If you try to outrun the cops you deserve to get shot.
First off, loss of life is always sad. I don't wish upon anyone death.
That said, sometimes death is understandable in the context in which it came.
Take, for instance, a recent news event here in the Bay Area. Some guy in South SF was having a domestic dispute with his wife. He hit her. Strike One After he hit her, he then fled police on a high speed chase through a busy highway at speeds at near 100mph in a truck. Trucks don't drive well at that speed and basically become barely guided bullets looking for victims. Strike Two Then after he drove his truck into a ditch, he threatened the gun drawn officers and apparently ran at one of them with a large concrete block. Strike Three
So you figure'd that he sorta had it coming, no? Well here's what his wife had to say:
"He was one of those people who would have an argument, and would go off and cool down and then come back," Lal said. "He was just angry at the moment. Why didn't they just let him go and come get him when he cooled down?"
Cool down? The guy drove all over 101 at retarded speeds in a truck and then threatened officers and hit you, over the course of what - 2 hours? Did she want the cops to sit there until the next day?
I understand she's feeling grief and whatnot, but that doesn't excuse the cop hate that modern society seems to dish out faster than 50 cent starts beef. If something happens, blame it on the cops. If someone gets hurt, blame it on the cops.
Yet these same people that criticize the cops - they don't seem to say anything about gangster rap. I actually like some of the new gangster rap out there - The Game, 50 Cent, etc but only because of the actual musical talent of the producers. But these days, in gangster rap its okay to "pop off" because the rap "artist" needs to maintain his thug reputation. Braggin' about AK47s, Tech 9s, and Glocks when you live in upstate New York? I guess its okay. But then using your training and your weapon when you face hardened criminals daily? Apparently society thinks cops can't use guns, but the Game can.
Thats the problem in our society - we are too nice to criminals. We refuse harsh punishment for them, we coddle them, we even apologize fo rthem, and even worse, we celebrate them more than we celebrate the ones who make our lives better day in and day out.
I personally think that every rapist should get beat to death by rape victims brandishing any weapon imaginable, every murderer should be shot 10 times in nonlife threatening areas and then put to death an hour after, and carjacking theives should get dragged by horses through concrete parking lots.
Call me extremist - but I have no sympathy for violent criminals.
That said, sometimes death is understandable in the context in which it came.
Take, for instance, a recent news event here in the Bay Area. Some guy in South SF was having a domestic dispute with his wife. He hit her. Strike One After he hit her, he then fled police on a high speed chase through a busy highway at speeds at near 100mph in a truck. Trucks don't drive well at that speed and basically become barely guided bullets looking for victims. Strike Two Then after he drove his truck into a ditch, he threatened the gun drawn officers and apparently ran at one of them with a large concrete block. Strike Three
So you figure'd that he sorta had it coming, no? Well here's what his wife had to say:
"He was one of those people who would have an argument, and would go off and cool down and then come back," Lal said. "He was just angry at the moment. Why didn't they just let him go and come get him when he cooled down?"
Cool down? The guy drove all over 101 at retarded speeds in a truck and then threatened officers and hit you, over the course of what - 2 hours? Did she want the cops to sit there until the next day?
I understand she's feeling grief and whatnot, but that doesn't excuse the cop hate that modern society seems to dish out faster than 50 cent starts beef. If something happens, blame it on the cops. If someone gets hurt, blame it on the cops.
Yet these same people that criticize the cops - they don't seem to say anything about gangster rap. I actually like some of the new gangster rap out there - The Game, 50 Cent, etc but only because of the actual musical talent of the producers. But these days, in gangster rap its okay to "pop off" because the rap "artist" needs to maintain his thug reputation. Braggin' about AK47s, Tech 9s, and Glocks when you live in upstate New York? I guess its okay. But then using your training and your weapon when you face hardened criminals daily? Apparently society thinks cops can't use guns, but the Game can.
Thats the problem in our society - we are too nice to criminals. We refuse harsh punishment for them, we coddle them, we even apologize fo rthem, and even worse, we celebrate them more than we celebrate the ones who make our lives better day in and day out.
I personally think that every rapist should get beat to death by rape victims brandishing any weapon imaginable, every murderer should be shot 10 times in nonlife threatening areas and then put to death an hour after, and carjacking theives should get dragged by horses through concrete parking lots.
Call me extremist - but I have no sympathy for violent criminals.
posted by Richard at 12:19 PM
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