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Quote by: Osborn Where did the authority for tasers come from? |
State law and certification.
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What need were they developed to fill?
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To reduce gun related deaths and provide an additional continuum between restraint and lethal force.
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Because the federal system wants more control over people, and a lower bar to use force against citizens, to maintain control.
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And you're demonstrating how you really don't know how the system works because the federal "system" really has very little influence over local and state police departments. That's not to say that it doesn't have any, but day to day operations are largely autonomous. Case in point, In order to be a cop you get state certified.
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Why is the federal government training local police forces in Spec Ops tactics and reactionary teams?
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For the most part, they're not. Believe it or not, SWAT teams and the equivalent can function without federal influence, and typically do so. Also, believe it or not, SWAT teams sometimes act in the interest of protecting life and not infringing on others rights. Though if this wasn't what you were talking about, you should elaborate on this segment.
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Does this color the local policemans "view" of force being used against citizens?
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No it really doesn't.
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Lots of relevant context to be addressed with tasers, their role, and how they got where they are.
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While I don't disagree with these being valid questions, they've largely been answered.
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BS. It is no less founded than our own Declaration of Independence.
What in that declaration, or worse, isn't happening today?
When "just doing your job" entails upholding and defending the greatest thieves, criminals and turncoats using force, it may be time to question that choice of jobs, unless you support and wish to take part in authoritarianism.
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As someone who worked at a police department with other men and women whose integrity I deeply respect, if you're saying that we are the one's who were allowed in because we fit some standard favorable to injustice, you can go to hell and you have no clue what the hell you're talking about.
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Spare me the unfounded mentality which you put forth, which is that they are "acting in our best intrests" at all times, in all deeds.
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Then you won't mind quoting where I said that EVER.
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Quote by: Me#2 Clearly the tasing was excessive. |
Point negated.