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>Better to see 10 cops dead than 1 single innocent killed by the police in my book. Those 10 cops were also innocent, and are still people with families and pe

>Better to see 10 cops dead than 1 single innocent killed by the police in my book. Those 10 cops were also innocent, and are still people with families and people who love them. I'm not saying the way things are right now is the way they should be forever and that it's all rainbows and butterflies, but it seems callous to say one innocent life is worth more than another.

dudul 9y ago
Did you miss the part where I pointed out that cops knew what they were signing for? I know it sucks, don't pretend I would be happy to see 10 dead cops, this is insulting. But between 10 persons, employed to protect and serve, and 1 completely random person who just walked out of their front door there is real difference to me.
- trgv 9y ago
  Suggesting that signing up to "protect and serve" reduces the value of your life to 1/10 of someone who didn't is...insane. Generally speaking, the suggestion that a person's profession influences the value of their life is abhorrent to me.
  - brianwawok 9y ago
    Richer people have not fought in wars, since forever. Why? They can pay someone else to go die for them. In modern days, look at the socioeconomic status of people that sign up for the U.S. Military. They come from poorer and less educated than average families. That is basically what military pay does... you start at some level, and slowly raise it until you have enough people willing to risk their life to earn it. Everyone has a price.
evincarofautumn 9y ago
To me, it’s not really about innocence, or value of life, but something more like consent and agency. A cop, like a soldier, signs up for a job that they know is mortally risky. So it’s not that an innocent cop’s life is worth less than an innocent civilian’s life, but that a cop’s life is willingly offered for (what is supposed to be) the greater good. The idea that protecting the innocent is more important than punishing the guilty is the basis of the “beyond a reasonable doubt” standard of evidence used in criminal trial, and in an ideal world, we would be able to hold cops to the same standard. If they had any doubt that pulling the trigger was the right thing to do, they would not. Unfortunately, in these situations there’s really no time for deliberation.

dudul 9y ago

Did you miss the part where I pointed out that cops knew what they were signing for? I know it sucks, don't pretend I would be happy to see 10 dead cops, this is insulting. But between 10 persons, employed to protect and serve, and 1 completely random person who just walked out of their front door there is real difference to me.

trgv 9y ago
Suggesting that signing up to "protect and serve" reduces the value of your life to 1/10 of someone who didn't is...insane. Generally speaking, the suggestion that a person's profession influences the value of their life is abhorrent to me.
- brianwawok 9y ago
  Richer people have not fought in wars, since forever. Why? They can pay someone else to go die for them. In modern days, look at the socioeconomic status of people that sign up for the U.S. Military. They come from poorer and less educated than average families. That is basically what military pay does... you start at some level, and slowly raise it until you have enough people willing to risk their life to earn it. Everyone has a price.

evincarofautumn 9y ago

To me, it’s not really about innocence, or value of life, but something more like consent and agency. A cop, like a soldier, signs up for a job that they know is mortally risky. So it’s not that an innocent cop’s life is worth less than an innocent civilian’s life, but that a cop’s life is willingly offered for (what is supposed to be) the greater good. The idea that protecting the innocent is more important than punishing the guilty is the basis of the “beyond a reasonable doubt” standard of evidence used in criminal trial, and in an ideal world, we would be able to hold cops to the same standard. If they had any doubt that pulling the trigger was the right thing to do, they would not. Unfortunately, in these situations there’s really no time for deliberation.