I agree. I wouldn't work anywhere where I was monitored that way. But I l also don't have a pension at age 55 that is 80% of my salary. And it seems to me that cops always want the perks of the job but then they complain about the "bad" stuff. It's not a regular job. People might shoot at you. I think society is more than understanding regarding that fact. That's why this guy, who essentially committed murder, got off.

Rather than jail why not just press for his dismissal?

Because he murdered a dude and usually if you're not a cop that means you go to jail. This whole argument is fucking ridiculous.

We need to arm our nations truck drivers and have them patrol the streets.

Armed truck drivers on every corner.

Well I'm talking post-trial. He's not going to jail so, and generally speaking even though this thread is about Castile, I'm just wondering how often officers who make mistakes like this face serious repercussions at work. The most serious repercussion I can think of is a dismissal even if you've been cleared by a jury, as in this case. There's something off about officers walking away from things like this and going back to their jobs (I know there are cases where officers have been fired but I obviously don't have any statistics either way).

I believe this man and his girlfriend/wife fit a profile of a certain type of person to that officer based solely on their looks. That's why he shot him IMO. It wasn't because he was black. It was because they looked like a certain type of black person. If Regular Reader did the same thing that guy did he wouldn't have gotten shot. I'm fairly confident in that.

I believe this man and his girlfriend/wife fit a profile of a certain type of person to that officer based solely on their looks. That's why he shot him IMO. It wasn't because he was black. It was because they looked like a certain type of black person. If Regular Reader did the same thing that guy did he wouldn't have gotten shot. I'm fairly confident in that.

I don't know about that:

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/nationa ... -1.2764759

It's hard to face repercussions when you have the protection of a public sector union.

Without a union, though, you can be screwed at any moment. Such workers (and their talents and skills and histories) are potentially irrelevant. I don't think lawsuits are a replacement for unions.

It's weird, though, how unions can protect some of the shittiest workers. That is annoying.

Those with disabilities (Quintonio LeGrier was one such local person last year) often have problems with the police, and as the father of autistic children, this scares me. The first portion of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time deals with this.

I know that many people say that arguing LEOs need to be trained more dodges the issue of how cops treat non-whites, particularly blacks, but this is an issue in its own right.

I'm a strong pro-Union guy, but public sector unions are a bit of a different animal.

and now apparently there's video that the fiance was handcuffed right in front of the kid after he's murdered. nice touch

and now apparently there's video that the fiance was handcuffed right in front of the kid after he's murdered. nice touch

She should be thankful she wasn't considered a threat too. So should the kid.

cop could have shot all 3 and still would've walked.