Dallas Protest and Police Shootings. 10 Police officers shot, 3 Killed

One of the biggest dangers to society when these types of events occur, is the "stereotyping" of All police officers by some. Police departments all over the country are having a harder time retaining, and finding, new officers of quality to staff their needs. Existing police are taking retirement as soon as possible, and standards are probably being "lowered" to replace them. As these trends continue, such incidents are only bound to increase. I certainly don't pretend to have the answers, but I think we will be seeing more and more of these police/citizen conflicts in the future....and an increase in riots, etc., that will only Harden attitudes.
 

Warrigal said:
Getting back to the general thrust of this thread - Philando Castile, the man shot dead in his car in front of his girlfriend and her 5 yr old daughter,

Was this racial profiling? Over policing of people of colour?

Read here and judge for yourselves.

http://www.businessinsider.com/ap-stopped-52-times-by-police-was-it-racial-profiling-2016-7?IR=T
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If one waits for more information and context over time on a lot of these incidents they are not as clear cut as first portrayed. Nor are the victims the saints nor devils. Doesn't always justify the use or escalation to lethal force either. If the officers in Minnesota were familiar with him I doubt the stop would've escalated to lethal force. I think the shooting took place before they ran his license so his record wouldn't have been in play yet. A broken tail light, an obvious physical defect with the vehicle is a legitimate offense and reason to stop. It is frustrating that the public accepts and assumes the initial reporting and commentary as correct or complete.

I wish the Dallas murderer has taken the time to the examine the record or follow the news of the Dallas Police Department which fares better than many when it comes to community relations and lethal force. Or take into consideration the police chief is black and an inspiration going through more direct tragedy than the killer. If there is a bias it works two ways including a bias against police and authority.
 
Aloha! Is it just me or did a number of posts (some by me, some by others) just go "poof" in the middle of the night (for me - I'm in Hawaii)? Maybe I'm mistaken. Oldtimers, and all that.

later the same morning.... Ooops - found the missing posts. they were on another forum. My bad..

Mahalo
 

Hoot N Annie said:
Aloha! Is it just me or did a number of posts (some by me, some by others) just go "poof" in the middle of the night (for me - I'm in Hawaii)? Maybe I'm mistaken. Oldtimers, and all that.
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I don't know about poof but the thread about the mass murder of police in Dallas has deviated a bit focusing solely on 'a' contributing cause and/or on personal exchanges.
 
Robot Bomb Used To Kill Sniper

Although precise details not available Dallas police attached explosives to a robot arm and used them to kill the murdering sniper. Apparently he was at a tactical advantage that would injure police capturing him. The sniper had exchanged gun fire with police for several hours in the parking garage of his last stand. Some questions are being raised about it's use and how will robots and same technique be used in the future.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/...thics-debated-after-dallas-shooting/86867580/
 

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