Monday, October 10, 2022

5664 - Defund the police


How did "Defund the POlice" come into being? Because of crap like this...

"The family of a 22-year-old Colorado man is seeking charges against the officers who shot and killed him on June 11 after he called 911 asking for help because his car was stuck. 

Bodycam footage recently released by the family's lawyer revealed seven officers responded when Christian Glass called first responders after he'd had a minor car crash in Clear Creek County, Colorado."

All it takes is one nut job gun happy cop and you can die over a call for help.




14 comments:

Elephant's Child said...

Officer(s) who shot him. That sounds like more than one nut job gun happy cop to me.

Mike said...

Sue - On the video you can see it was one guy that started and kept firing.

Bilbo said...

Hillary was wrong. It doesn't take a village, it takes a zoo.

Debra She Who Seeks said...

Policing needs an overhaul, that's for sure.

Kathy G said...

I believe that the vast majority of police do a good job. It's a shame that the bad apples have to ruin it for everybody.

Mike said...

Bill - Sad but true.

Kathy - Absolutely. But then the good guys won't do anything about the bad ones.

Shaw Kenawe said...

This is heartbreaking.

Martha said...

My gosh...what a tragedy!

Mike said...

Shaw - The kid obviously had a mental problem.

Martha - Yes, a huge tragedy.

Cloudia said...

Thank you, Mike

River said...

They don't need defunding, they need retraining. LOTS of retraining. They are not military and not at war, they are Police keeping the peace, arresting if necessary and helping out people in trouble. Too many are too quick to shoot.

River said...

AND...if only one is escalating the problem, why aren't the others talking HIM down, de-escalating the gun happy problem cop?

Mike said...

Cloudia - I just saw another shooting of a kid in San Antonio on the news last night.

River - That's the problem. No other cop will turn on a bad cop.

Mike said...

Deb - Blogger needs policing too. I found you in spam jail again.