re: So LF is now inviting Kids that sit for the National Anthem to a game

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This is so absurd. Yes, there are bad cops. But a bad cop doesn't mean he is a racists cop. "you people" just find a way to turn everything into race. White people are also killed by bad cops. And sometimes people are killed because it's just a dangerous situation and it has nothing to do with anything other than self preservation (and perhaps at times lack of training). Judging a man on what he does in the split of a second.... when he's seen his partners killed, attended funerals, watched kids grow up without their dads, and perhaps dodged a few bullets of his own? Meanwhile you have a dude twice your size disobeying commands, and one that has a past criminal record.

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Spot on. Part of the problem is cops are not paid much so it's hard to attract quality cadets for a dangerous job that has become more and more vilified. Training is not adequate as well. There is also this new era of "I have my rights and don't have to comply". That goes equally on the left and right. Refusing to comply escalates the situation and increases the risk to the cop and citizen. It's simple, "follow the officer's commands and there won't be a beat down. Comply and there won't be a beat down. Don't run and there won't be a beat down." Having immediate family in law enforcement I can tell you they don't care if you are white or black. Failure to comply will result in consequences you don't want. With my family knowing officers like Thomas Lavalley who was executed in Shreveport they want to go home to their families at the end of the night so comply so you can go home to yours.