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Eric asks: I read a news story recently about an armed government worker crashing on an empty road – apparently while texting. Thoughts?

In fact, it is about being privileged. Exempted from the laws that apply to us – on the basis of nothing more than their having the authority to impose it on us while ignoring it when it comes to themselves.
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Oh, they are very well trained in escalating the most trivial incidents into deadly force.
Cops are right in that their jobs are dangerous, dangerous from themselves. Reading an article a couple years ago about the causes of cop deaths, traffic accidents were followed closely by heart attack. And their traffic accidents were almost always caused by themselves and mostly were one vehicle accidents.
The thing is they aren’t trained. Most haven’t been.
Most departments wouldn’t spend the money that would be required for training. So most get very little if any. At least useful training like medical first aid for example.