“btw, personal insults make you look silly and small.”
Yeah. I know. I’m sorry. I regretted it a half second after I pushed the button.
In all seriousness though, when you are on a forum filled with (mostly) like minded folks who seem to overwhelmingly disapprove of these kinds of tactics, how do you continue to justify these raids to yourself?
I understand loyalty to your brothers in blue, but why try to defend the indefensible? There are way too many ‘roided up Rambos out there, and frankly, I’m a lot more scared of them than I am a stadium full of potheads.
There are times and circumstances that DO dictate this type of action. But more and more we see them being used in situations where they are plainly NOT called for.
This is BAD public relations policy for cops. I have to tell you that I use to work side by side with a lot of cops as an EMT, and I respected them greatly. It’s a tough job.
But I’ve lost much of that respect for the police because of this type of behavior. It seems like a whole new generation of cops with a totally different concept of “Protect and Serve”.
Again, sorry for the stupid remark I made. It was uncalled for.
there are a lot of factors at work here. many do not think weed should be illegal. so right off the bat everything about this story is wrong in their eyes.
then you have the people who question the tactics. which i have done as well, many times.
i think my major disconnect is that i have been on the other side of a door that i have to go through with zero idea of what is waiting for me. i'm no roided up rambo, but every cop who handles a radio job has been there.
there are plenty of guys on my job who get a rush out of this type of stuff. but rest assured they are swiftly booted from entry teams. there is no room for rambos. these small town depts seem to have the rambo philosophy as their driving force, however. and that's too bad because it does not represent policing as a whole. but this stuff is what you read about.
again, i see a need for the raid, but perhaps not the entry they chose. but i do not know what kind of intel they had and i will not 2nd guess them. so people call me a boot-licking thug apologist. thats fine. i know i'm not.