As I stated, they should be held accountable. On this site, we do discuss these murders. Should it be a more widespread discussion through the media etc...? absolutely
But that does not justify tossing all cops into the same basket. As I said, it is like calling all black men gangbangers and murderers simply because some black men are gangbangers and murderers.
Also, I have not seen anyone state that the cops should get more attention when killed in the line of duty than those people who are murdered by corrupt cops.
that said, I understand you are closer to this than I am and I understand your frustration and anger about the lack of consequences so many of these corrupt cops face. I just cannot fathom no sympathy for cops killed in the line of duty.... especially if they were not corrupt.
I've allowed this false argument to go unchallenged because I don't really care to argue it, but the comparison of how racial groups are percieved to how I percieve the police is indeed false.
Racial groups aren't given guns and a badge and authority to shoot people. Nor are they above the law .. in fact, many of us are below the law and face bias and discrimination at every level of the just-us system.
Nor are racial groups held to a higher standard.
The police are held to a higher standard than racial groups BECAUSE they are given badges and guns and the authority to shoot you. Then they are placed ABOVE the law which they are supposed to be enforcing and rarely face consequences for their actions, which racial groups, particularly non-white racial groups, get no exemption from. They go to prison.
The knowledge that police officers are killing unarmed innocent citizens demands action from an intelligent and sane society. If many of these incidents of police murder were occuring anywhere else in the world many here even on this site would be shocked and accusing that government and people of barbaric behavior. If it was happening in Venezuela many here questioning me would be calling for Chavez's head.
This isn't about whether there are good cops, this is about the continued apathy for non-white life that exists in this country. If these incredible atrocities were happening to whites in this country that are happening to non-white citizens there would be an uproar that would be heard around the world. There would be no question of good cop/bad cop, the system would be forced to change and all officers would be under the spotlight.
There is no question of this truth .. a truth so easily ignored by an apathetic citizenry.
Unless the doors of justice swings both ways, I simply couldn't care less about cops or their families. Too bad more people don't feel as I do .. then cops would be forced to police themselves.
