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Showing Original Post only (View all)Sorry, but I am not comfortable with local police forces using explosives on citizens [View all]
To be clear, I am not comfortable with police forces and their monopoly on violence, generally. And while I do understand and respect that their are rare instances in which deadly force may be required, it is far more often abused.
And I get that "dead is dead" and many, perhaps most, will say "why does it matter how he was killed if the killing justified?" Maybe I am unable to, at this point, articulate it properly. But, I am just not okay with domestic police forces using bombs against anyone.
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Sorry, but I am not comfortable with local police forces using explosives on citizens [View all]
morningfog
Jul 2016
OP
The police bombed Operation Move in Phily a few decades age, dropped a barrel bomb...
Mika
Jul 2016
#2
I think the very fact that the Police even have explosive weaponry is part of a larger problem ...
Statistical
Jul 2016
#3
No - it's very muuch about weaponry, provided to local law enforcement, among others
Ms. Toad
Jul 2016
#92
The shooter was given time to give himself up. He refused and continued to fire on police officers..
Joe the Revelator
Jul 2016
#49
What Linuxman said. Succinct. To the point. Discomfort? Give me a break. (nfm)
SunDrop23
Jul 2016
#63
Considering his actions earlier, and continued threats, it was the right thing to do.
Lil Missy
Jul 2016
#62
If law enforcement is 100% sure that they have the right suspect in a mass
Lance Bass esquire
Jul 2016
#65
Knockout gases are mostly a hollywood invention. (Especially in an open air place.)
X_Digger
Jul 2016
#104
I suspect there is a great irony here. You know who uses bomb robots? The military.
msanthrope
Jul 2016
#88
In one speech, the Dallas police chief said his department was not going to militarize.
merrily
Jul 2016
#96
As long as the military and police disarm themselves first, gun control can happen. n/t
Matt_R
Jul 2016
#98