Keep looking.
Please ping me when you see a thread about cops that doesn’t turn into a hatefest within a couple dozen posts. I’ll be most happy to see it.
I’ve only been reading FR for almost ten years, so maybe that’s just not long enough to get to know the place.
Don’t get me wrong. I love it here. I depend on FR and the generally good company here, and I come here first when there’s breaking news. But there’s a few topics that really push my buttons. This is one of ‘em.
People often say that it’s just the abuses by cops that make them angry. But that’s not actually true. You could post a story about cops that acted most professionally, thoroughly respectful and within the law and there would be the dependable cop-haters still show up. Every time.
There’s a fine line between being conservative, a good rugged individualist — and having just plain issues with authority figures of all kinds. One of them is a good character trait and one of them is a psychosis. They’re both here in good quantity. :-)