There is no reason for conservatives to support the police anymore. They aren’t the good guys. They are the bad guys with badges.
Back about the mid 1980’s I noticed that a lot of cops had the idea they were living as their favorite character in a cop TV show, they couldn’t tell life and TV apart.
They lived in a fantasy world created by TV.
I call it ‘badge Viagra’. Some departments obviously don’t do rigorous enough psychological screening to filter out the candidates who show signs of latent thuggery.
It’s not just their attitude towards dogs. They truly believe they are above the law. Try this link, if you can put up with it -I was personally cursing quite vehemently only a few seconds into it...
Drunk deputy arrests female soldier at bar for rejecting him:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkhrWZ6twjw
I was at a Tea Party (sort of) rally last weekend. The featured speaker was a Sheriff Richard I Mack. Fascinating delivery of a speech. The wife unit and I ended up buying three of his books and one of the books has a forward written by Joe Arpaio.
This Sheriff explained how a Sheriff is the ultimate law enforcement authority in his county and this country and they need to protect the people (his boss) in all matters.
This guy even sued Bill Clinton and won in the Supreme Court!
We need Constitutional Sheriffs like him and less police officers who just do what they think is right rather than what is Constitutional.
Being in a rual area, I have never had a problem with sheriff deputies.
When I lived in a bigger city, half the cops had chips on their shoulders and I would avoid them at all costs.
However, I knew several that were outstanding.
The larger the population, the worse the police force appears to be. Impersonal & authoritarian.
The other night I was outside with my lab(potty break). A car came by and shined a spotlight on my pooch, (probably thought she may have been a stray). Stopped the SUV, he was an AZ deputy sheriff, told him the dog was harmless, he petted her, gave her a treat and we talked a moment.
Suppose if I was still in Illinois, he would have shot the dog and arrested me for not having her on a leash.
I still basically support cops but it grows more difficult.
I used to socialize with a gal from work and her deputy
sheriff husband. Both of them are much younger than me and
they have many young deputy type friends they party with
in this rural county. Their friends never seemed to trust
anyone who was not a cop and I could catch the vibe when
I was in their midst.
It used to be that local big shots like some business
types, lawyers, judges, and local celebrities would get
an escort home if stopped for a DUI. Now, to bust the
biggest big shot is a feather in cops’ caps. That may
not be a bad thing but the cops will still give a break
to cop wives, girlfriends, and kids of other cops. That
sucks.
I have got to the point where I just lump them all in together. Americas largest THUG GANG, with a get out of jail free card. Now if see a cop bleeding and pleading in the street I will just figure “to bad, so sad”, probably had it coming for all the crimes he or she committed under cover of authority.