I like the way the senator made his point. This was a good opportunity for open dialogue. You have a senator who is able to speak from a standpoint of common sense and, more importantly, stay on point. And, yet, he kept the other guy completely on the defensive while he made a statement. A statement I can't entirely agree with.
The other guy should have asked, "What do you think would bring a cop to the point of acting with such hostility? Do you think the perps might just bring it on themselves from time-to-time? And once the cops become accustomed to behaving violently, do you think, maybe, that's going to be their preferred approach to the average incident?"
We all learn best by doing ... especially when training is not grasped from the outset or becomes stale. Maybe, just maybe, if the senator had opened up a dialogue with the guy they may have been able to come up with feasible solutions ... or at least a better understanding of the holistic situation. Anecdotal accounts ... they're rarely the rule.
I think there is entirely too much passive resistance that LEOs have to put up with every day. I think there's a developed disdain for the profession ... and it's getting worse ... and no one's looking for a solution. I've worried about this: www.uhuh.com/nwo/communism/comgoals.htm for a long time. The progress made is remarkable. I'd say this current trend demonizing the police falls right in-line with #16 on that list. I know I didn't shed a tear for Mike Brown or Trayvon Martin. I grimaced a bit at the beating Rodney King took ... but I understood why it happened.
I can't bring myself to defend the cops, because I see no obvious effort on their part to clean up their act. That said, there's a job to be done and somebody's gotta do it. If we can't get the cops on the ball ... there's gonna be Hell to pay. Communist takeovers usually involve the loss of millions of lives ... and I'd bet every member of this site would make the -kill list-.
