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In reply to the discussion: Another Police Killing: Disabled Black Man Holding a Spoon. Racists Online Cheer. [View all]SamKnause
(13,101 posts)the right circumstances that a spoon may be mistaken for a knife.
I do not agree that the correct response is to shoot someone holding a knife.
The same blather, he came at me aggressively.
The U.S. seems to have under trained cowardly cops as the standard.
This is intentional.
They are armed to the teeth.
What the hell are they afraid of ?
Their jobs don't make the list of the Top Ten Most Dangerous Jobs.
It is not a positive step for a country to allow its citizens to be murdered by the authorities.
The police union reps that have spoken, sound like robotic control freaks.
They have made veiled threats and ordered us all to get in line.
We have a parade of people admitting and condoning torture.
The Supreme Court ruling (8-1) the police do not have to know the laws they enforce.
I just don't like the path this country is taking.