I wonder if this may go viral and turn into a trend. USA is full of people who don't like the police, full of guns, and full of criminals who just got released from prison due to lack of room. This is not a good time to be upholding the law there.
I wonder if this may go viral and turn into a trend. USA is full of people who don't like the police, full of guns, and full of criminals who just got released from prison due to lack of room. This is not a good time to be upholding the law there.
I wonder if this may go viral and turn into a trend. USA is full of people who don't like the police, full of guns, and full of criminals who just got released from prison due to lack of room. This is not a good time to be upholding the law there.
Most people with guns are not the sort to do something like that. And most people who hate the police (aside from gang members) don't own guns since they're the same people yelling to regulate guns and trying to get rid of them. Lastly, the criminals who have been released from prison are mostly non-violent offenders who never should have been in prison in the first place.
And, to be honest, while there are many good cops, the unions, the "thin blue line," and the other similar bull**** is what has caused the hatred of police. Instead of community policing, decriminalizing victimless crimes like prostitution and small scale drug use, and being open to the community, we have a society in which cops are increasingly becoming distant, viewing it as us vs them, and militarized, where they protect bad cops, and where no one knows the cops that police their neighborhood. It really is no surprise that people have come to fear and hate the cops.
while im not surprised this happened..
this isn't the way to prove your point. you're only a) helping cops justify their actions and b) helping racists justify their racism.
while im not surprised this happened..
this isn't the way to prove your point. you're only a) helping cops justify their actions and b) helping racists justify their racism.
But the power struggle is real.... it's not a race war, not really.
while im not surprised this happened..
this isn't the way to prove your point. you're only a) helping cops justify their actions and b) helping racists justify their racism.
But the power struggle is real.... it's not a race war, not really.
Well, come back and comment on this when you're black or hispanic. Especially in cities like LA and NYC.
Not like in Singapore, where the police have perpetually nothing to do and like to sleep on the job. Down there its really the law of the jungle.Dude, you live in a fascist police state halfway around the world. Why are you continually commenting about US social relations that have nothing to do with you?
Not like in Singapore, where the police have perpetually nothing to do and like to sleep on the job. Down there its really the law of the jungle.Dude, you live in a fascist police state halfway around the world. Why are you continually commenting about US social relations that have nothing to do with you?
Dude.. Politics is the same EVERYWHERE.. you can call it whatever you want..I mean, sure, human nature is similar everywhere there are people.
The rich rule the poor..
The gunman was a black man - named as Ismaaiyl Brinsley, 28 - while the two police officers, Liu Wenjin and Raphael Ramos, were Asian and Hispanic respectively.while im not surprised this happened..
this isn't the way to prove your point. you're only a) helping cops justify their actions and b) helping racists justify their racism.
But the power struggle is real.... it's not a race war, not really.
Well, come back and comment on this when you're black or hispanic. Especially in cities like LA and NYC.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-30566196
I wonder if this may go viral and turn into a trend. USA is full of people who don't like the police, full of guns, and full of criminals who just got released from prison due to lack of room. This is not a good time to be upholding the law there.
Not like in Singapore, where the police have perpetually nothing to do and like to sleep on the job. Down there its really the law of the jungle.
:'( :rolleyes: :eek:
I wonder if things like this will lead to the laws on gun ownership to slowly change... The situation is pretty clear and the solution is obvious.
I wonder how long though it will take before it happens though...
if one day evil fate brings me to 'murica, i'll be happy having many guns. guns are fun :(
if one day evil fate brings me to 'murica, i'll be happy having many guns. guns are fun :(
I will admit, they are fun. Going out to the desert and shooting cacti and targets is awesome. Except when they are in the hands of the mentally ill and untrained, and they are the pointing the barrel at you.
if one day evil fate brings me to 'murica, i'll be happy having many guns. guns are fun :(
I will admit, they are fun. Going out to the desert and shooting cacti and targets is awesome. Except when they are in the hands of the mentally ill and untrained, and they are the pointing the barrel at you.
