Indiana First State to Allow Citizens to Shoot Police.

[Jer]

i hope i wont be labeled as a criminal now. I just bought another house and I am going to install all the things you mentioned. at least I dont have a dog.

You will. It amazes me how some of the LEO's who've been doing it for decades think and those are the ones training the new recruits how to think about situations. I think if the average citizen knew how easily they were labeled potential criminals these days they would be less inclined to sign away their freedom & liberties to these people.

[Ronin13]

You will. It amazes me how some of the LEO's who've been doing it for decades think and those are the ones training the new recruits how to think about situations. I think if the average citizen knew how easily they were labeled potential criminals these days they would be less inclined to sign away their freedom & liberties to these people.

There was a time, in my youth, when I was interested in getting on the Sheriff's department here in Jefferson County. All the guys I networked with and made friends with pretty much proved something to me (and kinda turned me off to the idea of pursuing that career): Cops, after a time, see things very differently from the way non-LEOs see things. For instance, you see a kid sitting at a bus stop with headphones on, baggy clothes, and a general "urban" appearance and think he's just a kid, albeit not a very well dressed one, but you usually (generalizing here) don't think he's a hoodlum. A police officer will see the same kid and think (again, generalizing) he's up to no good. And I understand this, they deal with the worst in people and see so much negativity so often that they have to be more guarded. Like my deputy friend told me back in high school with regards to profiling and the reason cops usually assume based on appearance: "If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck and talks like a duck, it's probably a duck."