personally, I have family involved in LE for a number of generations. It is what family has done for nearly one hundred years plus. Am not LE but my family is. My family is not perfect and neither is LE but I love family. Call me blind but I know and Love My Family. Have always stood with LE and will never change. Family is not always correct. Neither am I but given the choice I choose LE over a criminal every time.
Every time? Even in the examples given here?
I generally support law enforcement officers, but I can’t support raping women for committing traffic violations.
So you would choose a cop who rapes over a woman who speeds?
If you can really determine ‘who’ is the criminal!
Who do you choose when the public SERVANT is the criminal?
I fully understand your feelings.
But this behavior must and can be dealt with, without blaming all members of LE.
However, criminal actions by LE, particularly crimes against persons must be handled *very* harshly.
These sorts of things are one reason I believe people must be more in charge of their own protection and safety. Every responsible adult should carry all the time, and be trained & educated beyond what is necessary to simply qualify for a CCDW.
So, you’ll stand with the family member cop over the criminal EVERY time even if evidence shows the cop was wrong? Or are you saying you’ll take the cop’s word for it until evidence proves otherwise? What if it’s a family member claiming she was raped by a cop? Personally I believe the cop is just as probable to be the one who broke the law as the perp.
I’ve been a cop and I’ve had cops in my family. None of them cared about rights. They were always right. I quit being a cop when I saw every cop on the force denying people their rights. I wasn’t going to be another “Serpico”. So, I have experience with three different law enforcement agencies, two city and one county.
Personally, I’m a black and white kind of guy. If my son were to commit a crime I’d say “Give him the same punishment everyone else gets.”
I can’t stand it when I see mommies of serial killers say “He’s a good boy.” No, he’s not. He’s a serial killer!
But let’s face it, once a cop rapes someone then he’s just another criminal.
” My
family is not perfect and neither is LE but I
love family. Call me blind but I know and
Love My Family.”
This very attitude is why LE can not be trusted. Given the choice of right and wrong, against the Thin Blue Line, cops choose Team Blue. Cops can not be trusted to police their own, or decide what the limits should be.
This family analogy IS the problem. It is a litteral ‘us vs them’. This leads to a willfull permissiveness and gang style protectionism.
LE is NOT a family. It is a public trust, andone cops no longer respect.
“There's no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws.”-- Ayn Rand
Honest question: Are you retarded?