I sometimes wonder if there is any action by police that someone on FR won’t defend.
“I sometimes wonder if there is any action by police that someone on FR won’t defend.”
If by defend the police, you mean every action by every police officer, then, no, I won’t defend that, nor will the police and other LEO that I know. However, I will definitely defend the police and LEOs as a group, because the vast majority of them care about people, their communities, the reputation of law enforcement in general, and justice.
Is there any occupation that has achieved perfection in their ranks? Are there no bad or careless doctors or politicians (yeah, I know, ha, ha)?
There are countries where the police are perfect. You know this because there are never any complaints, no stories of police misconduct, and a cop is never held accountable for anything he or she does. These utopias do exist - China, Iran, N. Korea, most of the third world.
That police misconduct and mistakes make the news here demonstrates that our police are held accountable for their actions, and that these incidents are few. Think of how many law enforcement people are at work every day around the clock in the US and how many police/citizen interactions there are every day compared to how few result in serious injury or death. Incidents of misconduct are tiny in comparison.
“The cause of Mr. Gonzalez’s death is not yet known, as an autopsy is pending.”
You could at least wait for the facts.