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Fighting back against police officers is both illegal and a death sentence, regardless of your innocence. Whether that should be the case is a matter of debate,
by zenexer 8y ago
Fighting back against police officers is both illegal and a death sentence, regardless of your innocence. Whether that should be the case is a matter of debate, but if you fire on police during a raid, you’re going to die. If you somehow manage to survive, you’re going to be in jail for a long time. It’s as simple as that.
Again, whether it should be this way is a matter of controversy, but that’s the way it is. As it currently stands, encouraging people to fight back with physical force against police is extremely irresponsible and shortsighted.
- craftinator 8y agoI don't think that retaliating against criminal theft is a matter of debate. If police behave criminally, they are subject to retaliation. This is the long sighted view, in that in the long run, fighting back against criminal behavior is a detterent against that behavior. Am I missing something here? Should we encourage thuggery and brigandry in our peace officers? Dangerous, yes, shortsighted, absolutely not.