I don’t need to comment further. My case is made by the bulk of posters here.
The desire to kill cops runs high here on FR. I think this is unfortunate. I think most conservatives would be in favor of those who stand up to protect and serve. I have good friends that are cops. They’re good men. They do something that few are willing to do.
But clearly they have few friends here.
“”I don’t need to comment further. My case is made by the bulk of posters here.
The desire to kill cops runs high here on FR. I think this is unfortunate. I think most conservatives would be in favor of those who stand up to protect and serve. I have good friends that are cops. They’re good men. They do something that few are willing to do.
But clearly they have few friends here.””
GOOD cops have plenty of friends here. Cops who go off shooting peoples’ pets that aren’t even at the warrant-target’s address do NOT fit the description “Good”. Cops who terrorize families for 3 hours after they KNOW they are not the subjects are NOT “Good” cops.
There is a clear difference here between GOOD cops that are doing their job in a proper, ethical and conscientious manner, and the barely-different-than-street-thugs that (for instance) killed the dog. Sorta like that FBI “sniper” ( I use that term loosely, because REAL snipers are better than that) that killed Mrs Weaver for holding an assault baby. He should have been fired, then imprisoned. He clearly did something much worse than the LAPD sergeants who went to prison for whacking on Rodney King. King’s still alive, she isn’t.
I stand up for cops who actually DO the job. I’m related to several. I trained as a reserve officer, and as a criminalist. I volunteer in a crime lab. Not all cops are bad, but there are enough bad ones out there.
Take off your blue-tinted blinders.
Have to disagree with you there. Freepers almost universally support good cops, like the ones you consider friends.
But clearly they have few friends here.
Not for the bozos who shot the dog on this thread.
Some of my good friends are cops, too. The previous Sheriff is a good friend, and he never considered the public, the civilians, to be outsiders. He never tolerated and did not cover for f%$kups like these guys. The current Sheriff is a lot younger though, the 'new breed' that considers every non-cop they meet who is not a victim to be a potential enemy.
Good cops need to start reversing that trend. Good citizens and law enforcement should be complementary, and LEOs should exemplify and be held accountable to a higher standard. Unfortunately, too many law enforcement leaders today stonewall anything that paints their officers in a bad light, and these same weak leaders seem to think that LEOs should have the same quasi above the law status that Democrat politicians and celebrities have.
Freepers have standards and a sense of right and wrong, unlike so many at DU. I think that may be one reason why the reaction to 'cops gone wild' stories is so strong.
BTW, I used to be a cop in LaClede Town, in St. Louis. Got stabbed, shot at, domestic disputes daily, and saved a few lives too...all for the princely sum of $1484.00 a month before taxes.
correct, most conservatives would back em up in a heartbeat.
OTOH most conservatives will shoot criminals.
My case is made by the bulk of posters here.
Mine too...
As long as they act like special privileged jackbooted criminals, they get the treatment they have earned. In southwest Virginia about 95% of them fall in that category.