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> (a person, btw, they're supposed to protect) Do you suppose maybe the officers' intent was to protect the person who called them? I'm not happy this happene
by isoskeles 8y ago
> (a person, btw, they're supposed to protect)
Do you suppose maybe the officers' intent was to protect the person who called them?
I'm not happy this happened, and I think some blame can be put on the culture of police officers using violence as a solution to many problems, but I also think a lot of blame can be put on the culture of people-not-knowing-their-neighbors.
I would want to know more about my neighbors before calling the cops on them, even if they did some crazy thing like walk around the hallways naked or yell or scream.
- YeGoblynQueenne 8y ago>> Do you suppose maybe the officers' intent was to protect the person who called them? The officer's stated intent was to go home to his family that night. That's what's bothering me. He didn't try to explain his actions in terms of protecting the public from a potentially dangerous individual, he put it in terms of protecting himself. So what's going to happen if you give a man a gun, tell them "protect yourself first" and send them in a situation where someone might put their life in danger? I think it's obvious- they'll shoot the person putting them in danger. To protect themselves.