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.
The condescension wasn’t aimed at you, specifically. It was a general “you” in the post. As TO your post, WHAT kind of hellhole do you live in!? I lived in New England for many years, and yes, I have family members on departments up there as well (CT and MA), and still, I have never even heard the stories you tell. If it is so bad, as you say, why haven’t you done something about it? The media would drool over such a story. I’m sorry- you strain credulity.