my apologize...

to any one I'm about to piss off or offend...

i was listening to the radio today on my way to hunt down a chipolte burrito (the things a man will do for food); anyway, as some of you might know that here in cleveland we have a new mayor. o.k. fine. well, recently in the news there has been a public out cry against some of the police shootings in cleveland. i believe that there has been three or four death shootings in cleveland. the public is upset. the mayor wants to better train the police officers in these situations (something to the fact, I was yelling at my radio at the time).

the public is so upset in fact that a couple of months ago a public forum was held on how you should deal with a police officer if you are confronted with one.

what?

how to deal with a police officer?

reason sets in with me. i have always been taught and understood that a police officer is an authority figure. not necessarily someone to look up to, but to respect. you do what an authority figure tells you to do. if you have a problem with this, you take it. don't run. don't make a scene. take it.

now let's look at this without reason...they have guns. they are trained to use them. guns kill. if someone with a gun tells me to stop. get down on the ground with your hands behind your head. i'm going to do it. no questions. if you have a problem with this, then ask in a polite way. if not you'll just piss them off all the more. and who wants that?

so why is this a problem? from what i am able to figure out, people do not take these two things into consideration.

the criticism comes up...well, why can't they just injure them? do you understand how hard it would be to shoot someone, say in the knee? it would take a trained marksmen to do that. now, how about a person running from you. towards you. with a weapon. with the creator knows what.

do people understand what the police go through on a daily basis? police get killed for a simple traffic stop. talk about stress on the job. i would rather be on a swat team; where i know i'm going into the shit, than wonder if the next person i stop will kill me or not.

it also comes out that those that were killed were on alternating substances. hmmmm. what's the really problem then? are we upset with the police taking action, or by the fact that we as a community cannot take care of other problems? in this case drugs. so we miss place the blame. "oh, my little boy isn't bad. he's a good kid." who just happens to do drugs. correct me if i'm wrong...isn't that against the law? i'll stop that there, because i don't want to get into a drug thing. but what is the real problem?

in the tradition of jean paul sartre...own up to your choices. your (are you ready for this word? it's a bad word. i hope you are able to take it) responsibility. damn. personal responsibility. what a concept.

on a lighter note...some of my recent bike builds made it to

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enjoy. thanks speedgoat for everything.
take care. be safe, be well.