Snipers Shoot Police In Us

[NoMercy]

In the wake of the shooting of two black men, anti-police sentiment is running high.

http://news.sky.com/story/snipers-shoot-11-police-officers-at-protest-10495445

[Old_Geezer]

Terrible. Bound to decrease relationship further. Obviously one of the risks of the job in a country in love with gun ownership. One terrorist killer still being negotiated with it seems.

[NoMercy]

Yes, it seems there's an ongoing standoff and another has handed himself in to police.

America's gun laws and attitude overall to guns is just absurd.

[murraymints]

inevitable..the US police are very gung ho....

[NoMercy]

I wonder, do these police undergo rigorous psychological evaluation before being armed with a deadly weapon?

[Gromit]

Alton Sterling killing in Bato Rouge - Warning.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckuUk9R5ES0

[-Talbot-]

The place is totally ***.

The video of the man shot in his car with his girlfriend sat at the side of him and his child in the back of the car is both surreal and horrific.

[Gromit]

Philando Castle shooting - Warning.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bbc98aBbaPs

[douglas9401]

The forces of law and order in the US are beginning to get the whiff of the vigilante death squad about them.

[NoMercy]

It was like an assassination, Talbot, don't you think?

[Old_Geezer]

I suspect that the posted videos would have been more relevant to this thread http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/News/Question1501259.html

[NoMercy]

Relevant to any thread on the subject, OG.

[murraymints]

more than a whiff !!

[NoMercy]

Will the Officer who shot Philando Castle face criminal justice? I seriously doubt it...

[gangesboy]

another police officer has died bringing the total to 5

[-Talbot-]

Both were imo.

God bless America

[murraymints]

there is bound to be very serious backlash..

[youngmafbog]

At the moment I understand that the Police in Dallas are not sure of the reason for the shootings. Seems very odd it was right at the end of a 2 hour march.

Also I didnt think Dallas had a real problem with their plod like other Southern Police forces have.

[NoMercy]

Oh this isn't going to die down anytime soon, Murray.

I wonder what Mr President will have to say?

[murraymints]

December can't come soon enough for him I suspect !

[Gromit]

Black men being killed while being arrested is not anything particular new in the US. It has been happening for decades. But now due to technology, everyone has a video camera in their pocket and a channel to show their fim on, the full horror of what occurs is being broadcast to a mass audience.
The Philando Castle killing was broadcast *Live* on Facebook, before CCTV could be confiscated and a PR statement could be issued.

There are now literally thousands of videos of people being killed by the police, in the public domain on YouTube and LiveLeak. Taken collectively they add up to the impression that the Police are out of control and dangerous. That turns public opinion against the Police, and has ended up with these attacks on the Police.

I am just thanful that I do not live in a place so rotten and messed up as the US.