politicartoons | (no subject)

So should people cower in fear of the police?

I do, or at least if there are police in the area I leave the area, it's simple common sense. However, the police have training, regulations and a pay packet attached to their not-stupid use of their weapons. A copper here shot at a car that was trying to run him down the other day, no one injured but he's still been suspended and there will be an inquiry into the incident.

Absolutely. Fuck the police.

My thoughts exactly.

Isn't it obvious by now?

Hey, if you'd been here in California during the Dorner manhunt, you would have definitely been cowering in fear from the police, especially since two elderly Asian women delivering newspapers got shot just for driving a similar truck.

And a lot of good guns did in getting him. They had to resort to throwing in some highly inflammable bomb-like thing to start a fire to end the shoot-out standoff.

EVERYBODY in Southern California was fucking terrified of the police last week.

People expect to see a cop carrying a gun. People don't expect to see a civilian carrying a gun, especially an assault rifle. There are situations, and places, where it would probably be advisable to cower in fear of the police but that's irrelevant. The point is that seeing someone carrying a gun for no apparent reason, because they're not a cop or security guard, will cause a lot of people to worry.

If they're carrying an assault weapon and not wearing a uniform or anything identifying themselves as police? Definately.

Los Angeles on High Alert as LAPD Back on Regular Duty (http://www.theonion.com/articles/los-angeles-on-high-alert-as-lapd-back-on-regular,31306/)

The ability to take everyone in the room out at a whim doesn't make you feel safer?

The thing is, in a shooter situation where armed civilians became involved, I would immediately assume that anyone who was armed that wasn't me would be affiliated with the shooter. And begin targeting them thereby.