Police shooting people.....

tbergs

pjalive21 said:

http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/16/us/officer-charged-philando-castile-killing/index.html?adkey=bn

Second Degree Manslaughter

Watched the live press conference here. It's a good move for all involved. Let a jury decide the facts in a court of law. Keeps the civil unrest at bay, which is good for the police and community.

vaggar99

i've lived in both Southern Cal and Texas and I can tell you the cops in both places are mostly assholes. In Texas, they sit around pointing radar guns at people on the highways while burglaries are being committed in the neighborhoods they are actually tasked to protect. This is just the tip of the iceberg. In San Diego they would follow me around on my skateboard waiting for me to get off the sidewalk so they could write me a citation for skateboarding on the street. fuckheads

PJ_Soul

rgambs said:

PJPOWER said:

Ray J. T. said:

PJPOWER said:

Cliffy6745 said:

PJPOWER said:

Cliffy6745 said:

Back to the North Miami shooting...

https://twitter.com/MrGeorgeWallace/status/756480685401972737

I believe it, there are a ton of officers out there that only hit the gun range when they have to renew certification. I'm blown away at how bad some of them shoot. It's not all entirety their fault, though. During ammo shortages, some agencies around here have relied on local reloaders to supply them with practice ammo. Some just aren't interested in firearm proficiency...which is a dumb thing in that line of work.

PJPOWER said:

Cliffy6745 said:

Back to the North Miami shooting...

https://twitter.com/MrGeorgeWallace/status/756480685401972737

I believe it, there are a ton of officers out there that only hit the gun range when they have to renew certification. I'm blown away at how bad some of them shoot. It's not all entirety their fault, though. During ammo shortages, some agencies around here have relied on local reloaders to supply them with practice ammo. Some just aren't interested in firearm proficiency...which is a dumb thing in that line of work.

So why did they handcuff him? Little bit of a hole in the story...

No clue, sounds like these particular individuals aren't very good at their job. Maybe that city should address crisis response as well as firearm proficiency training. The shooting was probably something as stupid as accidental discharge and they panicked? No excuses though, if I were to accidentally discharge a firearm and injure an innocent person, I would fully expect to be investigated and charged. Will they be?

If this is the excuse we are going to use for this officer, than this shithead is clearly not fit to be an officer. Some people really need to think about the line of work they are getting themselves into. Its not for everybody. At the end of the day there is no room for panic in the sense that it is going to keep you from conducting your job correctly, safely, and professionally. This a profession that requires an immense amount of attention to detail as lives hang in the balance of your decision making and judgment skills. A fireman arriving to a scene of a fire can not panic and begin to concern himself with amount of danger he has just arrived to. Lives are now being depended on fire personnel on scene to conduct themselves professionally and safely so that everyone gets to go home injury free, after it is all said and done. Its what you signed up for. This officer in particular does not display the characteristics of what it takes to be on the job.

You are not going to get any argument from me. Many organizations have lowered their physical, mental, and intellectual standards. The best place to see that is with what's happening within the military. For what reasons, political correctness, funding, education?

You are looking for political reasons that for your worldview when the answer is far more simple.
People are less inclined to be soldiers and police officers nowadays for lots of reasons.
Applicant numbers are way down and so the have to lower standards to fill the ranks.

I think it's even simpler. The main reason there are less applicants is because the pay doesn't fit the job. It's too low considering the type of work, hours, danger, and the fact that the job requires people who aren't uneducated idiots and who can think critically (since we're now seeing the results of that). I know it's tax payer money, but damn, if there was ever a good place for tax revenue to go, this would be it.