The LA Police Department found a massive amount of illegal fireworks in 2021. The bomb squad detonated 10 pounds or so of the stuff which they considered too dangerous to move in their bomb truck. The bomb truck was not strong enough to handle the explosion. So either the bomb squad miscalculated or the manufacturer lied or perhaps it was an old worn out containment vessel.
But the major point is seventeen people were hurt — including nine Los Angeles police officers and a federal agent — in the blast. So while you or I or almost anyone else would have cleared the area around the truck while the explosion was being done, the “trained professionals” of the Los Angeles bomb squad didn’t.
Brett McAlpin, about 27 years
Joshua Hartfield, about 10 years
Christian Dedmon, 40 years
Hunter Elward, 20 years
Jeffrey Middleton and Daniel Opdyke, 17.5 years
And on the other end of the scale, we have this lady who caused a 4 car accident, left the scene and then came back and hit the cop too. (I assume her age has more to do with it than anything else, but the details are sparse).
16-minute video here by the Civil Rights Lawyer reviewing a terrible, terrible training program that a lot of cops were sent to at taxpayer expense. Includes footage from the training seminars showing cops talking about and (promoting) methods to get away with illegal traffic stops, and promoting deep contempt for the people whose rights they’re supposed to protect.
Without constant oversight (by people who are not themselves corrupt), the police have an alarming tendency to turn into the biggest and best-armed gang in town.
Posters here: suppose you call the police about a suicidal/homicidal person.That person raises a gun toward the police and the police shoot and kill him.
“Hello? Ya, I’ve got a suicidal man out here. Could you send a couple of officers over to finish the job? I don’t think he has the balls to follow through. K thanks bye”
I didn’t realize the police in Chicago treated not wearing a seat belt so seriously [I would have expected Chicago police to emphasize fighting violent crime as Chicago has more murders than anywhere else in the country]:
Officers in an unmarked police car stopped Reed for not wearing a seatbelt, according to COPA. But things devolved quickly as he appeared to refuse officers’ commands and didn’t immediately leave the SUV, according to video.
DeLustro started his career with police in New York City and worked there for 22 years before moving to South Carolina in 2003, according to his police training records.
Officers in an unmarked police car stopped Reed for not wearing a seatbelt, according to COPA. But things devolved quickly as he appeared to refuse officers’ commands and didn’t immediately leave the SUV, according to video.
Reed fired first, according to COPA,
I didn’t realize the police everywhere treated getting shot at so seriously.
I seem to recall a while back there was an effort in many communities to reduce car chases. The idea was that if the civilian driver took off at high speed, the police would not chase after them unless they were already suspected of something actually serious such as kidnapping or murder. What happened with that idea?
