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You must live a different life than I do. I have never shrunk away in the presence of a PO, never worried while sitting next to one at a light, and better yet, never stressed when pulled over for doing something dumb. I don’t live a life that causes me to fear them. Do you, then? As I have stated before- THEY haven’t caused the atmosphere, but must react to it. When you drive drunk or high, it’s not the cop’s fault, but it IS his job to protect the rest of us from you. He doesn’t want to leave his zone to drag your stinky butt to jail because he caught you with meth in your pocket, but that’s the law and he fears that while he’s dealing with your sorry a$$, something actually serious might be happening while he’s gone. You see, he knows better than you and me, who and what is really out there and the last thing he wants to do is NOT be there. You have NO idea what it’s like to be a cop, or what kind of person willingly dons that uniform and does that job.

Thanks for the post, a simple “Please explain yourself” would have done nicely.

Instead I’ll address your condescending post in all its glory.

I’m not a meth head. I understand it’s common for police and their avid supporters to assume that everyone else is a criminal though. I get that.

As far as having no clue about being a cop, lets do the run-down.

I come from a family of police and fire fighters. My grandfather was the Sheriff of his town. He used to come home and beat his 8 kids to within inches of their life. Has broken just about every bone in my mother from the time she could walk. Beat my grandmother when things weren’t perfect. Made kids sleep in mud and the floor of the chicken house.

My uncle is a cop too. He has a rap sheet and frequently uses his position (Of the past 20 years) to do things illegally whenever the chance presents itself.

I used to live across from the police department in Ansonia CT. One of the most corrupt forces I have ever witnessed. 2 known drug pushes in uniform and several addicts on the force.

When I get pulled over, they usually clear leather and get ready to shoot me. They’ve been doing since I was young, because you know... teenage punk needs to be shot and all.

Just 2 months ago I was pulled over for an expired inspection sticker on my truck. The cop impounded the vehicle and left me stranded in the countryside with my 4 year old. We had to walk 5 miles to a phone, then another 3 miles back to the impound lot. He also drew his gun while walking up to me.

Several area police stations are clients of mine too. I have a relationship with our local Sheriff and the constabulary. I am familiar with the Eric Frein case where they hid evidence that Eric had that the cop he shot molested his nephew. It didn’t go down properly, but I can tell you that Eric did his due diligence and was simply bullied around town until he snapped. Again, I don’t condone it but I do understand that this force has covered up evidence. Oh, and this is the same state force that followed me for weeks pulling me over everyday because i had listed on Facebook that I would transport people (A hoopty cab)

So yea, I break laws. You do too. Everyone of us does. The police response has consistently been too much at best, violent at worst.

So we each develop our opinions based on our own life’s experiences. Police do not “Know better than you or me”. They are human beings with a terrible, terrible SOP and a vast amount of them have power issues.

And btw, just to clarify it IS the fault of the SOP. The SOP announces anyone who is not a cop is a criminal and must be dealt with. it’s “Trust no one” taken to an extreme. The cop behaves like that because he is trained to behave like that by very, very bad training curriculum.