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In reply to the discussion: Why Many Police Traffic Stops Turn Deadly [View all]Jedi Guy
(3,185 posts)37. Timothy Loehmann should never have been a cop to begin with.
Cleveland screwed up by not requesting his personnel file from his previous department. Dispatch screwed up by not relaying crucial information to the officers. Loehmann screwed up most of all by just opening fire without assessing the situation, since he gave Rice no chance to comply.
All of that doesn't change the fact that there are times when force, including lethal force, is legitimate and unfortunately necessary.
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And in the moment of confrontation, how is the cop supposed to know whether the person is armed?
Jedi Guy
Oct 2021
#11
So you're honestly comparing kids breaking school rules to adults breaking laws?
Jedi Guy
Oct 2021
#27
Yeah but they've lost the benefit of the doubt on that "use of force" now and some are ...
uponit7771
Nov 2021
#31
Yeah, the anti-cop extremism on DU is something else, especially for a "reality based community."
Jedi Guy
Nov 2021
#38
I got away with a lot of shit when I was a wild young thing because I was white.
hunter
Nov 2021
#41
It's their training. Cops are taught everyone presents a threat and all encounters are potentially
sop
Oct 2021
#5
Why? Because police have guns but most of them don't have the temperament or wisdom...
hunter
Oct 2021
#14
Covid has shown that the "feared for their lives" claim is completely bogus.
Crunchy Frog
Oct 2021
#16
"contempt of cop"? More like weak-minded and insecure cops licking their wounds by killing those
Solly Mack
Nov 2021
#33