Edited by Lee

Law enforcement officers are investigated every time they fire their weapon.

You off all people should know that.

I have no problem with law enforcement officers being investigated. They are not above the law. And with the rash of killing of unarmed people that seems to happening more and more often these days, I think investigating officers is more important than ever.

Also, if you are going to accuse the Army of a major blunder, at least double check your sources. CNN says that the Army didn't inform the county, USA Today says they did. So at the very least none of us can know what happened for sure and have no right to pass judgement.

Originally posted by gbscott1954
And you have no right to treat me like a child and criticize me! I
did not say that law enforcement officers should not be
investigated, I just said I did not like it, because oftentimes
the officers are put through hell and they should be treated
like human beings, not common criminals. All people have certain
legal rights according to our justice system including that deputy.

If you are going to go around spouting political correctness on
this board, then you can just kiss my rear end!

How did I treat you like a child? By pointing out that you should double check your sources? I simply didn't want other posters on the board to only be getting your obviously biased point of view.

I did not say that you said that officers shouldn't be investigated. I didn't even imply that. I merely told you my thoughts on the subject. Is that allowed, or will I get more red-faced-smiley-at-the-top-of-the-message for it?

Officers being investigated are, for the most part, not treated like common criminals. The deputy's legal rights are not being violated in any manner whatsoever.

I love how you define my statements about law enforcement as being politically correct. In the wake of 9/11, if anything, questioning law enforcement or government in any manner is generally seen as not politically correct.

You are acting like a child now. Kiss your rear end? :lol:

Originally posted by gbscott1954
This is to Booty Whoosh:
I am sorry that I blew up at you earlier. I am just so upset that
a police officer was forced to end a human life. I guess I was
thinking about the emotional pain and suffering that the officer
is probably going through, and it came out like I was against
police officers being investigated when they fire their weapon.

I also apologize for the "Political Correctness" crack. I was just
upset at what had happened to deputy Randall Butler and I
took it out on you and I should not have. And the U.S. Army may
have been at fault for this whole affair, but I do not know all the
facts yet and I should not pass judgement until such a time.

Please forgive me, Bootsy.

Hey man, no hard feelings. :) We all get tense about things from time to time. Your compassion for the officer is well-placed and deserving. He must feel awful about what happened.

I have a question for you if you don't mind. It's quite obvious you are very interested in almost all things involving law enforcement. I'm just curious, are you a police officer, or is someone in your family one?

I don't mean to fan any flames here, but I wanted to clear up a few facts here.

On Saturday the 23rd near Fort Bragg, North Carolina, Deputy Randall Butler of the Moore County(N.C.) Sheriff's Department pulled over a pickup truck driven by two U.S. Army soliders

Actually the soldiers were NOT driving the truck. A civilian who was taking part in the exercise by playing the role of a resident of a fictitious country was driving the truck. One soldier was in the passenger seat and the other was in the back of the truck.

I personally think the United States Army was at fault for this. They should of notified law enforcement that an army training exercise was taking place on that particular day.

This was part of the 19 day "final exam" that has happened every year for the past 30 years.

County officials knew an exercise was on going. In fact, it included a traffic stop last week in neighboring Randolph County.

The Moore County sheriff's office as well as other local law enforcement offices were told a training exercise was under way, but the Army did not coordinate specifically with the sheriff's office and Butler probably was unaware of it.

Because of a stupid blunder by the United States Army, a tragedy happened that did not have to happen.

Don't blame it totally on the Army. There was a break down in communication somewhere along the line. I don't blame the officer, I probably would have done the same thing in his position. At the same time YOU cannot put all the blame on the Army.



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