Eugene should support police
The people of Eugene should be grateful to have a dedicated police officer such as Judd Warden. Officer Warden works hard and is committed to upholding the law and keeping citizens safe. Until you have been put into a situation, like law enforcement officers deal with day to day, don’t be so critical of their actions.
Eugene police officers are sent into unknown situations routinely with very limited information. They constantly must be aware and ready for a life or death situation. Until they can prove otherwise, a high risk police scene is considered dangerous until secured. If suspects are not cooperating with police officers, then they face being restrained with what force is necessary until they cooperate.
I know that if I were visiting another country and police officers were speaking with authority in a language I did not understand, I would immediately lie face down on the ground with my arms and legs spread wide until directed otherwise. That usually is a universal signal of surrender or complying with law enforcement.
For that matter, if I were protesting in Kesey square in downtown Eugene and police officers were attempting to arrest me, I would assume the same position.
Don’t scrutinize the Eugene police for their actions, when it’s the actions of the suspects that are out of line.
It’s time Eugene citizens starting showing more support for their police officers instead of being unsupportive.
Mike Montgomery
Noti
Monday, November 2, 2009
Assume the Position
This is the funniest thing I have read in a long time. I literally LOLed (LLOL) this morning.
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Goddamn shifty Asian suspect, with the audacity to be in his own (newly rented) home.
Perhaps, much like we coach young children to "stop, drop, and roll!" when on fire, we should teach them to assume the "universal compliance" position every time they clap eyes on a cop.
I expected the note to be signed "Juan Epstein's Mother."
We've had a string of these letters in Champaign in the weeks since the police chief and another cop shot and killed an unarmed 15 year old African-American kid. The moral in every one of the letters is "If you do anything even possibly illegal, immoral, or stupid, you should expect to be shot by the cops.
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