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Not to get into rape or racism committed by cops... I do not rely on cops' protection or trust them in most of the cases. I take matters in my own hands... you guys know what I mean. I was just surprised that they are actually protected by law which given them pass if they just stood by.
My understanding that each violent crime will end within 5 mins and it usually takes more than 5 mins for cops to arrive at the secene.
Also, as Auroa pointed out, cops are human too. They will not risk their lives to do their job... no matter how much they got paid. We have a few cops in our gun club who I chatted frequently. Every time there is a shooting, after they arrive, they won't take action until it's safe for they to do so. If gunshot is heard, wait for the SWAT team.
Most of the cops in my city have minimium medical training but with adequate firearm, combat fighting training. Because almost 95% of new cops are veterans... the waiting list is years long now. If you haven't been through boot camp, don't expect a position.
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I do not believe Aurora was defending the cops in this scenario. She works with Emergency services where she observes some "common sense" might not be common knowledge to us.
The take out of this video is, cops get paid for legally not doing what we expected them to do. If you seriously have any concern about your own safety, second amendment is your friend.
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I realize now, when I was speaking of "vetting and training" them, I was thinking more on the psychological end of things. Not just technical training. Like, sure, someone could be trained to shoot a gun or do combat, but that says nothing of their psychological willingness or wherewithal. Or their ability to handle other aspects of a scenario that are related to handling human beings in a non-violent manner. Or that they are necessarily put through a rigorous examination of what their psychological hangups, prejudices, and power-tripping issues may be before being given clearance just because they have no criminal record. To me, these aspects are all just as, if not MORE, important than any technical training. This is my main pissy point with everyone I see around me. It's not that they CAN'T do their jobs - they are just unwilling to do them properly. That's what I was talking about, but... obviously... if I never said it... how would anyone know that's what I meant? That's my bad.
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This's all truly scary! :(
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Aurora_Sunset
And as I was typing that all out, I realized, this is a vent thread. People are angry, rightfully so. I am as well, and wasn't trying to bring down anyone's rightful anger at the injustice and bullshit in this or any other police scenario by trying to logically analyze what I think the problems are that contribute to the fucked-upness. As I said, I work in emergency services out in the vanilla world, I think only certain types of people should be in jobs like that, and the majority, sadly, are not - and shit like this really upsets me, to the point that I spend a lot of time thinking about it. I got carried away with my own personal analysis. And I'll leave it alone, as this was a space originally created to vent and get the frustration out, not nit-pick around for hypothetical, idealized, and (let's be real) probably naive solutions.
I just would hate for anyone to continue to operate under the assumption that me trying to take a broader look at the issues was me somehow defending the assholes, or trying to force some "show some respect for cops!" attitude onto anyone - not at all my mindset, I assure you.
You don’t need to qualify yourself any sane person knows what you meant.
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Holy hell chill out! Aurora would never mean anything like that!