[Boogieman]

“I am so sick of cop haters casting the cops as the bad guys attacking unprovoked.”

So being “provoked” justifies attacking someone?

Who decides what “provocation” is enough? Isn’t that entirely subjective?

The way I see it, a defense like that won’t fly for the citizenry, so why should we accept it from a cop?

[Teotwawki]

A lot of stories out there about cops being easily provoked, like the guy that honked at an off duty officer who was out of uniform and in a personal car. For that, the cop broke his nose and knocked his teeth out. Or the Uber driver that honked at a plainclothes cop who responded with extreme aggression. Doesn't take much to provoke a cop these days; tone, facial expression, exerting your constitutional rights, or maybe nothing at all, but if the cop feels provoked then they think it is okay to physically assault the person in the extreme.

I myself am a law abiding citizen and lead a quiet life. I've taught my children and grandchildren to show respect for the flag and national anthem. We're the type of family that brings fresh baked cookies to the fire station and my kids have gone up to men and women in uniform just to thank them for their service to our country, but I never, ever, even if i'm the victim of a crime, want to have any encounter with a cop. The last time I spoke with a cop, to report a crime against my son, I was very uncomfortable with his tone and the way he treated me and I was concerned for my own safety in his presence.

[rednesss]

Exactly, if you can be “provoked”, you’re precisely the WRONG person for that job and they should posthaste find other means of a paycheck.