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I wonder if you would feel that way if one of your loved ones was serving as an officer of the peace - would you want them dealing with dangerous situations on

I wonder if you would feel that way if one of your loved ones was serving as an officer of the peace - would you want them dealing with dangerous situations on a daily basis people with no regard for "covering their own ass"? Would you feel that way if there were an armed intruder in your home and one of those officers had to respond to protect you? Would you want them to intervene to protect you or your family or sit in your driveway deliberating about whether they should "cover their own ass" or yours? We don't need to excuse unwarranted police violence as a society, but it's equally unfair to outsource dealing with violent and dangerous situations to others and then glibly remove any means they have to deal with those situations without getting killed themselves.

gohrt 11y ago
> We don't need to excuse unwarranted police violence as a society and yet you felt compelled to write this post.
cbr 11y ago
> "covering their own ass" I think you and jessaustin may be using different interpretations of that term, judging by their reference of the McDonald shooting. People are much more ok with police officers doing what they need to do to keep themselves and others safe at the time (your usage) than they are with officers lying about why they used deadly force after the fact to keep from getting in trouble (their usage). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shooting_of_Laquan_McDonald https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shooting_of_Laquan_McDonald
jessaustin 11y ago
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=cover+your+ass http://lmgtfy.com/?q=cover+your+ass [EDIT: removed request] I do have police family. I do want him to be safe. I don't want him to file false reports in order not to face the consequences of unlawful action. [EDIT:] As a rural resident and citizen, if "an armed intruder" troubles my family home, the sheriffs will be called to collect a corpse. I'm not fool enough to imagine they'll get there in time for anything else. Home intrusion rates are quite low hereabouts.
- tptacek 11y ago
  Please remain civil. "The English language, please learn it" is uncivil on multiple levels.

gohrt 11y ago

> We don't need to excuse unwarranted police violence as a society and yet you felt compelled to write this post.

cbr 11y ago

> "covering their own ass" I think you and jessaustin may be using different interpretations of that term, judging by their reference of the McDonald shooting. People are much more ok with police officers doing what they need to do to keep themselves and others safe at the time (your usage) than they are with officers lying about why they used deadly force after the fact to keep from getting in trouble (their usage). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shooting_of_Laquan_McDonald https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shooting_of_Laquan_McDonald

jessaustin 11y ago

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=cover+your+ass http://lmgtfy.com/?q=cover+your+ass [EDIT: removed request] I do have police family. I do want him to be safe. I don't want him to file false reports in order not to face the consequences of unlawful action. [EDIT:] As a rural resident and citizen, if "an armed intruder" troubles my family home, the sheriffs will be called to collect a corpse. I'm not fool enough to imagine they'll get there in time for anything else. Home intrusion rates are quite low hereabouts.

tptacek 11y ago
Please remain civil. "The English language, please learn it" is uncivil on multiple levels.