Baton Rouge Police Killing a 37-year-old black man at point blank range
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I held the cop that busted my head and maced my buddy accountable.
I got even with him personally.
The problem is more complex than anyone wants to openly admit. They all want to point to the one thing that they hate the most and act like that's why.
Life is more messy than that and this problem is not as simple as having one cause or one solution. But I agree that more guns is not the answer.
Joe Bagadonuts
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I definitely agree with this. People often stick up for other people based simply on group identity when they really shouldn't. The cop who did this shooting did a serious disservice to cops in general, no matter whether anybody believes there was some sort of justification for pulling that trigger or not.
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An inconvenient truth that we might be waking up to is when you look at the wealth distribution of this country...
Some scrub in the NBA this offseason will make in just one season more than all the cops and teachers in this nation combined.
When we pay teacher and police officers crap. Take away their pensions and benefits. Don't be surprised if you get people completely unable to do any other job.
Raise their pay so much that it actually attracts a higher quality candidate. Someone not so quick to the trigger.
Some scrub in the NBA this offseason will make in just one season more than all the cops and teachers in this nation combined.
When we pay teacher and police officers crap. Take away their pensions and benefits. Don't be surprised if you get people completely unable to do any other job.
Raise their pay so much that it actually attracts a higher quality candidate. Someone not so quick to the trigger.
Joe Bagadonuts
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That is not an inconvenient truth. That is an unreal stretching of the truth.
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I don't think so.
In my experience in public education, both the quality and quantity of candidates has dropped like a rock in just 10 years.
In Utah, teachers are actually paid proportionally less than in 2008. We spend less of a percentage of the state budget on public education than in the early 2000s when we were already spending at pathetic levels. In 2010, senator Dan Liljenquist gutted public pensions in this state hurting policemen and teachers the most. Prior to this, one could justify the terrible salary with the promise of a good pension at the end. Not anymore.
Utah currently has a major teacher shortage. Major. People are leaving the profession nor are many going into it anymore. Davis School District could literally hire every single education grad from every single university in Utah and still not cover all of their openings. That's just Davis school district.
Ive seen first hand the destruction of public education system here in Utah. One of my best friends is also a cop in Orem. He describes a similar situation.
Both these sectors have been gutted either through ridiculous legislation or tax cuts for business (at the expense of services like law enforcement and education). As a result, cops and teachers are overburdened, under compensated, and the people going into these fields or being retained are not quality candidates.
My nephew is headed there for his mission
I was told if you die on your mission, it's instant access to the celestial kingdom. So there's that.
We get it. You're an edgy, against the grain poster. Go play in the street.
Cops are bitches dude. They are usually power hungry. They enjoy using force, so even when the situation doesnt call for it, they want to use it.
Damn what did you do?