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White cop shoots unarmed Black Man at Gas Station
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"If you believe, take the first step, it leads to Jesus Christ. If you don't believe, take the first step all the same, for you are bidden to take it. No one wants to know about your faith or unbelief, your orders are to perform the act of obedience on the spot. Then you will find yourself in the situation where faith becomes possible and where faith exists in the true sense of the word." - Dietrich Bonhoeffer, The Cost of Discipleship
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Originally posted by myth View PostI suppose that is a negative for certain semi-autos, though I've never experienced or personally seen such an occurrence.That's really when poor training and sloppy attitudes reveal themselves. We carry Sig P220R's, and I've been more than satisfied with mine (grows on me every year). Perhaps the double-action trigger pull (12-14 lbs as opposed to 2-4 lbs) on the first round helps in that regard.The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.
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Originally posted by myth View PostI typically consider the phrase 'bad cop' to have connotations of dishonesty or corruption, so I don't think I'd call him that without knowing more about him.
But he obviously made the wrong decision here. I think the situation's tragic on both ends: (1) an innocent civilian was shot, and (2) a man has lost his career and is probably facing prison time because he panicked for a few short seconds. Its so disheartening to read stuff like this.
Also, way back when, it was MOSTLY ex-military becoming cops, so they were quite familiar both with firearms and self discipline.The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.
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Yup. I've seen some of that myself. Back in the academy, I had just left the line after doing a shotgun course when my buddy comes over to me. "Stay away from her" he said, pointing to one of the two women in our class. See, she was a lot shorter than him and was standing beside him on the line. Apparently he heard her rack a round and when he looked over, her 12 gauge was pointed directly at his head. So he ducks aside, only to observe (to his horror) that her finger was inside the trigger-guard while she racked the round at his head. Luckily, she didn't make it to graduation.
Though I have to say, I work with some women who are excellent cops. And as you can imagine, as an agency we're also benefiting from all these soldiers coming back home from our current war and looking for work. We're a small town, but we've picked up recruits with some very impressive backgrounds. I'm talking scout/snipers, special ops guys, military police, all kinds of stuff. We're lucky they're from the area, or we'd never have been able to recruit them in the first place."If you believe, take the first step, it leads to Jesus Christ. If you don't believe, take the first step all the same, for you are bidden to take it. No one wants to know about your faith or unbelief, your orders are to perform the act of obedience on the spot. Then you will find yourself in the situation where faith becomes possible and where faith exists in the true sense of the word." - Dietrich Bonhoeffer, The Cost of Discipleship
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We have ex Marines join our local PD and the Sheriff's dept.Watch your links! http://www.theologyweb.com/campus/fa...corumetiquette
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