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If you don't want to find yourself in harm's way, don't become a police officer. Legally required or not, they knew the risks when they signed up, they knew wha
by jjulius 4y ago
If you don't want to find yourself in harm's way, don't become a police officer. Legally required or not, they knew the risks when they signed up, they knew what they were trained to do, and then they... didn't.
- shkkmo 4y agoI think the point is that they should be legally required to intervene when a crime being committed but currently are not.
- zo1 4y agoThe problem is that they're equally as likely to be crucified if they jump in, and do a dumb thing and accidentally kill someone when others think that it was avoidable. There are just as many people crying "why didn't they just shoot the shooter in the leg to incapacitate him".
- jjulius 4y agoI'd rather someone be crucified for fucking up than for not doing anything at all, in this instance. Time is a massive factor in these situations, and time was massively wasted.
- kube-system 4y ago> I'd rather someone be crucified for fucking up The "someone" might have a little more skin in the game than you do, though.
- jjulius 4y agoThen - again - that "someone" shouldn't have taken the job if they weren't prepared for the risks.
- kube-system 4y agoFirst responders don’t, and never have, taken on unlimited risk, they take on calculated risks.
- kube-system 4y agoThis is just unreasonable. Humans have a natural desire to preserve their own lives. First responders aren't any different. The idea that first responders are superheros is a fallacious trope. The vast majority of police never use their gun over their entire career.
- banannaise 4y agoPolice departments are budgeted and equipped on the assumption it will be useful in situations like this, but the equipment isn't used in situations like this. Instead it's used for the abuse of defenseless civilians. If we're willing to remove these things, then I'm more than fine with not expecting them to handle dangerous situations.
- the_only_law 4y agoIf a soldier goes AWOL because they're "scared" of fighting or consistently straight up neglects to do their job, I'm sure "natural self preservation" will be a stunning and effective defense at the court martial regardless if they're ina combat role or not.
- kube-system 4y agoSoldiers are not first responders.
- the_only_law 4y agoClearly that doesn't matter as GP made it clear that this is a human trait, not tied to any profession.
- 1991g 4y agoIt's almost as if civilians (read: police) and soldiers are trained, equipped, and deployed to different environments, with different rules.
- Apocryphon 4y ago