so, every report about the injured in colorado springs lists "officers injured" first, and civilians

[niyad]

as something of an afterthought.

[valerief]

1. Officers work to protect the interests of the 1%. nt

[shenmue]

7. Sigh

[valerief]

8. Groan.

[951-Riverside]

2. Welcome to America.

Shoot a cop and they'll lock down a city, shoot a "civilian" and they may put up crime scene tape.

[hifiguy]

3. Some animals are (much) more equal than others.

The proles don't count for much, if anything.

[niyad]

4. sadly, so very, very true.

[Glassunion]

11. Two books in under 20 words.

Nice.


Sadly a very true post.

[LiberalElite]

5. Not surprised -

a number of years ago, in NYC, an NYPD officer was standing near a building in upper Manhattan when someone dropped a full can of paint from the building roof onto the officer. I don't recall if he was killed or seriously injured but- the police response was pull out the stops. They immediately deployed helicopters, did building to building searches, roadblocks - this at the height of the morning rush. It occurred to me that - they wouldn't do this for me or any other civilian. It kinda changed my perspective.

[Rex]

6. Cop getting shot gets more ratings than civilian getting shot...why do you think they love war

so much? They feed on our misery.

[msongs]

9. the police union has more clout than the civilians union...of which there is none nt

[Travis_0004]

10. When the bullets are flying the cops run towards the gunfire

I have no problem lisitng the cops seperate. It is a bigger bews story when a cop is killed in the line of duty, because it does not happen too often.

[Glassunion]

12. No the cops do not run towards the gunfire.

They setup a long and large perimeter.

They then order coffee.

They then make a plan.

They then wait for backup of overwhelming force. 100 to 1 is I believe the standard.

They then move in.

[Kath1]

13. Yes.

I noticed that, also.

I am grieving for the victims and mad as hell about this. No war on women? Give us a major break. We are not stupid!

[niyad]

14. no, we are not stupid, although the idiot mayor seems to think we are. and the comments

on several of the local 'news" sites are beyond appalling.