Thread: Man killed by Security Guard in Oakland

I'm sure many people have seen this, and I'm sorry if there's already a thread about it, but it brought up an interesting point that I want to talk about

Here's the video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmJukcFzEX4 (incase it doesn't embed)

So, these were BART police, bart being a subway station that goes from various parts of the East Bay all the way to the San Francisco Airport. And the question I'm asking is, why are these people allowed to carry guns?

In Argentina, Police officers aren't even allowed to pull their guns out unless they are being threatened by a deadly weapon. This is not because Argentina is progressive, it's because the people of Argentina flipped out over incidents like these and forced the government to change the laws. I'm reading stories about this, and the newspapers are like "Prosecution of Officer marks step forward in justice" and stuff like that, trying to play it out like it's this awesome thing that the sandclit who shot the guy has to go to court. This guy wasn't even a police officer... and he's allowed to carry a gun. It's ridiculous, I mean I've used BART and it doesn't always feel 100% safe but I think the BART police should be fined for taking their guns out unless their target is wielding a deadly weapon, as well. Not just security guards either, the police in general because I'm fed up with this, it's bullshit. We need laws to protect us from the men and women sworn to protect us.

In this country, the cops pull their guns out at traffic stops if the driver starts giving lip. I see it on TV all the time, and then the commentator tries to justify like "After the man starts making threatening gestures Officer Garcia is forced to show him who's in control of the situation. That'll teach him to... say things..."

Anyway those are just my thoughts.