Police Execution?

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Originally Posted by Sheriff Gonna Getcha

Absent additional facts, it was a cold-blooded execution and the police officer should be facing murder charges.

As a general matter, let me say that police have a very dangerous job and the overwhelming majority of officers are honorable, competent, well-intentioned, and deserve our respect and thanks. However, I also think there are far too many police officers with poor character, who were motivated to become police officers for the wrong reasons, and who abuse their power. Worse still, I believe a significant minority of police officers are too quick to use physical or deadly force and, all too often, get off with a minor slap on the wirst.

I agree it should be be viewed as murder knowing what we know.

I am basing my thoughts on police officers on the signifcant amount of them that I know well enough to pass some informed judgement on their character and personality. I don't know why they become police officers. I would speculate that most do so out of honor and a sense of decency. I do know that the culture must instill into them a superior attitude because I, without even a hint of hyperbole, have never known one that I thought was a decent person overall. Everey single one I ever knew was at best just an a-hole towards non-officers. I know I am seriosuly generalizing and I can certainly admit that there has to be a good amount of decent and honrable police officers. I applaud most all cops, dicks and non-dicks, for putting their life on the line to protect us. I respect what they do a great deal. But I don't like them and I can certainly see where a second year cop with perhaps a little bit of panic in a hostile environment can draw a weapon, aim it and fire on an unprotected suspect. I think it's because they only see the bad in people always.