by ethanr » Mon Aug 08, 2011 6:35 pm
Obviously in America we have armed police officers. That does lead to more deaths in shootings, but the officers NEVER fire at people who are not a direct threat to somebodies life. A lot of people have ridiculed us for having armed police officers, but to be honest it helps keep the peace. I've seen how some teens act around police officers in England and they have no fear because officers really don't have anything to protect themselves better than what the kids are using against them.
In America, the community will stand behind what makes sense. if a police officer goes and shoots and unarmed man that wasn't really doing anything, people get really mad. But if a police officer shoots a man who was shooting him back, or attacking somebody or something that justifies using force, people understand. Loved ones of those will often try to get the community to turn on the police, but people aren't afraid to say, "hey, your son is an idiot, he pulled a gun on a cop. What the feck do you expect the officer to do?"
People have ragged on the allowance of guns over here in a way that's so easy to get them, but if a guy in England has a gun and is shooting at cops, what can the cops do? Here the cops are trained to use them when necessary, and if the abuse that they are punished.
We don't really have too many rioting problems except maybe when a team wins the championship of some sport, for whatever reason they celebrate with violence. Other than that tho it's a pretty safe country to live in. The only ones who "live in fear" of the cops are the ones that are really doing bad things. Hardcore drug dealers or "gangsters" and what have you. basically just the trouble makers.
DESPITE THE FACT I LIVE IN CALIFORNIA...