This guy sees himself as a victim of the public (you know, the ingrates who pay his salary, benefits and pension)
subtle reminders...
-He carries a guns and the weight of government behind him in all his actions. You MIGHT be lucky enough to be ALLOWED to carry a gun, and the only muscle you have on your side is a savvy attorney, if your wallet can bear the expense.
-He can shoot you in any scenario, get a paid vacation and skate back to work when the media loses interest. If you shoot him, even in self defense, your entire life history will be mangled, maligned, publicised...the media will lose interest in “your side” until your execution.
Did you know that even fatso cops who keel over from heart attacks, and crappy driving cops who crash their cruisers alone are also considered “killed in the line of duty”. Chuck Norris just said so. He got his stats & names (heroes? PLEASE!) from somewhere. Those deaths gotta be added to someone’s file or some incident - otherwise St. Hero Line Of Duty’s heirs won’t get their fair share of the taxpayer funded death pot.
-He can lie to you with impunity. If you lie to him, you will be prosecuted/punished. He can put his hands on, and IN you. This is business as usual for him. If you touch him in any way...hello, assault charges.
-He can shoot your dog, on your own private property, even if he is trespassing... merely because of his “threat perception”. If you shoot his dog, they equate it as shooting a human LEO.
-Thanks to FEDGOV benevolence, this victimized and unappreciated LEO has an MRAPS and extra SWAT buddies to deliver those pesky permit violation notices. When I want to visit my local department, I must wait, show ID and be buzzed into their highly secure fortress. And he will decide if threats/crimes on my property or to my person are worth his attention.
-If he & his crew mistakenly break down your front door, flash-bang grenade your toddler, or shoot your teenage son for holding a Wii controller...it all works out well for him. His department won’t even have to apologize. But if you shoot unidentified zero-dark thirty raiders invading your home, you could be facing the death penalty for killing a cop.
Need I go on and on about the obvious hypocrisy?
Stereotyping saves so much time, but it’s a two way street, St. Keystone.
Perhaps we lowly peasants will stop equating badged bullies with good cops when they stop assuming we are all career criminals, just waiting for the moment we can “keep them from going home safely at the end of shift”.
BTW....if this is how a “good cop” views the general public, imagine what the rest of them think of us - the great unwashed). Explains alot of itchy trigger fingers and beating deaths, hmmm?
On the plus side, it’s good to know that even those “Caring Cops” are judgemental & dangerous pr*cks.
Toldja so.
The stereotyping in your post is no less pungent than that of the officer who wrote this piece. Thankfully most of the population appreciates what the police do to keep civil order, and most police officers do their best to serve honorably.