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Fri Aug 22, 2014, 11:25 AM

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This message was self-deleted by its author [View all] Courtesy Flush Aug 2014 OP

But see, it took them 3 whole minutes to get Erich Bloodaxe BSN Aug 2014 #1

...not to mention a lot more fun! Ino Aug 2014 #2

I'd bet this is an utterly true statement hifiguy Aug 2014 #19

No doubt. Enthusiast Aug 2014 #25

And some concealed carry advocates. [n/t] Maedhros Aug 2014 #58

time is money frylock Aug 2014 #7

That's the main difference between this second video and the Kijames (sp?) case treestar Aug 2014 #27

"AREN'T AFRAID TO BACK AWAY" Crucial Crucial Crucial Crucial Crucial observation!!!! alcibiades_mystery Aug 2014 #33

Exactly, backing up is easy to do but why the hell don't they? argh uppityperson Aug 2014 #36

Wow. Yes. A thousand times, YES!! Dark n Stormy Knight Aug 2014 #45

I couldn't agree more, alcibiades_mystery. Uncle Joe Aug 2014 #71

"May I suggest using the nightstick, officer?" Not Sure Aug 2014 #3

No, nightsticks are only good for beating on peaceful protestors. 99th_Monkey Aug 2014 #4

One of the greatest movie lines of all time! ybbor Aug 2014 #52

First of all, courtesy, my intent is not to attack you, personally... truth2power Aug 2014 #5

tree trimmers have a higher mortality rate than the police.. frylock Aug 2014 #8

This meme of police having a toughjob (poor babies)... truth2power Aug 2014 #20

There is a big difference treestar Aug 2014 #30

Sorry, but no excuse... truth2power Aug 2014 #38

That's a great point. Dark n Stormy Knight Aug 2014 #46

I think in that case they did kill him way too fast treestar Aug 2014 #53

Something I just read, this afternoon -can't remember, on DU probably... truth2power Aug 2014 #57

At my sister's house I often end up watching COPS treestar Aug 2014 #72

That's why I am a fan of higher IQs and psychological profiling. MADem Aug 2014 #39

That's the advances we can make as a society treestar Aug 2014 #54

Novato Calif. police do NOT have it that hard. truedelphi Aug 2014 #55

OMG Ino Aug 2014 #59

A very good point about surgeons. blackspade Aug 2014 #64

No, A tree trimmer would HubertHeaver Aug 2014 #28

okay, i laughed! frylock Aug 2014 #43

Tough in the sense of brain power... Hooked_n_Looped Aug 2014 #70

Guns aren't 100% either lunatica Aug 2014 #6

True. Perhaps they will need bazookas and/or Lucky Luciano Aug 2014 #16

I'm not so sure lunatica Aug 2014 #35

K&R ReRe Aug 2014 #9

Wait. They let him live? America just has a different standard of professionalism. EEO Aug 2014 #10

Indeed: our police are doing a very BAD job alcibiades_mystery Aug 2014 #34

It stems from laziness Hutzpa Aug 2014 #68

The cops even put the garbage can back... Whiskeytide Aug 2014 #11

In the US, the police take a few seconds to judge the situation... Tom_Foolery Aug 2014 #12

The gun is always innocent in America, any other weapon and the cops would be in jail. Fred Sanders Aug 2014 #14

may I also point out demigoddess Aug 2014 #13

Correct. On arrest the detainee is turned over to a station officer in charge for processing. Fred Sanders Aug 2014 #15

More cops?!? We don't need the ones we have. Take away the stupid and failed drug war TheKentuckian Aug 2014 #21

Entirely true Prophet 451 Aug 2014 #65

proper policing by men who have what it takes drray23 Aug 2014 #17

Mentally ill people need treatment, not a hail of Bullets. PeoViejo Aug 2014 #18

In my community there used to be a mobile crisis team truth2power Aug 2014 #24

The Bean-Counters figure it's cheaper to kill the Mentally Ill PeoViejo Aug 2014 #62

Important point.. OilBurnerBob Aug 2014 #22

Right I wonder what would happen if it were a black person in the UK treestar Aug 2014 #31

Well, here's another machete attack. MADem Aug 2014 #40

... treestar Aug 2014 #50

I think prison guards should train the police on apprehension methods of dangerous justiceischeap Aug 2014 #23

It's not the gun. Period. AtheistCrusader Aug 2014 #26

The first video actually shows why American police DON'T use tazers against people with knives. Xithras Aug 2014 #29

Dont cops get martial arts training? jambo101 Aug 2014 #32

Some of them don't even have to take an annual PT test or meet weight standards. MADem Aug 2014 #42

I was just going to comment... Ino Aug 2014 #60

Television has created this fiction that police are either young, fit and idealistic, or older, MADem Aug 2014 #69

What's up with "videographer number 2?" MADem Aug 2014 #37

A lasso would be easier wouldn't it? snooper2 Aug 2014 #41

The youtube comments on video #2 show the problem steve2470 Aug 2014 #44

Yep. US males, in particular, are socialized to think that way. It will be a huge job to Dark n Stormy Knight Aug 2014 #47

Hadn't noticed that Prophet 451 Aug 2014 #66

Not a fair comparison. Vattel Aug 2014 #48

Our cops kill you for refusal to obey.... Spitfire of ATJ Aug 2014 #49

US Cops doe not want ANY RISK but still want high pay and pension! Idiots. nt Logical Aug 2014 #51

To be fair... Chan790 Aug 2014 #56

This message was self-deleted by its author Courtesy Flush Aug 2014 #61

Interesting difference. blackspade Aug 2014 #63

That actually took time and courage.. something the police in Ferguson and Cha Aug 2014 #67