Recent content by ArthurS

Alma's assertions have done nothing but distracted the thread from what could be an intelligent conversation. Instead of moving forward in a dialogue about the very real problems we face in policing a heavily-armed country, we're countering a steady volley of unicorn farts and singing daisies...

Is there a mute function on this forum?

Cops can shoot a fleeing suspect when "necessary to prevent the escape and the officer has probable cause to believe that the suspect poses a significant threat of death or serious physical injury to the officer or others." So sayeth the US Supreme Court in Tennessee v. Garner, 471 U.S. 1 (1985).

If you're ever in a situation when someone is punching you in the face and reaching for your gun, you can feel free to take some time to think about how best to respond to the complexity of a distressed human soul. In the real world, some criminals want to kill cops, and some cops are justified...

The police do a crap job at controlling optics. These two armored trucks serve the same function - to protect who and what is inside in the event of violence. Does one elicit a strong reaction but not the other?

On what do you base your assumption that cops only get killed because they have guns? Several of the cops killed in recent years didn't even have their guns drawn; they were ambushed. Others were responding to 911 calls where the violence had already started before they got there and the...

I just finished the article. Very well done.

Most cops *never* fire their guns in the line of duty in their entire career.

Seriously, now this is a mugshot.

The tiny minority of sovereigns that is violent, has focused almost exclusively on killing cops. http://www.deathandtaxes.com/antigovviolence.pdf