Personally, police forever severed that shred of trust/respect during the Antifa/BLM summer of love riots where they “Stood Down” and let animals run free. Your personal protection is your responsibility.
“Personally, police forever severed that shred of trust/respect during the Antifa/BLM summer of love riots where they “Stood Down” and let animals run free.”
And not one of the uniformed people in charge resigned in protest. Not a single one. Think about that.
“Your personal protection is your responsibility.”
Which is why I despise the term “first responder”. They’re not. At best they’re the second or even third responder. I’ve gotten into it with the Chief of Police in my town in more than one public forum.
Hearing police officers refer to the citizens they, supposedly, are sworn to protect as “civilians” is another one. Cops are civilians granted powers of arrest by the State and municipalities they work for. They’re not military.
In my State the only legal difference between a cop and a citizen is that the cop can arrest for misdemeanors.
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