I like going off topic to further my old political agenda so;
I don't think there exists the need for people to be allowed guns in any capacity other than for hunting, and in the cases having the type and power of said weapon to be appropriate, similar but not the same as UK gun laws.
I don't think there exists the need for people to be allowed knives in any capacity other than for cooking, and in the cases having the type and size of said weapon to be appropriate.What about machetes? Machetes are damn useful for clearing a path through the jungle.
I don't think there exists the need for people to be allowed knives in any capacity other than for cooking, and in the cases having the type and size of said weapon to be appropriate.What about machetes? Machetes are damn useful for clearing a path through the jungle.
I don't think there exists the need for people to be allowed knives in any capacity other than for cooking, and in the cases having the type and size of said weapon to be appropriate.What about machetes? Machetes are damn useful for clearing a path through the jungle.
if one day evil fate brings me to 'murica, i'll be happy having many guns. guns are fun :(
I will admit, they are fun. Going out to the desert and shooting cacti and targets is awesome. Except when they are in the hands of the mentally ill and untrained, and they are the pointing the barrel at you.
I like going off topic to further my old political agenda so;
I don't think there exists the need for people to be allowed guns in any capacity other than for hunting, and in the cases having the type and power of said weapon to be appropriate, similar but not the same as UK gun laws.
I don't think there exists the need for people to be allowed knives in any capacity other than for cooking, and in the cases having the type and size of said weapon to be appropriate.Show Image(http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00991/KnifeCrime-march_991997c.jpg)
I stand by the argument that the man is the killer not the weapon .
Sure a legally bought gun is an easier way to do it .
In France , guns are hard to get (besides hunting rifle ) . Yet in Marseille , there's a lot of AK's and drugs gang are killing daily with assault weapon .
I'm against guns because they have almost no usage for a normal human being . But again , if a jackass wanted to kill a policeman , guns aren't the only way to do it . And black market guns aren't so hard to get anyway .
In France, guns are hard to get (besides hunting rifle). Yet in Marseille, there's a lot of AK's and drugs gang are killing daily with assault weapon.The problem in Marseille is very high levels of poverty and unemployment, and being one of the main entry points for cannabis coming to Europe from northern Africa. If drug laws were changed in Europe, much of this crime would go away.
I don't think it would fix the issue in France, seing how highly taxed is general tobacco and the price of having a store to sell drugs . I think black market canabis would still be cheaper . So gangs would still have to fight .In France, guns are hard to get (besides hunting rifle). Yet in Marseille, there's a lot of AK's and drugs gang are killing daily with assault weapon.The problem in Marseille is very high levels of poverty and unemployment, and being one of the main entry points for cannabis coming to Europe from northern Africa. If drug laws were changed in Europe, much of this crime would go away.
More broadly, the way out is economic growth and improving living standards. Just as with poor urban slums anywhere in the world, this isn’t an easy set of problems to tackle.
Easy availability of guns absolutely makes a difference for the worse though.
I wonder if this may go viral and turn into a trend.It will be a trend if media spins it as being a trend, and makes connections with Ferguson and whatever.
I am so glad we don't have gangs machinegunning each other here.
i am also very glad that gangs don't rule the streets here.I am so glad we don't have gangs machinegunning each other here.
Why not? The weaker ones get thinned out whilst the most vicious and conniving rules the streets, just like in nature 8) .
I stand by the argument that the man is the killer not the weapon .
Sure a legally bought gun is an easier way to do it .
In France , guns are hard to get (besides hunting rifle ) . Yet in Marseille , there's a lot of AK's and drugs gang are killing daily with assault weapon .
I'm against guns because they have almost no usage for a normal human being . But again , if a jackass wanted to kill a policeman , guns aren't the only way to do it . And black market guns aren't so hard to get anyway .
About Marseille... There is a joke: "-- What foreign language is the most spoken in Marseille? -- French".And sadly very close to the true , so many immigrants going through Marseille , that we're almost the outsiders there .