tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9479398.post6769176932215409480..comments2024-03-28T11:33:16.271-05:00Comments on Adventus: Erase the "Thin Blue Line" before it kills more of usUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9479398.post-86120567160219134392017-07-20T08:00:18.727-05:002017-07-20T08:00:18.727-05:00And yeah, when police unions function as arms of t...And yeah, when police unions function as arms of the NRA, maybe we don't need them anymore.Rmjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06811456254443706479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9479398.post-29265575360380857492017-07-20T07:59:40.669-05:002017-07-20T07:59:40.669-05:00It certainly has an effect on juries who regularly...It certainly has an effect on juries who regularly acquit officers who shoot people. "The job is dangerous," they have to "make split second decisions," "It's a dangerous world." And besides, cops always shoot bad guys. In the movies.<br /><br />And in media (movies, TV) the world is a much more dangerous place than reality. I remember watching a show about organized crime putting pressure on business men, when I was very young. I was afraid for my father, that he would have to deal with such people. I mean, they were on TV, so it must be true, right?<br /><br />I learned better later, but how many people today think the world is dangerous, that the "thin blue line" protects them from "savages," and that cops have to shoot people on the streets because otherwise we'd all die?Rmjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06811456254443706479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9479398.post-54925089669150172602017-07-20T07:54:29.345-05:002017-07-20T07:54:29.345-05:00A while back I read an article about some guy who ...A while back I read an article about some guy who goes around giving workshops to police encouraging them to shoot practically at random, as I recall it said his "tough" approach is very popular with many chiefs-of-police but some others think the guy is a dangerous meance. <br /><br />I would really love to know what TV shows these cops watch because I have a very strong suspicion that a lot could be learned about the influence of make believe policing and "reality" C.O.P.S. BS in having produced this. It is an outgrowth of the fascist chic of the Reagan period and letting Murdoch into the country. <br /><br />I have had relatives who were police, too and, somehow, I don't think they would have done this because they hadn't, yet, been encouraged to imagine that as their role.<br /><br />I also think the police unions which function as protection rackets for killers have a large role in this, too. I'm beginning to think maybe the police shouldn't be allowed to unionize if their unions are going to act like the Boston Patrolmans Association. The Thought Criminalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01381376556757084468noreply@blogger.com