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The whole narrative makes no logical sense... How can you be scared of a non-threatening person???

..yeah but imagine if they became threatening in the future!

Shooting now just makes sense.....that kind of logic, perhaps?

Yeah... ya just never know!

exactly, and in theory, they are suppose to be the ones who are choosing to take a risky job, you would think the training would encourage them to have some fortitude, but as you said, it is an US VS THEM mentality, where non-government lives are seen as less important

I'm old and remember the "cop on the beat," mostly good guys you could count on in a pinch. The only worry you had was if you were really doing something wrong (which unfortunately I usually was). Even during the tumultuous 60's the cops were just guys doing their jobs. Now they look for radical nut cases- guys coming back from the middle east not wrapped too tight. These are the guys that are easy to program. Tavistock made a science out of using PTSD as a mind control tool... anyway this is a comment, not a blog! I really appreciate your work!

Thank you Rich, you always have great insight to bring to the discussion. Keep up the great work on your articles as well!

Thank you!