CantaloupeLifestyle@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoSecret Service agents protecting Biden’s granddaughter open fire when 3 people try to break into SUVapnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square203fedilinkarrow-up1608arrow-down137
arrow-up1571arrow-down1external-linkSecret Service agents protecting Biden’s granddaughter open fire when 3 people try to break into SUVapnews.comCantaloupeLifestyle@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square203fedilink
minus-squareShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.onelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years ago I kind of think the bigger story is, why were Secret Service shooting at suspects trying to enter an empty vehicle? Someone can correct me if I am wrong, isn’t law enforcement taught to shoot first and then maybe ask questions later?
minus-squarebamboo@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 years agoNo no no, you’re thinking of the Army. The police are trained to shoot first, cover up the shooting, find/make up past crime the victim did to justify the shooting, get acquitted by a grand jury, and receive a full pension later.
minus-squareHabahnow@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoNo. There’s, generally speaking, rules if engagement.
Someone can correct me if I am wrong, isn’t law enforcement taught to shoot first and then maybe ask questions later?
No no no, you’re thinking of the Army. The police are trained to shoot first, cover up the shooting, find/make up past crime the victim did to justify the shooting, get acquitted by a grand jury, and receive a full pension later.
No. There’s, generally speaking, rules if engagement.