tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9102937856333775840.post5605361662834543115..comments2023-12-23T19:04:18.739-05:00Comments on The Crow's Eye: A Day's WorkJack Crowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07499087036876745723noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9102937856333775840.post-3334552942361161182013-03-19T19:37:42.574-04:002013-03-19T19:37:42.574-04:00Wondering is such a pickle, is it not?Wondering is such a pickle, is it not?tsisageyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06303539407624440224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9102937856333775840.post-32423043669162988132013-02-21T04:04:05.613-05:002013-02-21T04:04:05.613-05:00Is that a pickle in your pocket or are you just gl...Is that a pickle in your pocket or are you just glad to see me?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9102937856333775840.post-62397556233088669442013-02-21T03:26:26.783-05:002013-02-21T03:26:26.783-05:00I see your point, but imagine getting dispatched t...I see your point, but imagine getting dispatched to a domestic violence call, where the suspect has a history of armed robbery. The wife wants to press charges. The guy is sitting on the couch watching TV, and it's time to go up and arrest him. <br /><br />Approaching someone from any other angle, even if you have armed backup and the guy is lying on the floor on his back, is dangerous. Fighting from your back, it's easy to kick out a knee or conceal a weapon. Face down on the ground, hands on your head, there's very little you can do to threaten a cop. <br /><br />If we're going to have any kind of social policy involving protecting women from domestic abuse (or stopping any other kind of violent crime), how are we going to ask people to arrest suspects without taking precautions? They're already risking their lives just by <i>responding.</i> <br /><br />Good cops know the difference between arresting and killing; between command presence and inappropriate use of force. A blanket policy against facedown handcuffing is dangerous. If it's eliminated, how do you propose detaining violent suspects? <br /><br />1) Shooting?<br />2) Tasering?<br />3) Beating? <br /><br />Facedown cuffing is really nice, comparatively speaking. Identifying the "suspects" might be terribly unfair, in this society, so focus on that part of the pickle instead. High Arkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14723123626955733759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9102937856333775840.post-79478206407599157452013-02-20T05:55:48.307-05:002013-02-20T05:55:48.307-05:00Good points, HA, but giving someone the explicit a...Good points, HA, but giving someone the explicit authority to make someone else lie prostrate on the ground (as a matter of policy, no less), regardless of how secure and happy they feel in doing so, will yield results that have a remarkably sadistic flavor.davidlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04754707934311038544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9102937856333775840.post-54552616133835371222013-02-19T18:30:42.743-05:002013-02-19T18:30:42.743-05:00Oh, the FEEBLE leaves me breathless.
(Good name f...Oh, the FEEBLE leaves me breathless.<br /><br />(Good name for a poem, perhaps?)tsisageyanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9102937856333775840.post-17516125753577266762013-02-19T16:32:09.396-05:002013-02-19T16:32:09.396-05:00Secure, confident, happy people actually tend to b...Secure, confident, happy people actually tend to be benevolent and wonderful when given authority. Under, say, "capitalism," they behave differently, but those aren't secure, confident, happy people. <br /><br />Beware, dear Anonymous 12:36, of the similarity between your analysis, and the idea of original sin (and resulting human history). If we believe that people are naturally sadistic and terrible, then what is there to complain about? High Arkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14723123626955733759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9102937856333775840.post-43892014687650180702013-02-19T12:36:30.555-05:002013-02-19T12:36:30.555-05:00Give people authority of any kind and they quickly...Give people authority of any kind and they quickly become sadistic bastards.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9102937856333775840.post-79064348619546724832013-02-18T19:38:04.695-05:002013-02-18T19:38:04.695-05:00Besides Presidents? Cops, soldiers, spooks, borde...Besides Presidents? Cops, soldiers, spooks, border patrol, miscellaneous DHS goons of any and all kinds. <br /><br />American motorists. Well-meaning oncologists, OBs, and radiologists. Insurance adjusters. Hospital administrators. <br /><br />It's a culture of death. Now get on those 1040s.High Arkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14723123626955733759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9102937856333775840.post-46311705907492066702013-02-18T18:51:23.587-05:002013-02-18T18:51:23.587-05:00Will the cops in Big Bear be held accountable for ...Will the cops in Big Bear be held accountable for their "burn plan" of Chris Dorner?<br />I rather doubt it. Tao Dao Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16229628652152584292noreply@blogger.com