cop that died. he was a person. wearing a badge does not make his life worth any more than anybody elses.

another gun death in america.

yawn.

I know you eased off there and I'm not trying to drag you back in... but on your one assertion here... I'd like to say that a cop's life is definitely more valuable than some shit criminal.

Boom!!!

gimmesometruth27

Thirty Bills Unpaid said:

gimmesometruth27 said:

this is cowardly and shameful. throw the shooter in prison and never talk about him again.

i am not getting my panties in a twist because it was a cop that died. he was a person. wearing a badge does not make his life worth any more than anybody elses.

another gun death in america.

yawn.

I know you eased off there and I'm not trying to drag you back in... but on your one assertion here... I'd like to say that a cop's life is definitely more valuable than some shit criminal.

matter of opinion i suppose.

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gimmesometruth27 said:

Thirty Bills Unpaid said:

gimmesometruth27 said:

this is cowardly and shameful. throw the shooter in prison and never talk about him again.

i am not getting my panties in a twist because it was a cop that died. he was a person. wearing a badge does not make his life worth any more than anybody elses.

another gun death in america.

yawn.

I know you eased off there and I'm not trying to drag you back in... but on your one assertion here... I'd like to say that a cop's life is definitely more valuable than some shit criminal.

matter of opinion i suppose.

Yah. I guess so.