“...I have never seen such a disrespect for the law Federal, State or Local in my lifetime....”
Appears they kind of brought it on themselves here.
It’s a shame, yes, because there are damned good police officers all over the country, good Sheriffs, folks doing a job which is dangerous and sometimes thankless. And those people get lumped in with the badged thugs.
Not all cops are overzealous steroided-out, trigger-happy thugs.
But I think what needs to happen is that cops need to remember that all Citizens aren’t potential criminals, either. I have no clue where that mindset came from, or when it started, but it needs to change.
Or they will have ZERO support from the public, and that will be an incredibly dangerous position for them and for society at large.
When Citizens stop seeing a difference between a thug and a badge, it’s really bad news.
My 52 Years of Experience with Cops:
Cops should stick to their primary responsibility: Raising money for the welfare state from innocent citizens attempting to legally go about their day.
I have the most high regard for the Sheriff department. I live in Colorado where two state representatives are under recall. The liberal supreme court and AG are useless. Local city cops take guns away form people even though this an open carry state. I don’t need to mention federal and international corruption on this site.
Let me say again the County Sheriffs are held in high regard. They are also suing the state over unconstitutional gun laws.
It began when every little town's police dept. decided it was cool to dress up like ninjas and put their stupid pictures up around town and in the newspaper.