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Originally Posted by PiKA2001
http://twitchy.com/2014/12/20/two-po...akes-own-life/
Horrible news coming out of NYC today. Two NYPD officers were ambushed in their patrol car today. This now makes 16 officers killed in the line of duty since the Furgeson incident. Some sources were posting the shooters Instagram account and the idiot thinks he will be going down as a hero for this. People want a kinder, gentler police force but targeting officers based on their profession will not bring that, in fact one could argue it will bring a more guarded, hard handed approach. I'm intersted to hear the response, if any, from the usual instigators and baiters, especially DeBlasio since the NYPD Union essentially told him to go f&ck himself.
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You're conflating the issue. People want a "kindler, gentler" police force, as you say, because they are owed that as citizens. No law abiding citizens, which make up 99% of most neighborhoods-- black and white -- would support targeting officers.
As for officers taking a more "hard handed" approach, I suggest police save that for the people targeting them, not most of the communities in the spotlight because of now-covered police incidents.
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