Do you acknowledge that this attitude, which you deny having yourself, does exist in LE today?
And, sorry, I have no interest in being LE. I serve in other ways. But I fail to see how that means I can't "scrutinize" what I see as a threat to American freedom and liberty. Maybe if the "good...
What's really "flaccid" is the straw man you're trying to build. You're trying like hell to focus on the innocuous details while ignoring the mountain of other stuff that we're actually talking about.
If LEOs were really just walking around in khaki cargos and polos, no one would care. It's...
I support law enforcement using whatever is necessary for whatever specific task they have. Routine patrols and handing out speeding tickets does not require the same gear as soldiers kicking down doors in Baghdad.
Probably a little bit of both.
I honestly think that some of it is the...
What "expertise" is necessary to see the gradual and continual militarization of law enforcement in this country?
And the term is "apologetics", not apologies. I would not expect "apologies" from you.
If you don't want silly answers, don't come to me with nonsense about tactical gear...
I'm not questioning the utility of it, I'm questioning the poor attempt at apologetics.
It's a carefully cultivated look, yes, intended to be intimidating. If you need a place for your notepads and pens, carry a fanny pack. If you want to look like an "operator", wear tactical gear.
And...
Really?
Funny...when a "civilian" wears 5.11 pants or whatever, it's because he's a wannabe operator...but when a cop wears them, ya know, it's just for the extra pockets.
So had the mailman showed up, he would have shot him? The fact that it was two people breaking into his house, after other break ins in the recent past, had nothing to do with his frame of mind at the time?
No, it doesn't justify killing someone in cold blood, execution style. Even, apparently, after the criminals in question were already fatally wounded.
I'm just asking myself here...who bears the greatest responsibility for the death of the daughter?
Well, there are two people here at least who have said they would try to kill the guy for killing their daughter...ignoring the fact that the daughter was a criminal and put herself in the position to get killed like that.
I'd be upset, too...but I'd be more upset with myself for raising a...
I'd just do a better job of raising my daughter...
I'm not saying I support executing criminals like this, but let's not forget what would have prevented it altogether...if those two teens hadn't broken into the guy's house in the first place.
Don't mean to be "that guy"...but how can you be a member here since 2011 and not know that there's no such thing as a "public gathering" law anymore? It was changed in 2010...
Ooops...just saw this was a necrothread...sorry about that.
Vermont has always been a paradox, but it looks like they're getting it right on this. The article also mentions a lot of other defiance on the part of citizens and law enforcement around the country, which is also very encouraging.