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AtheistCrusader

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50. One dude challenges their authority, and they react like wounded animals?
Thu Feb 7, 2013, 05:52 PM
Feb 2013

I expected better from professionals. Yeah, it's bad, yeah they are in danger, so, for a police officer, what's new, right?

They should be better than this.

No words. ScreamingMeemie Feb 2013 #1
Rabid fucking dogs RandiFan1290 Feb 2013 #2
Why? Cops are never convicted Scootaloo Feb 2013 #71
Unreal. City Lights Feb 2013 #3
This is just crazy. Blue_In_AK Feb 2013 #4
No, it is not crazy, it's recklessness and certainly unprofessional HereSince1628 Feb 2013 #49
What the hell is going on in LA? Sekhmets Daughter Feb 2013 #5
if you own a truck, don't drive it today Liberal_in_LA Feb 2013 #6
You're not kidding.... Sekhmets Daughter Feb 2013 #10
Looks that way malaise Feb 2013 #48
...and the LA County Sheriff. Way out of control. libdem4life Feb 2013 #11
Why can't anyone get a handle on the problem? Sekhmets Daughter Feb 2013 #13
The reasons and causes for the interchange of power, money, drugs, etc. is so libdem4life Feb 2013 #20
The Mafia's Omerta... Sekhmets Daughter Feb 2013 #27
Yes, the silence and participation tend to feed each other and it becomes difficult to libdem4life Feb 2013 #28
There is an ex navy seal, who was fired from the LAPD. he vowed to kill the 8 policemen and their robinlynne Feb 2013 #36
Yes, I know that part of it.... Sekhmets Daughter Feb 2013 #38
I know. Someone said what is going on in LA? This is the big story on the news here this week. robinlynne Feb 2013 #41
Yes, but the origninal OP was Sekhmets Daughter Feb 2013 #42
gotcha. robinlynne Feb 2013 #44
I frequently get lost in a thread myself... Sekhmets Daughter Feb 2013 #45
And the taxpayers of the City of LosAngeles will be on the hook for millions in damage awards. xtraxritical Feb 2013 #57
Tragic...in so many ways. Sekhmets Daughter Feb 2013 #58
Yay, Cops! Iggo Feb 2013 #7
A drone would never make this error. WinkyDink Feb 2013 #8
I took it quite a different way. Whisp Feb 2013 #12
But they should never be a cop again. Not a minor error! n-t Logical Feb 2013 #21
This was quite the Keystone Kops escapade. And it WILL occur with drones. WinkyDink Feb 2013 #30
does this mean we should take all the cops off the streets Whisp Feb 2013 #34
Please. This is not the thread for drama kings/queens or for the argument of libdem4life Feb 2013 #53
typical answer when you are uncomfortable with the question. :) n/t Whisp Feb 2013 #66
It wasn't a question...it was rhetoric...absurd...not conversation for thinking folk. libdem4life Feb 2013 #70
and I think it's absurd that you would react this way. Whisp Feb 2013 #78
OK...difference of opinion. Didn't mean it so...just the LAPD cop thing has me really upset. libdem4life Feb 2013 #79
And I think it ridiculous that people aren't called out for being dicks... TheMadMonk Feb 2013 #95
We would all be safer. All cops care about is "revenue" and thier own saftey. xtraxritical Feb 2013 #60
really, we would all be safer without a police force? Whisp Feb 2013 #67
Yes shit happens, but when innocents die, the shit should hit the fan. nm rhett o rick Feb 2013 #92
Tragically...mistaken identity...guilty and executed by pickup truck color. libdem4life Feb 2013 #9
The vehicle wasn't even the right color. His is gray not blue. Lone_Star_Dem Feb 2013 #15
Thankfully...truly, I can't but skim this information. There will be a tipping point, someday. libdem4life Feb 2013 #24
When it comes to the LAPD they don't care about tipping points. Lone_Star_Dem Feb 2013 #32
True.I don't think many are mistakes. Its the war culture on the home front...Because We Can libdem4life Feb 2013 #46
Actually the pickup truck the two women were in was a Toyota Tacoma, not a Nissan Titan GiaGiovanni Feb 2013 #14
Wrong make. Wrong color. No ski rack. No match on the plates. Lone_Star_Dem Feb 2013 #18
