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- Some people disagree with your opinion and have written books on the subject.
*Inside the Criminal Mind
Understanding the dark side of human conduct
by Stanton E. Samenow, Ph.D.
…Criminals have long terrorized individuals, groups, and nations. Again, through the Internet, the scope of their operations expands exponentially, and they can contact millions of potential recruits to join their terror organizations.
However, even if the type of crime and modus operandi (“MO”) are new, the criminal’s basic thinking patterns and outlook in life do not change. In the revised 2014 edition of Inside the Criminal Mind, I take the reader on tour of the criminal mind and describe in detail the thought patterns at work. Criminals like the man who told me, “Crime is like ice cream; it’s delicious” find excitement in whatever is illicit and whatever facilitates conquests and a buildup of themselves. Shutting off fears of consequences and denying conscience, the criminal is heedless of the price that others pay for his adventures, whether the victim is an individual or a large corporation. “Take my crime away and you take my world away,” one offender declared, reflecting the timeless mentality that I have come to know so well over the decades of my research and clinical practice dealing with criminals*.
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What do you consider to be “knife range” or a “reasonable” distance? 21 feet? 35 feet? The opposite side of the street? How do officers control a situation from hailing distance?
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Are other countries police forces facing the same criminal mindset that U.S. police are facing?
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Two days ago -
A plainclothes police officer photographed aiming his gun at protesters in Oakland, California, on Wednesday was protecting himself and his partner from a “mob” that had encircled them, according to a California Highway Patrol official.
http://www.policeleak.com/undercover-police-officer-points-gun-at-california-protesters/
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Yes, Garner wanted to fight. Garner chose to resist arrest. Garner made the wrong choice.
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Garner (and Brown) committed crimes and didn’t want to be arrested for committing those crimes. The protestors, looters, rioters, and arsonists are angry that criminals are being arrested.
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Which culture? The culture that suggests it’s OK to commit crimes against store owners?