We live in a police state? Really? The police need support, not idiotic diatribes. Or do you just want to do away with all law enforcement? Good luck with that.
We live in a police state? Really?
I don’t know if you are a retired cop or you’re the father of sons who are cops or just where you are getting your slant from. I’m 67 and for the first 40 years I was strongly pro cop. Then I began to smell corruption in government and yes, cops are the hands of our government. What they do doesn’t reflect back on the community populace. It reflects back on the community leaders. What the leaders decide is good enough for the populace is what they will permit the cops to do.
It is only in rare instances that a cop is brought to pay for the criminal behavior he/she exhibits. Judges / Mayors / PD Chiefs rarely ever remove the cops arrest authority from them as part of a punishment that you can probably count the number of annual instances on your hands.
When someone inflicts irrational violence upon another human and then they are permitted to continue to wear their police badge, the message to the community is that this behavior is condoned by police officers upon the civilian populace.
I am tired of SWAT teams being used for the arrests of non-violent criminals. That just adds to the numbers of wrong address instances, dog shootings and unavoidable (read unnecessary) people (read homicides) shootings by cops on steroids.
A cop who is a thug, a thief or a liar needs to be removed from the police population is the first instance without a lot of fanfare. Remove his badge and tell him to look for another line of work outside the law enforcement community. Don’t wait until he has twenty years under his belt and a sizable pension investment, do it when he’s still a young man. And don’t give me the line about learning the profession. Honestly and a good moral character are part of the qualifications (or they used to be). I don’t know what the rules for employment are now.
The corrections will come when the corrupt politicians are replaced by the voters if they ever get their heads out of their TV. Until then we will rant about the bad cops and how the good officers ignore their disgusting behavior.
The police need support, not idiotic diatribes. Or do you just want to do away with all law enforcement?””
YES I DO, when they were “Peace Officers” we didn’t have these problems. In Fact, “Peace Officers” were regularly FIRED and Prosecuted for their Criminal Activity. “Law Enforcement Officers” are and always have been a product of ADOLF HITLER’S GESTAPO.
Sig Heil
The police will get all the support I can give them...when they deserve it. If they act in a reckless manner, abuse their authority, violate the law, or kill people for no real reason then I'll also give them all the criticism that they are due.