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Originally Posted by Bent Wookie
I think what people have an issue with is that the SAME people bring up the SAME point EVERY TIME. It seems several of you question the police regardless of the situation. While I agree with you that the use of force is a contentious issue, and obviously requires scrutiny, I question your ability to judge it since it is clear you don't know the tactics and training of police. In essence, you are blindly questioning something you know little about.
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Well that's the beauty of a message board, I guess. Or, if we want to get grandiose, that's the beauty of a democracy. You don't have to be an expert to question things.
I think I know just as much about it as the people who blindly support the police no matter what they do. You know, the people who apparently believe police have two options -- the gun or the electricity. The same people who believe that in America every person who doesn't co-operate with the police ends up dead.
And I don't question the police regardless of the situation, I question the police when the situation looks questionable. A disabled senior citizen getting tasered twice is, to my admittedly untrained eye, questionable. Is that so wrong? Or "stupid", as someone said?