Okay, I have been quiet long enough, it is finally time for me to weigh in on Ferguson, Mo.  First of all I have to say that I have been waiting so long so I could see the reports and make a fair decision, secondly I should share a little background with some of you: I have a Law Enforcement background, or at least I used to, I was trained as a Law Enforcement specialist (MP) in the military and had to learn not only Law Enforcement but also self-defense, handcuffing techniques, basic law, riot control, etc.  I would say I have a better grasp on the situation than most of the laymen commenting about this stuff throughout the media.  Although I have a background in Law Enforcement and many of my family follow a career in the field but this is only my opinion!

     The one glaring thing that makes my stomach turn and gets me so angry with this case is the fact that once again a member of Law Enforcement forgot all of the training they are supposed to learn and panicked.  It is clear from the evidence that the cop had 150 feet of space between him and his attacker, if this is the case than the officer was definitely at fault as anyone who has ever had training in deadly force knows, you are supposed to meet force at the appropriate level, in this case an unarmed man in a rage 150 feet away would have called for a taser, mace or baton, not a gun and not shooting it 6-8 times blindly! This is why I am so upset with this killing and the majority of the killings by Law Enforcement I have been seeing lately, unarmed people being gunned down by blood-thirsty cops.  Why not shoot someone if you know you can get away with it? This cop in Ferguson, could have easily tased or maced this unarmed kid before he covered the ground it took to get the cop.  The rules of deadly force used to be very simple, meet the force with a force of similar or lesser strength, their was a good reason for this, so cops weren’t shooting every drunken idiot who thought they could beat up a cop! Somewhere within the last 20 years the police unions across the country must have gotten together and declared that cops don’t have to follow the deadly force laws anymore.  It is ridiculous and unacceptable; I don’t understand how anyone can justify shooting and killing an unarmed man? Especially a cop because they are supposed to uphold the LAW! Just because they have a gun doesn’t mean they should use it all the time.  Look back at all the police involved shootings within the last few years and count how many of the victims have been unarmed, then go back to the records twenty years ago and see that number be way, way lower.  In a violent society where these cops grow up playing call of duty and most have a military background they have become blood thirsty and sick with power, they know they can get away with murder now so they don’t think of their training when they get intense situations; they shoot first and hide behind their own laws and unions.  THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO REASON A COP WITH A TASER, MACE, BATON, AND PROPER TRAINING SHOULD BE SHOOTING A COMBATIVE SUSPECT FROM 150 feet AWAY.

PS: Don’t think I hate cops, I just hate what they are turning into…

In conclusion, I could have literally written a book about this subject that is how utterly angry I am about it and every time I see someone who is supposed to be a highly trained member of society for the purpose of protecting a community shirk their training and kill in cold blood I get angry.  I don’t care if the kid was white, black, albino, gay, straight, he shouldn’t have been killed when his killer had many, many other means of apprehending him.  I have to stop before I really get going, well now you know how I feel……………………………..PEACE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!