And the women were elderly Asian women GiaGiovanni Feb 2013 #31
This just keeps getting worse and worse. Lone_Star_Dem Feb 2013 #40
They always get out of this stuff, though GiaGiovanni Feb 2013 #47
It's going to depend on how the victims persue the matter. Lone_Star_Dem Feb 2013 #59
DWPUT Lochloosa Feb 2013 #16
Wrong color, make, and model of truck obamanut2012 Feb 2013 #17
Let me predict, this shooting will be ruled "justified". Idiot cops! Logical Feb 2013 #19
Depends on how much clout the Asian community has in LA GiaGiovanni Feb 2013 #33
"Death by sorta, kinda similar car." Like shooting a Hellfire at a "tall person" in an... Poll_Blind Feb 2013 #22
Yeah, but their job is hard! RedCappedBandit Feb 2013 #23
unbelievable libertyandjustice24 Feb 2013 #25
Yeah, their days of delivering newspapers for a living may soon be over. Incitatus Feb 2013 #26
they will probably sue and win noiretextatique Feb 2013 #35
I sure hope they win if they sue. RebelOne Feb 2013 #54
And, the days of delivering newspapers for a living may be in store for Dirty Harry and Rambo. Tierra_y_Libertad Feb 2013 #43
I doubt it. NutmegYankee Feb 2013 #96
fuck tha police frylock Feb 2013 #29
I second that, Frylock. eom Th1onein Feb 2013 #39
Appears that the LAPD has ruled out taking Dorner alive. Loup Garou Feb 2013 #37
I think you just made the sharpest observation in this thread starroute Feb 2013 #65
One dude challenges their authority, and they react like wounded animals? AtheistCrusader Feb 2013 #50
LAPD is a gang. Mr.Bill Feb 2013 #51
WTF !!! WillyT Feb 2013 #52
A truck!!! HFS!!! Open fire!!! Glassunion Feb 2013 #55
Makes me think about when I was in Iraq Victor_c3 Feb 2013 #77
Holy crap... Glassunion Feb 2013 #82
yeah, better safe than sorry Victor_c3 Feb 2013 #85
Got about 110k miles on it... I'm about due to trade it in. Glassunion Feb 2013 #89
Over the decades, before Social Media, this would not have made any news. They have shot people for libdem4life Feb 2013 #56
Oops, sorry Magleetis Feb 2013 #61
And these are the same guys who show up to protect you when you call 9-1-1 kudzu22 Feb 2013 #62
PICTURE---> Wildly bullet-riddled newspaper delivery truck (PIC) Poll_Blind Feb 2013 #63
They survived? I see 4 head shots for the driver and about 7 for the passenger. KurtNYC Feb 2013 #75
Holy crap! I count 27, not including the ones that flattened both tires on the driver's side. Glassunion Feb 2013 #84
If the shooters don't lose their badges immediately Blue_Tires Feb 2013 #94
Now it is official, LA is a battleground. Rex Feb 2013 #64
What the hell? Demo_Chris Feb 2013 #68
Keep hiring these mental giants. damnedifIknow Feb 2013 #69
Maybe Dorner's point about the police being out of control is a valid one nt MrScorpio Feb 2013 #72
I'd feel more sympathy for the LAPD if it had shown more sympathy for Occupy Los Angeles, instead coalition_unwilling Feb 2013 #73
Ya know, not EVERY vehicle had automatic headlights.... Spitfire of ATJ Feb 2013 #74
I'm watching KTLA Live feed and they showed a segment dealing with ChisolmTrailDem Feb 2013 #76
I guess if they shoot enough people, Spirochete Feb 2013 #80
But you can't get humans to protect wealthy interests over their own kind... Junkdrawer Feb 2013 #83
Wow - so they just fire at any vehicle Smilo Feb 2013 #81
They also shot at a second truck (in a SECOND incident) after ramming it: Poll_Blind Feb 2013 #86
They were delivering newspapers with their lights off at five in the morning? rocktivity Feb 2013 #87
The scariest thing is that the 2 officers that shot up the newspaper ladies had both been Dustlawyer Feb 2013 #88
Now THERE is a need for SERIOUS Gun Control! bvar22 Feb 2013 #90
CNN has no coverage of this car, but, the shooters car if found burned. Festivito Feb 2013 #91
so they're just going to shoot up every vehicle that has the same description? liberal_at_heart Feb 2013 #93
OH hell no. rhett o rick Feb 2013 #98
And these idiots will keep there job! N-t Logical Feb 2013 #97
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