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n2doc

(47,953 posts) Fri Jul 24, 2015, 07:52 AM Jul 2015

Friday Toon Roundup 3: The Rest

Austerity

Police

The Issue

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Jobs

Parks

Climate

Space

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Friday Toon Roundup 3: The Rest (Original Post) n2doc Jul 2015 OP

Is that 'split second' one supposed to be defending the police? Erich Bloodaxe BSN Jul 2015 #1

Amen..... daleanime Jul 2015 #8

Thank you for the cartoons Gothmog Jul 2015 #2

All toons SteveG Jul 2015 #3

Armed and dangerous nut jobs is my favorite cartoon. B Calm Jul 2015 #4

K & R. Thank you! n/t Tom_Foolery Jul 2015 #5

These are really good. k&r DesertRat Jul 2015 #6

thank- you hedgehog Jul 2015 #7

Erich Bloodaxe BSN

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1. Is that 'split second' one supposed to be defending the police?

Reply to n2doc (Original post)

Fri Jul 24, 2015, 08:15 AM

Jul 2015

Because if that's the case, it's missing the point.

The reality is that far too often the police DO decide to shoot in a 'split second' without bothering to actually take the time to judge whether or not they should wait a few more seconds, and then a few more minutes, and then realize there's no need to shoot at all.

The vast majority of the time, they SHOULD NOT be deciding in a 'split second' whether to shoot or not. Even SEEING a gun should not mean they should shoot. Shots being fired? Ok, decide in a split second. No one else shooting at you or anyone else? Take a few moments, dammit, don't just mow someone down because you 'thought' they had a real gun, or you 'thought' they were about to do something. Don't kill out of fear, don't allow fear to be a legitimate defense of killing someone. Get rid of 'I thought' as any sort of defense for the 'legal' murder of people by police.