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In my life I've had police point their weapons at me, I've had a cop blatantly lie in testifying against me, and I've been threatened with arrest for having the
by Anechoic 14y ago
In my life I've had police point their weapons at me, I've had a cop blatantly lie in testifying against me, and I've been threatened with arrest for having the audacity to wave 'hi' to a cop as he was driving by and for sitting in a car with white women (yeah, I'm black, how did you know?). I am certainly sympathetic to the view that police and police powers need to be approached with skepticism.
That said, the critics that have popped up over the past 14 hours seem to twisted skepticism into a view that no law enforcement officer anywhere should ever be trusted under any circumstances and cooperating with the police for any reason is leading us down the slipper road to fascism.
I look at the past 24-hours and see the best of civilization. Law enforcement and private citizens worked together which allowed an alleged murdered to be captured alive with no civilian casualties and limited property damage. The Boston area was back in business as of 8pm last night, and come Monday, folks will be back to work. I can't see this as anything other than a success.
I'm curious - other than RMS, is there anyone within the affected area that felt the response and the search was inappropriate?
- Evbn 14y agoThis a viewpoint that needs more echo's. Every libertarian gun fan is just jealous that the cops got to use the big toys this week. In their fantasies, the bomber would have been in their boat, and they could have shot him themselves, and they would be the hero. And we would never get a proper investigation into how this all started.