Just a quick little post, this morning.
You go on Facebook nowadays, what do you see? You see hundreds of videos people have shared. Videos that totally relates to their rights. Your Facebook friends find videos that relate to what they believe and then share them. It's almost like one of those churchies shoving what they believe in your face. Except when Facebook people share videos, it's somehow 10x more annoying.
One of the trend of pictures and videos I've come across lately is the people that complain about cops going too far. This may be a response to a lot of things, but most significantly it may be a result of the Trayvon Martin case, despite the fact the man who shot him was just a neighborhood-watch guard at a gated community.
The one I came across most recently was a video about a cop who responded to a domestic disturbance call, and was subsequently shot and killed by a man whose dog was apparently threatened by the cop at tazer-point. The man reportedly shot the cop dead because the cop was investigating the domestic disturbance and wound up near the man's property just before the incident occurred. Now, suspiciously, it doesn't go into detail why the cop proceeded to threaten the dog at tazer point, which seems to be the main driving focus of the debate.
From this above story, we can draw two conclusions:
The owner's dog was threatened by the presence of a stranger, and proceeded to bark and threaten the officer as he approached. The cop may have been worried about the dog's intentions whether to just intimidate the him or possibly attack if necessary. Now, keep in mind, the cops's tazer is not drawn yet. So, as the cop approaches to investigate the dog, this is where we get to the significant point of the story. Either the dog threatens him and the cop pulls the tazer (making the dog the bad guy), or the dog gives up and the cop pulls the tazer anyway (making the cop the bad guy).
Now, I'm no expert on police tactics, police conduct or anything relating to this article. However, I know that if I'm a dog and I'm seeing a suspicious looking character walking towards my fence and my master's property, I'm gonna bark and bark 'til I get a whiff of him to see what's up. If the man points a tazer at me, it could be a sign he's here to hurt me and I attack or run away, or it's a sign he's here on other business and I need to stay out of his way. Wait! We already know why he's here, isn't he? The domestic disturbance right? The article and several witnesses can corroborate. So the odds are the dog was acting out of protection.
Also keep in mind, the article clearly states no tazes were fired at the animal. The owner of the dog caught the dog and the cop in the worst possible point of the ordeal; the tazer-point. So the man instantly jumps to the negative aspect and becomes enraged and comes to the cop and begins screaming in defense of his dog. Now the article also demonstrates that the cop pointed the gun in the man's face, but that could also be misconstrued. The man could argue he was threatened by the cop for no other reason than "cops are pigs", but rarely do I ever hear of a cop doing something such as that. The last case of this with its fair share of coverage and evidence was of course the "Rodney King assault" in 1991, but that had more to do with race than police brutality.
This is what I'm tired of. Who decides that the dog owners are above the law? If your dog attacks an innocent passerby and, say, bites them repeatedly, you no longer get control over your dog's fate. This is where you end and the law begins. This is where you stop. This is where you accept whatever you are given and you walk away. "Taking the badge number of the cop who shot your dog in order to press charges" is epicly stupid. Please feel free to try all you want though, you're pumping more money into the legal system you so loathe. Even worse is if there are witnesses to your dog attacking the person. That gives you an even smaller reason to pursue legal action. Besides the cop will walk free anyway, so all you're doing is like I said; donating free thousands to the legal system.
You get the gun nuts, the meth-cookers, pretty much anyone who breaks the law are the ones who say cops have too many rights. Then you get videos of people quizzing the cops like they think it'll solve anything. Asking them about police procedure and "if they think this is right". Defying the law will only get you in more trouble, it's not gonna solve anything. You can "stand for your rights" all you want, and call for cops to have less rights, but the more you stand the more penalties they'll tack on. Soon, you'll be dead; the cop you spent your whole life standing against will be dead. There will be more cops, will there be more you? One more thing I love is the gun nuts, the people who say "I don't need cops to protect my family! I'll protect my family!" That's fine and dandy and all, but then what if you're aiming your gun at someone who's threatening your family with a gun? Two guns = bad situation? Now, Mr. Glock 9mm, what if he shoots you first? I know that's hard to imagine with your big gun and all, but what if he shot you first? Who's here to help you now? Your wife may know how to fire a gun, but he'll shoot her long before she can get to your dropped weapon, and unless you're really insane your kids don't know how to operate a firearm, so *bang, bang* they're dead. Now he's free to loot your house and walk away with all your possessions...dumbass.
To end, let me ask this: If you think cops should have the same rights as anyone else, should an ambulance supersede traffic laws to get to the ailing victim? Should a fire rescue vehicle do the same to put out the fire at the orphanage? Should a cop still have his gun and his baton to protect unarmed people from the robber who holds them at gunpoint? Should the cops enter houses to diffuse situations that could potentially lead to more death?
Or, no I got one: How about "should you stop acting like a jackoff and just let them do their job?" That badge has to get them extra rights to defend the public. You want extra rights? Go be a cop. Trust me, the world could use more of them. If you can't beat 'em, join them. Or better yet, don't bother trying to beat the man that protects you. Like it or not, they're here to protect you. Life is cruel. At least enjoy it knowing you're under the watchful eye of the law.
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