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Post by KC on Jan 28, 2007 23:21:40 GMT -5
NEWARK We all know knives can be dangerous, but one knife hitting the streets has police extremely worried. This particular knife is really a gun in disguise. This weapon is so dangerous that authorities are sending an alert out to police departments across the nation, warning officers to be cautious. CBS 2 News has just obtained video of this knife that fires bullets. It looks like a knife, but it's actually a gun and it can fire up to five rounds. "It's as dangerous as whenever a police officer encounters an individual anytime with a weapon," said Gerard McAleer of the Drug Enforcement Agency. "When you don't see the weapon, when it's an undercover illegal weapon like that there's concern because something you may not think is a threat actually is." DEA officials in Newark said weapons like this are usually manufactured in someone's garage or overseas. The target population? ''The gangsters, the lawbreakers," McAleer said. Law enforcement officials said there are a number of weapons that pose a threat to police. One such weapon is a pen gun and another is a legal knife gun. "What's happening with drug traffickers and other gang-bangers on the streets is they're taking innocuous objects and making firearms with them," McAleer said. So far, New Jersey officials said they haven't seen the knife-gun used in any crimes on the streets. However, they are on the look out. The other weapon they're very concerned about is a gun that's disguised as a Blackberry. wcbstv.com/local/local_story_022171646.html
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Post by freedomfighter423 on Feb 1, 2007 13:16:46 GMT -5
the police are scared of most things and people, that is why they carry guns, wear armor and travel in groups. you may have noticed, police officers tend to be polite and nice when they are by themselves dealing with a person or group of people, but as his "backup" arrives his atitude becomes more belligerant and demanding. The larger the group of cops the higher the potential for abuse or homocide. this is becuase of fear, cops are afraid of the citizens so the want to prove their dominance and make the citizens fear them. this is not a theroy it is a police tactic, you are taught in the academy to never deal with suspects(citizens) in a one on one situation if you can in any way prevent it, the ideal ratio is three cops to the one suspect FEAR its what keeps the police in power. Fear, its what makes the police dangerous. 155 cops killed to at least 350 citizens killed in the us in 2005... 2 to 1 kill ratio, that is the result of FEAR
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