[Itzlzha]

Not at all, my friend. When a law enforcement officer breaks the law, he should be punished for that. Most LEOs do not break the law.
I simply do not call all cops JBTs for the actions of a few. You apparently do.

And YOU apparently, by your earlier words, make the assumption that we/I HATE leo's...

Bzzzt WRONG!

I hate the COPRRUPT LEO's that the "honest" LEO's do NOTHING about due to the "Blue Brotherhood" crap!

See, if you caught your brother stealing a candy bar...would you tell mom & dad? Would you tell the store owner?

Or would you let him get away with it?

And again, you did NOT address my points after jumping all over me as a "hater"...wanna try again...address my issues point by point please. How about those "perks" I mentioned that LEO'S offer their own, as well as the "privileged protected class"...aka politicians?

Let's see where YOU come down.

OH, and btw...the MAJORITY of NOPD didn't do the best they could...1/3 didn't SHOW UP...and there were a LARGE number that PARTTICIPATED in the looting...a far LARGER number than should EVER have been equipped with a badge and a gun. The NOPD is WELL known as the MOST CORRUPT LEO'S in the Country...yet you JUMP to their defense...why?

Are the NOPD an "aberration"...or are the "indicative" of LEO'S all over?

[MineralMan]

I have addressed everything in your message that I intend to address. You're wasting your typing fingers if you think I am going to respond further to your screed.

[Cathy]

Your characterization of cops by calling the "blue brotherhood" crap, accusing them of getting politicians off and allowing fellow LEO's families out of tickets is showing how much you don't like cops.

I don't think anyone is defending the cop (not sure if it is NOPD or not) that arrested this old lady, or the ones that looted. I think most people know that the NOPD is one of the most corrupt departments in the country, but there were those that served with dignity down there despite loosing their homes and worrying about family.

Blanket statements like "blue brotherhood crap" or the often used "thin blue line crap" give people the impression you are anti-law enforcement.

[SolarisRocks]

This seams to be like the discussions of Illegals from Mexico in that any criticism of ILLEGALS is equated to criticism of ALL IMMIGRANTS. Just in this case change ILLEGALS to BAD COPS and ALL IMMIGRANTS to ALL COPS.