To Protect and to Serve II

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Rasputin_Vol said:
Passed through Dickson/Highway 46 and there were sheriff cars from Cumberland, Rutherford and Coffee Counties over there last night and several other groups mixed in this afternoon. About a quarter mile long caravan of troopers and sheriff deputy vehicles on both sides of the road with their blue lights flaring. A total spectacle.
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Yeah the question isn’t really if blue lives matter. It’s really how much more do they matter than mine or yours. They’ve shown, that to them anyway, the answer is clearly exponentially more.
 
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Cdywolfe said:
Yeah the question isn’t really if blue lives matter. It’s really how much more do they matter than mine or yours. They’ve shown, that to them anyway, the answer is clearly exponentially more.
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Its all about respecting the state and the state's men and women in uniform. No other professions matter.
 
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Rasputin_Vol said:
Passed through Dickson/Highway 46 and there were sheriff cars from Cumberland, Rutherford and Coffee Counties over there last night and several other groups mixed in this afternoon. About a quarter mile long caravan of troopers and sheriff deputy vehicles on both sides of the road with their blue lights flaring. A total spectacle.
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Isn’t that the area that’s been exposed on 20/20 for their confiscation of peoples’ money under the guise of getting drug money off the streets?
 
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davethevol said:
Isn’t that the area that’s been exposed on 20/20 for their confiscation of peoples’ money under the guise of getting drug money off the streets?
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Yeah, the DTF sits at the 840 exit a lot and has taken quite a bit of heat for seizing cash from people.


On another note, definitely a heavy police presence in the area. They seem to have their “command center” set up on 46 across from the Natchez ER. They were searching an area in Lyles, about 2 miles from my house, like crazy last night thinking they had the guy, but I don’t think anything came from it.
 
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orangeblood79 said:
They man's body is barely cold and you still can't resist the chance to throw shade?

Classy.
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As a comparison in the very same community just one month ago, there wasn’t the same level of LEO presence when the kid Joe Daniels went missing in Dickson.

Clearly, cops care more about cops than other citizens. I don’t remember HWY 46 being backed up with so many out of county plates back then.
 
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Rasputin_Vol said:
As a comparison in the very same community just one month ago, there wasn’t the same level of LEO presence when the kid Joe Daniels went missing in Dickson.

Clearly, cops care more about cops than other citizens. I don’t remember HWY 46 being backed up with so many out of county plates back then.
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Ras more than likely for many it’s just empathy and compassion towards one of their own and the officers survivors. I’d say it’s more human nature than LEO conspiracy.

Do you make the same comments towards fire fighters that die in the line of duty? For other fire fighters to rally around the fallen fireman and the survivors?
 
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Lol... So lot only do they place an exponentially higher value on their lives than mine and yours, it’s apparently viewed by LE as a classless insult to even point it out.
 
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NorthDallas40 said:
Ras more than likely for many it’s just empathy and compassion towards one of their own and the officers survivors. I’d say it’s more human nature than LEO conspiracy.
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You have no idea what I'm talking about unless you lived here to experience this just in the last 30 or so days. WTF are Cumberland County sheriff deputies doing in Dickson?

NorthDallas40 said:
Do you make the same comments towards fire fighters that die in the line of duty? For other fire fighters to rally around the fallen fireman and the survivors?
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No one has the same level of disdain towards firemen. Again, LEOs can do a lot on their own to change public perception by not siding with legislators and instead actually siding with the people they should be serving and protecting.
 
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Matt2496 said:
Well, most other professions don't involve the possibility of not returning home to your family each day for minimal pay...
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I've constantly heard "thank you for your service" or "blue lives matter". But ask yourself when was the last time anyone was told to thank their farmer or lineman? Both of those professions are just as dangerous, if not more so, than a cop.
 
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Rasputin_Vol said:
I've constantly heard "thank you for your service" or "blue lives matter". But ask yourself when was the last time anyone was told to thank their farmer or lineman? Both of those professions are just as dangerous, if not more so, than a cop.
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Doesn’t that go both ways...... where is the negative news coverage of farmers and lineman.....where is the message board convos from watching 20 second videos about how a farmer or lineman is doing his job?
 
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volbeast33 said:
Doesn’t that go both ways...... where is the negative news coverage of farmers and lineman.....where is the message board convos from watching 20 second videos about how a farmer or lineman is doing his job?
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Again, that is a problem that cops need to be seriously addressing amongst themselves and with the legislators. Their public image is pizz poor right now. If they were really concerned about their public perception, they would not defend a lot of these indefensible acts and they would not enforce as many of these ridiculous azz laws so aggressively.
 
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Rasputin_Vol said:
You have no idea what I'm talking about unless you lived here to experience this just in the last 30 or so days. WTF are Cumberland County sheriff deputies doing in Dickson?



No one has the same level of disdain towards firemen. Again, LEOs can do a lot on their own to change public perception by not siding with legislators and instead actually siding with the people they should be serving and protecting.
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I got a decent idea. When we had the 8 DPD officers killed here during the protest march officers from all over the country showed up. There was no manhunt they had killed the attacker. They were here to support and out of respect for the officers families.
 
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Rasputin_Vol said:
Again, that is a problem that cops need to be seriously addressing amongst themselves and with the legislators. Their public image is pizz poor right now. If they were really concerned about their public perception, they would not defend a lot of these indefensible acts and they would not enforce as many of these ridiculous azz laws so aggressively.
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Sounds like people have issues with their legislators.... the cops are trained to do a job and they try to do the job.... it’s that simple
 
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Cdywolfe said:
I couldn’t help but wonder why we don’t see the same response when a non LEO is killed. Wouldn’t catching those killers be just as important?
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They do sometimes.... don’t know the criteria but remember the man hunt for the guy in Loudon.
 
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MyBloodRunnethOrange said:
When your job entails decisions that have the potential to destroy lives then everything you do should be closely scrutinized. If they can't handle that then maybe they should look for another line of work.
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I agree 100% with this but it shouldn’t be by us or the media...... all we see is a few second clip.... we don’t have access to any of the evidence...and in the case of mike brown..... how many media members, athletes, any other famous people walked around saying Hands up, don’t shoot...... they showed pics of him as a harmless child..... when it was proven to be complete made up BS.... hardly a word was said.

In my opinion we need to have diverse citizen councils look at each police related shooting.... they decide if it may not be a good shooting.... all questionable shootings become a federal issue if possible.
 
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