“I looked up Harless. Isn’t he the poster boy for what’s wrong with our LEA’s.”
Nope. He isn’t the poster child for what is wrong with LE. LE by its nature will attract the wrong people. What is the poster child of what is wrong with LE is how other LE responds to people like Harless. WITH SUPPORT. Team Blue trumps all other concerns.
Time and again, we see these problem officers who are habitual bad cops, and LE as an institution refuses to address it, while they demand public support.
I don’t attack modern LE for their ‘bad apples’. I attack LE because they welcome and protect their bad apples. Because they are arrogant and obnoxious in their behavior. They defend cops that walk the street with attitude problems, the kind who talk down to people. They think it is their due, to be able to vent their frustrations from behind a badge. They protect cops who lie, who commit crimes, on and on. Their idea of professional conduct and accountability stinks.
They attack anyone who questions their actions, as though they are supposed to be above criticism. No other profession, outside of bouncer, would allow such behaviors as LE thinks is their right. And you’ll note that a lot of cops would look at home as a bouncer.
Excellent comments! Very informative. Thanks.