Cops misbehaving in the US

[againstthegrain]

Don't know if anyone posted about this. What a disgusting POS!! He committed the most heinous crimes while he was police chief. And what was he doing in a medium security prison in the first place?! He escaped by pretending to be a guard, even wore a make-shift uniform. He is considered dangerous and has sparked a massive man hunt.
"Grant Hardin, the former police chief in the small town of Gateway near the Arkansas-Missouri border, was serving lengthy sentences for murder and rape and became known as the "Devil in the Ozarks."
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/28/nx-s1-5414008/arkansas-prison-escape-disguised-prison-guard

I saw that story, thanks for posting it.

 

[OneEyedDiva]

I saw that story, thanks for posting it.

You're welcome, of course.

 

[911]

I have been asked the same question over and over and also have seen it posted on many different sites. “Why do police have to wear military gear and carry military equip and firearms?”

I ask those people if they have ever seen what some drug distributors and dealers carry for weapons? Cops can’t go up against some of these people carrying AR’s, Uzi’s, TEC-9’s, or MAC’s. These are super military type weapons. If cops don’t carry the same or better weapons, they wouldn’t be able to get control of a situation. Even a Ruger Mini-14 is more powerful than any weapon the average cop has in his or her possession.

If police doesn’t at least match what the average drug dealers carry or even the terrorist groups, the country would be out of control very quickly. You won’t see cops throwing Molotov cocktails, but we have weapons to stop the bad guys from throwing them. All of these groups carry SMG’s and the police need to be able to stop them.

TEC-9 (The MAC-9 is very similar.)