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I don’t remember referring to you as a hater (O dodn’t go back and reread my posts) so if you dod not mean that no need to reply to that comment.

All I ask is people remember police are humans wearing uniforms (uniforms are just costumes that denote a profession or job) capable of all the good n bad that any other slice of the population is capable of.

So....if a cop acts like a jerk he may be a jerk, or he may have found out his mom has cancer last night, or he may just need to be left alone at that very moment for a “tactical reason” that there is not time to explain. (Have asked a lady to step out from in front of me and wait to ask her question because I was expecting a guy with a knife to emerge from a door to a bar and she wouldn’t budge. I had to curse at her to get her to move and said I didn’t want her bewtween me and the guy if I had to shoot him...she gave me “the look” that I was an ass and she didn’t believe what I was saying. Moments later guy came out with the knife and after he was in cuffs I looked at her and shrugged my shoulders)

If a cop drives bad he could be a horrible driver or he could be reading his computer in the way to a call or he could be on phine with a victim while driving to a call.

If anyone is not happy with a cop’s behavior Inwould wait until they were done with what they were doing and say “excuse me, I don’t understand why you did/do XYZ. Can you explain it to me so it makes sense?”

If the cop acts like an ass then just give his Sgt a call and explain you just wanted to understand whats up and why XYZ was done. If his Sgt. is an ass....you have a bujch if assholes for cops in your area and I cannot help you.

I will admit I had a young kid come up to me and recently adter I was working a protest for about 6 hours and say “can I ask you a question Officer?” I immediately thought it was going to be another jerk giving me crap about my outer vest carrier I wear so I can keep all the weight of the gear off my hips and lower back and spread it across my shoulders (hope to avoid back surgery & bladder problems decades of wearing a gunbelt does to guys)

I said “Sure...unless you are you going to say something stupid like everyone else today.”

Poor 19 y.o. said “I just wanted to ask if you guys needed some coffee because we are headed to Starbucks.”

I had to apologize for being an ass...apologizing when you are wrong is a great way to keep yourself humble and accountable.