So many innocent lives taken by law enforcers ..
Now a woman who called for help is shot dead
she happens to be a wealthy popular Australian
and the headlines here are ugly .. nobody is impressed
So with a psychopath in charge who everybody claims
they didn’t vote for bringing your standing down
by playing a moronic clown, now law enforcers
constantly allowed to kill innocents on the street
With absolutely no consequences, law makers
giving them full impunity as the world watches in horror
such events are totally disastrous to their world standing
and confirms that gun toting and killing are constantly common
Daily Prompt: Disastrous
PS this is not just about the senseless taking of innocent lives it’s about law enforcers and makers condoning ongoing killings with full impunity!
Just as individuals need to introspect to determine if LIFE is slowly drifting away from an acceptable BALANCE, so too, we must view the relationship between law enforcement and society to determine if its MISSION to create a safe law abiding BALANCE has shifted beyond an acceptable boundary. In my opinion, a panel consisting of community leaders/members and a panel representing law enforcement need to sit down at a table and outline a PLAN OF ACTION to restore faith and confidence. The community has a responsibility (as well) to speak out against UNLAWFUL behavior supporting law enforcement (when appropriate) and to dissuade illegal and unacceptable behavior among its population.
Tragedies, like Ms. Damond will likely INCREASE due to FEAR of stories involving police assassinations. Times are different and require new guidelines for BOTH community members and police.
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great solution .. I pray someone can hear you 🙂
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So good to re-member this woman who lost her life in such an awful way. Thank you for way you have called attention to the root of it.
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it’s just so wrong .. yet it seems acceptable behaviour ??
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Sadly so
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Awsm post
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thanks, nice to meet you 🙂
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Sad state of affairs. It is getting common at many places due to one or other reasons.
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yes too common is the problem 😦
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Just horrific! I am sorry to hear of this tragedy….I know I should follow current events, but it can be soooo demoralizing….thanks for taking a stand, and making the time to rail against injustice, Kate.
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yes Truly, I try to keep my posts light but occasionally a tragedy hits home and I have to say something …
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I understand fully…take care of your heart at this sad time, my friend.
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hey my heart is still pumping compared to all those others murdered for absolutely no reason other than fear and must be a few million of those at least ..
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I hear you…it reminds me to do my best while I can…
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This is happening far too often… once is too often…
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sad thing is we have now lost count, and what does that say …
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I keep starting to write a comment, and then deleting it… there’s nothing I can add that hasn’t been said so many times before.
My heart goes out to the family – all of the families.
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thanks Jane .. now they are claiming they thought it was an ambush, any excuse to excuse a murder ..
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They’re arguing over a life. They should take responsibility. I wouldn’t be able to live with myself if I didn’t at least hold my hands up to it.
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the killer is a Somalian migrant with a family to keep so guess he’s only thinking of his income …
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I suppose that will bring on a backlash from the anti-immigration folks… so many ripples…
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yes he in turn is handing them a loaded gun but there were already two un-investigated complaints about him … sad things all the white cops have got off with no consequences so if they make an example of him .. the implications are very murky …
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Hmm… muddy wheels within muddy wheels…
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From what I’ve read, the officer was ‘startled’ as she approached. Anyone who shoots when they’re startled ought not to have a gun on them. Why he is on paid leave is beyond me. My thoughts and prayers for her and her family.
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thanks Rob, it’s just so wrong … she was told be phone operator to go out and meet them!?! Who would do that when you’ve called in a disturbance, she should never have been outside the safety of her own four walls!
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What is the world becoming?
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LAWLESS Simon, it’s just so wrong and we get headlines for a day or two and then it’s all swept under the carpet again .. 😦
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It’s interesting. I said today about how we get put in jail for something the government does everyday.
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and they do it knowing there will be NO consequences .. 😦
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It’s a horrific event, and must be fully investigated that’s sure. But I feel sure there are good cops too, putting their lives on the line to serve their communities. As others have said, the real problem is the free availability of guns. But if the police lose the confidence of the community, then it really will become ‘us against them, which would be a nightmare.
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I’m sure every incident is fully investigated, we don’t doubt that .. it’s the fact that these rogue cops are NEVER disciplined let alone charged that is the real farce here .. if the good cops want credibility then they need to make sure these idiots actually pay for their crime …
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In the job is how they refer to it here in house. 3 kinds of cops. 1… pillars lf the community and protectors. 2…. psychopathic criminals. 3…. those who have a mentality of you’re in the job and one of them or an enemy.
We recently had the 3rd kind head up our national anti doping body for sports and he failed to observe due process throughout. The law is a living breathing garden we are custodians of. These are money grubbing parasites. I knew one whose wife wasn’t in the job. Go figure what happened. Some of us have PTSD from standing up for values. These guys claim it and hijack our health system when they get consequences of illegal activity
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People who have guns here can use them according to democracy and in the spirit of what a 2nd ammendment is. On our farms and rural properties they are tools for working safely. As for police globally…. often linked through the lodges etc… claiming patronage of Archangel Michael… don’t get me started. Maybe if they fear for their lives they should stay home. We will pay them the money they love so we can all be safer
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“maybe if they fear for their lives they should stay at home” is so profound, thanks for your input Coyote
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We would be better off with the Village People
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absolutely, as least they were entertaining ..
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At least they understood what a young bloke having a battle was. Probably never hit kids either
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could be right there
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I’d seen a rather thoughtful comment left on one of the news websites. He said, the main problem with the U.S. and their police is that, the police assume everyone is carrying a gun and treat all as such. That’s how insane the gun carrying laws are there. Thought and assessment are out the window. There are no more services to the protect and serve side, outside of military marshall mindsets now. Horrific story for this family.
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not just her family and friends, our nation is reeling and I don’t think US really understands how ridiculous they look … it is a disastrous situation that keeps getting worse 😦
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I agree. I can’t think of a single truly thinking person who can fathom what is going on in that country. Many of us won’t even bother going over the border now because of the insanely crazy new border rules their guards can apply at will. The risk of losing your personal devices – cell phone, laptop, whatever is high if you don’t provide them with your passwords upon demand. It’s incomprehensible.
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thanks Blog Woman, it’s commonly called a dictatorship … 😦
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Staggering. Beliefs here in Australia are that cops may have been assaulting her… hence dash and personal cams switched off. She was Australian and we are gobsmacked
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sadly it clearly shows that nobody is safe .. we were angry about black lives being taken but now that’s expanded out to any innocent person .. that their cams were off should alone be reason for instant dismissal … the world is watching and if they don’t act on this one, if just more hot air like usual they will see a rapid decline in tourism and other consequences 😦
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Wouldn’t be the first cops on the job affected by drugs or booze on nightshift or chasing fun.
See my pink moon posts about my car accident which resulted in police demotions and a big cover up.
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your first line is bang on Coyote .. here they rape kids but killing is still limited to our First Nation people, usually in their cells 😦
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Bingo. We are treated for mental illness for life if we survived it and mentioned it
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agree, can I have a link to your post please?
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They’re old ones. Will dig them out
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yes please as it’s shades of this story and we need to add it thanks
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Really sorry to read this.
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Not exactly much new. Not only singing to the choir…. but probably like covering a Bob Dylan song.
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Take care😊
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