because i was wondering if anyone heard about that policeman shooting about a week ago if u did please tell what town and state. plus when a normal person dies its not allover the news or nothin' like i was watching it and then someone else died and it was on just real quick
2006-11-03 10:28:33 · 8 answers · asked by cheese_monkey 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
Because these people put their lives on the line usually on a daily basis, they are serving us by trying to keep criminals locked up and out of the general population.
2006-11-03 10:30:47 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because they are charged with upholding the law.
If they were not given special consideration then there would be no benefit to abide by the law. Then criminals would prefer to shoot police first because they are the ones who get in the way of their criminal activity. But if the penalty is higher for doing so most of them think twice before committing another crime of shooting the police.
Also this extra protection helps to ensure that the public has a qualified police force available.
2006-11-03 10:36:36 · answer #2 · answered by waplambadoobatawhopbamboo 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Their lives have been judged by society to be more valuable than the lives of normal people because of the authority they carry and their job of "serve and protect". It is not the individual person who is important, it is his uniform and badge. You can tell that is true because the cop could be corrupt, a wife beater and could have killed innocent people, but when he dies, he is guaranteed to get high honors regardless of whether he was an honorable person.
2006-11-03 10:42:49 · answer #3 · answered by grdnoviz 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Because if the officer dies in the line of duty, he did so for society, he died trying to inforce the laws or protect others.
2006-11-03 12:34:33 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-15 08:34:34 · answer #5 · answered by tsang 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When a police officer is killed, it is seen as an attack on those who have sworn to protect the rest of us.
The police are on the front line protecting you and I from those that would commit crimes against us.
Ever time an officer is killed in the line of duty, it shows us that without them it could have been one of us.
Honor their memory.
2006-11-03 12:05:53 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Uhhh...when someone is out killing those who protect and serve, the community is in some serious danger.
2006-11-03 10:32:32 · answer #7 · answered by ideogenetic 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
policemen put their lives on the line to keep us normal people safe from criminals and protect us from all sorts of things... they are heroes and deserve respect
2006-11-03 10:36:41 · answer #8 · answered by *KiM* 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