Kansas police officer charged after bullet fired at dog strikes nine-year-old - Sensationalist Headlines

Once again American police shows their "bravery" by being scared shitless of dogs.

Another cop's cowardice in someone getting hurt, who would of fucking guessed. Not all cops are like this sure, but the ones that are ruin it for everyone else.

difference being that while we had a shitty view, he had a good field of view and it was happening right front and center from him. he has no excuses but being a psycho.

Whilst that's true, I just mean that a holstered weapon seems more appropriate. The fact that people in that state of mind can be unpredictable is, if anything, reason not to have one's weapon drawn when confronting somebody suicidal. Still though, I've been suicidal before but would never dream of hurting anybody else, so I'd argue dangerous suicidal people are a relatively insignificant minority.

Is this the 2018 equivalent of that "it was the kids fucking fault for hiding behind the father" post?

Btw I looked up that quote about terriers and dachshunds. 3 deaths total, with the victims being two infants and a 87 year old. Honestly at that point a spoon is a dangerous weapon to them. Also no record of a miniature bull terrier killing a person.

According to this TIME article, cops don't even enter in a list of top 10 most dangerous jobs in America (ranked by lethal injuries). And yet there exists this weird culture in America about how brave and honorable cops are, that you don't see for logging workers or fishermen or trash collectors (all of which are more dangerous professions).

I think the idea behind the thing blue line rhetoric is that they're doing it to protect people, which honestly they've lost the right to be proud of.

Man headlines like this make me so sad. When I was a little kid one of my dreams was to be a police officer because I wanted to help people and to this day a part of me still carries that ember that maybe I should train for it. Seeing articles like this and "god all american cops are fucking awful and stupid" is just demoralizing

I've got tons of family on the force and I seriously can't fathom how they do it in today's climate, there's so much outright hatred directed towards officers because of a few rat bastards. There's no defending police brutality or misconduct, but the fact that no one even blinks when someone aligns themselves with the "more dead pigs, fry em like bacon" mentality is fucking horrifying. There's "we need to be tougher on cases where cops are in the wrong", but then there are some cases where people go way too far over the line. I've read sentiments directed at cops online that make me sick to my fucking stomach, to the point that it ruins my entire day to imagine it being directed at one of my cousins or uncles.

Well, you don't really get news articles about people doing their job right. You'll only hear of cops messing up.

One of the big things I've noticed is that a lot of people never learned how to interact with the police. I was raised around cops all my life, my folks both worked for the courts in Jersey City before I was born, they ALWAYS made sure I knew what to do in a situation with a police officer. Hell, they don't even teach you how to handle a traffic stop in Driver's Ed, which is fucking egregious, especially considering rule number one is to keep your hands on the wheel at all times, only moving when the officer asks for your license and registration. The officer has to be prepared for anything (there are tons of sick fucks out there who will just shoot/stab the cop and drive off, leaving them to bleed out in the shoulder), so suddenly reaching for something is a big red flag that leads to a lot of unnecessary tragedy. I wanna clarify, I'm not trying to victim blame or anything (a lot of these incidents, like the one this thread is about, are entirely the fault of the officer), I'm just saying that more open communication between the police and the public would lessen not only the stress both parties feel, but also the amount of fatal misunderstandings all around. There's a really fantastic stand-up special/documentary done by Jeff Ross where he roasts the Boston PD, but also rides along with them for a few nights to get some insight into what it's like to be a cop. It's that kind of perspective that you don't really see all too often whenever stories like this arise, and I feel like that skewed view only serves to escalate an already strained relationship.

It's not too late to make a difference, man. This bullshit agenda favours the horror stories because that's what generates the most clicks/ad-revenue... There are still those that value their oaths and that's what is most rare and rewarding in this society of ours regardless which side of the states you swear to protect under. I'm serious.