What happened to showing some restraint.

[Finfeatherfur]

AceArcher. To give you the simple answer - YES, you are jsut one mental breakdown from being killed by a cop.......... if the situation warrants it! Always remember that!! Each and every situation is different. And not being there, how can anyone say what was happening. The media is biased and I hate reporters because they are all doing the same thing - giving the public what they "want" to hear, instead of what they "need" to hear!

[AceArcher]

Originally Posted by Finfeatherfur

AceArcher. To give you the simple answer - YES, you are jsut one mental breakdown from being killed by a cop.......... if the situation warrants it! Always remember that!! Each and every situation is different. And not being there, how can anyone say what was happening. The media is biased and I hate reporters because they are all doing the same thing - giving the public what they "want" to hear, instead of what they "need" to hear!

I hear you, but i am gonna have to say that if i pose no threat to anyone (ie. i am not armed) (or if i am armed i am willing to comply with the law) then i should not be shot, and if the police officer chooses to shoot first and ask questions later.... he should be hung out to rot after my funeral.

Agreed wholeheartedly about the media. All of it is agenda based. Like i said i value the good work the police does a hell of a lot more the occasional bad.

[Finfeatherfur]

Originally Posted by AceArcher

I hear you, but i am gonna have to say that if i pose no threat to anyone (ie. i am not armed) (or if i am armed i am willing to comply with the law) then i should not be shot, and if the police officer chooses to shoot first and ask questions later.... he should be hung out to rot after my funeral.

Agreed wholeheartedly about the media. All of it is agenda based. Like i said i value the good work the police does a hell of a lot more the occasional bad.

here we go - making more out of it!
I said "if the situation warrants it" and if you say "you pose no threat" than why would the situation warrant me even pulling my weapon??? We are like a dog chasing a tail in this conversation. If the situation warrants me discharging a weapon, than so be it. I better have my ducks in a row because the LSP will be investigating it and it aint pretty - trust me!

If your wife calls and says she has a husband going off the deep end, I arrive to find you in the house tearing it up with her favorite tennis racket, I will ask you to put it down, then I will tell you to put it down, then I will make you put it down! In that order!!! - Doesn't matter to me that you got home to find her fat arse in bed with her tennis coach and your secretary having a 3some. The situation is you are angry, emotional, and swinging a tennis racket which I percieve as a weapon that can do me great bodily harm in this case.

If I get to your residence on the same call and you are sitting watching the Saints game, and tell me you just told her you want a divorce and she is freaking our, it will be handled as a "B- baker" call (no report/back in service).

[AceArcher]

Originally Posted by Finfeatherfur

here we go - making more out of it!
I said "if the situation warrants it" and if you say "you pose no threat" than why would the situation warrant me even pulling my weapon??? We are like a dog chasing a tail in this conversation. If the situation warrants me discharging a weapon, than so be it. I better have my ducks in a row because the LSP will be investigating it and it aint pretty - trust me!

If your wife calls and says she has a husband going off the deep end, I arrive to find you in the house tearing it up with her favorite tennis racket, I will ask you to put it down, then I will tell you to put it down, then I will make you put it down! In that order!!! - Doesn't matter to me that you got home to find her fat arse in bed with her tennis coach and your secretary having a 3some. The situation is you are angry, emotional, and swinging a tennis racket which I percieve as a weapon that can do me great bodily harm in this case.

If I get to your residence on the same call and you are sitting watching the Saints game, and tell me you just told her you want a divorce and she is freaking our, it will be handled as a "B- baker" call (no report/back in service).

What your saying is what i would expect of a police officer. Perhaps i am missing something but i don't see how this compares to what happened in the original.

All that said..... My wife said that if you call her arse fat again... she gonna take you out... Officer or not...

(The above is satirical....ie.... satire... not serious.... oh shiz don't show up at my house and shoot my wife bro... )

[Finfeatherfur]

Originally Posted by AceArcher

What your saying is what i would expect of a police officer. Perhaps i am missing something but i don't see how this compares to what happened in the original.

All that said..... My wife said that if you call her arse fat again... she gonna take you out... Officer or not...

(The above is satirical....ie.... satire... not serious.... oh shiz don't show up at my house and shoot my wife bro... )

I just spit diet Coke all over my computer!!! Tell her I was only using her arse in a 'teaching moment" and meant no disrespect - but apparently it worked!!! lol

All in all, I enjoy good debates - logical ones with things learned on both sides. I have seen some pretty shoddy police work before. All I can do is pray that I make the right decision when I am pressed to do so. It comes down to training, common sense, and unfortunately some luck.

[AceArcher]

Originally Posted by Finfeatherfur

I just spit diet Coke all over my computer!!! Tell her I was only using her arse in a 'teaching moment" and meant no disrespect - but apparently it worked!!! lol

All in all, I enjoy good debates - logical ones with things learned on both sides. I have seen some pretty shoddy police work before. All I can do is pray that I make the right decision when I am pressed to do so. It comes down to training, common sense, and unfortunately some luck.

LOL... she's laughing her butt off right now...

In all honesty, I pray that if i am ever in a situation i have a cop like you respond to the situation, someone willing to use their brain, as well as their badge and gun.

Again thanks for what you do.