Reactions to Ferguson shootings....

2015-03-12T13:32:48-04:00

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2015/03/12/makes-my-morning-so-much-better-some-reactions-to-the-shooting-of-two-ferguson-cops-have-to-be-read-to-be-believed/

Seriously, what some of these people have to say is just mind boggling. They are so vile and uncaring for human life. Most don't even seem to know that these police officers were not even from Ferguson. It is sad when this is what is becoming more widely acceptable.

Sorry, rant over.

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Response by Cpl Michael Strickler made Mar 12 at 2015 3:47 PM

2015-03-12T15:47:02-04:00

I have had this on another screen today all day at work. So sad. Racism aside, this ENTIRE situation is total BS how these events are playing out. A black person is killed/injured and the people lose their minds, while cops families defend their families. Now we swap the tables and fancy that the situation is reversed (all be it worse by these retards saying their morning is now better... WTF?).

While I think these situations may be blown somewhat more out of proportion now that we have social media to spread things without proper context, and I do sympathize that it may be a small number of unlucky or racist individuals shining a bad mark on all of law enforcement, I think body cameras and mics are a necessity now.

For the first few months or more it may make cops tread lightly, kind of like ROEs does for us in country, but the same reaction was in place after dash cams were installed right? I do not want to bind a cops decision and make him think that we are not on their side, but I want the cams for their protection. We only need to save the footage of incidents at first, not everything.

Imagine if we had a cam shot of these events and saw a first person view of what the police reacted to. One cam on their weapon and one on their cover (or something). In the end it will protect everyone and the only ones that will be affected are the ones in the wrong.

What else can we do. We need a definitive answer beyond "he said she said" no one is winning right now...