Current Events > How come people aren't allowed to attack cops in self defense

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Civilians are just humans. They fear for their lives.

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Police are a different class with different rights over us

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because they're superior to us, if we peons are about to be killed by a cop we should just accept it.

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police are considered civilians. pretty sure about that.

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Cops get the benefit of the doubt. Cops will use that benefit of the doubt unapologetically

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Lost_All_Senses posted...

Cops get the benefit of the doubt. Cops will use that benefit of the doubt unapologetically

Pretty much.

Several years back one of my friends was beat up by cops. Then they lied and said he swung at them first and charged him with assault.
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a-c-a-b posted...

Several years back one of my friends was beat up by cops. Then they lied and said he swung at them first and charged him with assault.

Did your friend manage to avoid going to jail?

Technically you can, but it'll be a holy hell of a mess if you live

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Because despite the small handful of Officers that you hear about on the news that abuse their power, the other 800,000 are actually doing the right thing and arresting criminals in compliance with regulations.

Cops should be viewed much more critically and not given the benefit of the doubt.

They should be held to a much higher standard and need to set an example.

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darkmaian23 posted...

Did your friend manage to avoid going to jail?

No. He got 60 days or something like that.
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gamer167 posted...

Because despite the small handful of Officers that you hear about on the news that abuse their power, the other 800,000 are actually doing the right thing and arresting criminals in compliance with regulations.

Even if that was true, it's not relevant. You wouldn't have to use self defense against those cops, making them a non factor in this conversation. No ones asking why you can't assault good cops.

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because the police represent the corrupt government, and the government represent only their corrupt self interest. subjugation of citizens is one of those things. they are the government's enforcers.

since the frauds who pretended to bear arms to combat government tyranny are just as full of shit as they are today, the police continue to do the government dirty work and get defended by bootlickers.
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gamer167 posted...

Because despite the small handful of Officers that you hear about on the news that abuse their power, the other 800,000 are actually doing the right thing and arresting criminals in compliance with regulations.

Still doesn't change that the bad cops can shoot basically anything that scares them and yet other people are supposed to maintain cool heads and keep the cop calm. Logically, shouldn't cops be the ones not getting any benefit of the doubt?They're the trained professionals paid to deal with high stress scenarios. A cop could shoot your child by accident and you'd be jailed and probably shot if you punched the taste out of their mouth.

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Because cops protect capital (the capital that rich people own, anyway) and capitalists dont want you fucking with their guard dogs.

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Because they're apprehending you for breaking the law, so you're the one that's in the wrong. It would be like if someone broke into your home brandishing a firearm, so you pulled out yours and they shot you, they can't claim self defense. And when cops actually do use unnecessary force, the police departments and legal system deal with them swiftly and harshly.

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DifferentialEquation posted...

Because they're apprehending you for breaking the law, so you're the one that's in the wrong. It would be like if someone broke into your home brandishing a firearm, so you pulled out yours and they shot you, they can't claim self defense. And when cops actually do use unnecessary force, the police departments and legal system deal with them swiftly and harshly.

This.

Tupac got away with shooting cops.

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