Snipers shoot 11 Police officers during Dallas protest

[ucbalumnus]

@emilybee

Those people are not escorted by sheriffs or court police when showing up for their court appearances. Even those out on bail are not escorted by LEO’s. They walk in alone or with their attorney’s. We don’t treat them the same.

Court houses may have security checkpoints staffed with sheriff deputies where people walking in go through metal detectors to reduce the risk of someone bringing weapons in.

[carolinamom2boys]

To answer your question about what the police in Lousiana learned from Dallas is you better have the right protection to avoid getting assassinated when bad people show up to otherwise peaceful events.

[MomofJandL]

@emilybee, thanks for posting on this thread. Really. I could not disagree with you more about the role of police in society, but after reading your posts I’m beginning to understand your point of view. Not agree with it at all, but beginning to understand that there are people who think like that. I really would not have guessed.

[GMTplus7]

@emilybee wrote

I’ve been to Taste of Chicago and many other festivals of that nature. There is no reason to have police there, other then the regular park police. It’s ludicrous.

It’s a fricking food festival, fgs.

You seem to be naive about the need for crowd control for atypically large crowds in public spaces.

[sryrstress]

Or traffic control…

[emilybee]

“Court houses may have security checkpoints staffed with sheriff deputies where people walking in go through metal detectors to reduce the risk of someone bringing weapons in.”

And that means we should have them everywhere people gather? A check point on every street, in every building, at an arts and crafts fair??? Should we have to go through a metal detector entering a mall? You know how people might suddenly go ballistic whilst out shopping.

Just like the President should have Secret Service protection doesn’t mean we all should have secret service protection because we may get shot, too.

A courthouse is the likely place were a convicted felon might try and inflict harm on a court employee.

[GMTplus7]

@emilybee wrote

I don’t believe the people protesting are any different then you and me, nor more likely to "misbehave or “kill people.” I think it’s shameful this disdain people have for others.

It’s not the peaceful protesters who are the public safety concern. It’s the miscreants who use the event as cover to loot and burn who are the problem. Witness the mayhem at the protests in Ferguson & Baltimore.

Furguson
http://edition.cnn.com/2015/01/21/us/missouri-looting-video/

Baltimore
http://edition.cnn.com/2015/04/27/us/baltimore-unrest/

[BunsenBurner]

Adding the Eugene Anarchists at WTO in Seattle to GMT’s list.

[emilybee]

“You seem to be naive about the need for crowd control for atypically large crowds in public spaces.”

No, I’m not naive. I just believe most people are basically good (which they are.) I’m sorry I don’t see a boogie man around every corner.

I do find it very interesting though that so many are just okey dokey with living in a police state yet do nothing about the underlying issue which has brought this all about. It’s fascinating.

[fallenchemist]

Clearly this has drifted hopelessly off topic. Closing thread.