There are bad people who dislike the government, bad people who work for the government, bad cops, people who commit immoral acts of violence against people, of infinite backgrounds.
Recently in Pennsylvania, Eric Frein was alleged to have ambushed and killed a state trooper and now is being pursued in a manhunt,
The deceased state trooper, Bryon Dickson, was ambushed outside of rural barracks in Pennsylvania. It is suspected that the man on the loose had a plan to kill several officers, possibly several people in general.
Schools were locked down as the killer is on the loose. A local school-board member, Annabella Lastowski said, “Parents are so frightened for their children.”
Bryon Dickson’s family and friends mourn for him and other police officers say ‘We are coming for you’, to Eric Frein.
There is surely much more to this than has been released to the public, but with the information that has been presented so far, the killer of this man is being labeled ‘anti-government’.
Many people in America are ‘anti-government’. Probably more than half of all Americans, and about 99.9% of all people who live in poverty here. It’s quite a natural response to constantly having to deal with the government on a daily basis, in whatever form. Congress has a 9% approval rating, so are 91% of people anti-government? Or do people have legitimate grievances with the government?
Activists and people who devote their lives to positively changing the world are ‘anti-government’, but clearly a productive activist would never commit a senseless, seemingly random act of murder like this. This is being said in case people try to claim this man had association with real activists or people who work for positive, meaningful change against the corrupt government.
With the level of tension between officers and citizens at a seemingly unprecedented point, it is also incredibly not tense.
It seems in the aftermath of Ferguson, some more officers are being calm and professional, acting like they are being filmed at all times. This has been the experience of several people in the last few weeks.
However, with the scarcity of information available on this topic will we ever really know?
Either way, this incident is getting more attention than the death of a civilian ever would. This man was aligned with military forces (the police), and now it’s a manhunt.
One hopes the tension will not build, and people who mourn the death of this state trooper will understand the real factors at play when it comes to the process of a man like Frein becoming violent; the man’s own personal experiences and mind. No collective mentality can be blamed for this; except perhaps partially the military mentality in which many of us were brought up, including this killer.