Trooper, suspect killed in Virginia bus station shooting

Perhaps the state trooper was being a tyrant? If you need evidence that America is obsessed with violence, just click on the photo and have a good look at the Virginia State seal painted on the police truck. Unbelievable.

If you're going to make statements such as the one above, provide a link.

It's right here on this page. But here is a link: http://www.japantoday.com/images/size/x420/2016/03/urn%3Apublicid%3Aap.org%3A98e7e409309b4fee93b9ec263f9f6d35.jpg

Thanks Strangerland, here is a link to the larger full sized photo since it's a bit hard to see.

http://www.japantoday.com/images/size/x/2016/03/urn%3Apublicid%3Aap.org%3A98e7e409309b4fee93b9ec263f9f6d35.jpg

That is a pretty aggressive seal!

Perhaps the state trooper was being a tyrant?

The trooper was participating in a training exercise with about a dozen other Troopers at the bus station when he was shot. They were in fatigues and not wearing body armor. Perhaps the shooter just wanted to "off" a cop?

That is a pretty aggressive seal!

Sic Semper Tyrannis is a Latin phrase meaning "thus always to tyrants". It is a shortened version of the phrase Sic semper evello mortem tyrannis ("Thus always I bring death to tyrants").

The tyrant depicted in Virginia's State Seal is King George of Great Britain during America's war of independence.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Seal_of_Virginia.svg

Here's an interesting article on violence in the US:

The article started out well, but then seemed to forget the caveat it warned about early on: The U.S. classifies "violent crime" more narrowly than the majority of the world - leaving certain categories of assault off the list. Later, the article notes that England's violent crime is double that of the U.S., but I wonder what the ratio would be had the author added in the categories of crime that England considers "violent" but the U.S. doesn't to the U.S. totals?

Thanks, Fadamor. I don't see anything wrong with the seal. It says was what I was brought up to believe. Liberty is worth fighting for.