Just what we need more heavily armed police. To fight a "drug war".
Ugh... Just...ugh. I just can't even imagine what field experience you have dealing with situations where you're out-gunned and not protected. Don't listen to the media too much, because we live in a day and age where bad news sells. We have thousands of men and women overseas defending your right to make this comment, but the minute one soldier crosses a moral line (which they shouldn't, and yes it
is wrong), all of a sudden
ALL U.S. Soldiers are murderers and should be put on trial for their "crimes."
Same go with the Police. I just, I can't wrap my mind around your comment. Tell that to the
131 families who lost their loved ones to gunfire in 2008. Tell that to the
10,479 Officers' families' who have died at the hands of gunmen over the past 217 years. That's an average of
49 Officers dead each year.
Wanna check statistics? You're more than welcome:
http://www.odmp.org/
As for the second article linked, it is a much sadder tale. However, I do take note it is a decidedly one-sided piece of argumentative "journalism".
Yeah, calling the dog her "son" is a little far fetched. I'm as big a dog person as the next guy, and my wife and I rescue dogs all the time. We love them, and they are our family members. Personally, I would be bitten first before I shot a dog. But it comes down to coming home to those you love in one piece, and protecting the innocent.
She had no idea that her "son" was in that plastic bag leaning up against the curb.
I'm sorry, but that's pretty one-sided and biased, in my opinion.
As for your first article, I've seen people use that as a banner, screaming "Police Brutality!!" and let me tell you: That's a load of
CRAP. I won't even begin to get into tactics on serving warrants and standard operation, but dogs have their own category in a QRF plan just as the positioning of an electrical box, number of windows, and how many rooms a house has.
But, you're entitled to your own opinions as well.