Los Angeles police say officers guarding a target in an ex-officer's manifesto shot and wounded multiple people in Torrance,California who were in a pickup. ...
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Brandon Barnes's comment,
February 8, 8:13 AM
Well when I saw this video I immidiately had to jump on facebook and make sure my friend from the USMC was ok because he is a police officer down in Riverside CA. I'm glad to find out he's ok. This just goes to show that being a police officer can be a very hard job, and dangerous. There is always the possibility of getting hurt even though many police are trying to help people and stop crime. I hope this man is captured very soon and this story along with the Marine that killed the Navy SEAL Sniper goes to show you that there are severe problems coming from some of the people that were supposed to be serving the country or community. I really wonder about those type of military and police that end up murdering innocent people here in the US, and I doubt they joined those agencies for the same types of reasons as most others did.
Melanie Wright's comment,
February 9, 2:17 AM
It is really unfortunate and sad to hear about things like this because although he may have been one officer that went off the deep end, it breaks trust among the community with police officers. As we've been reading it is really important that trust be there in order to achieve cooperation towards crime prevention. This causes me to question whether all of the hard power exerted by military officials and police captains is really necessary and whether or not it's the underlying cause for events like this. I also wonder if he displayed any signs before hand. I realize behavioral science is in no way perfect and nobody ever really knows how somebody with free will is going to act but it has come a long way and it seems they're usually pretty accurate. I feel that if they are to keep these institutions with all of this hard power they should be keeping closer tabs on the officer's mental state and behavior.
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