>>I can tell you are a cop appologist.<<
I discussed with an acquaintence who used to be a cop and who’s father is a sheriff my theory that anyone that aspires to be a cop today is either a naive “I can change the world” type or a brown shirt thug. He said that they are actually broken into three groups:
25% Those that really want to and believe they can make a difference (what I called naive).
25% Just want an easy job and will eat lots of donuts and only write the minimum of tickets. i.e. typical government employee.
50% Ex high school jocks and bullies/thugs who like the power over others. What I called the “brownshirts”.
It means that your chances of getting pulled over by a bully/thug are about 50%. That is why I suspect, as our culture continues to decline it would behoove the average citizen to get a CCW and drive armed.
My daughter is confused by the narrow limits of your imagination. “He only could think of three reasons people would go into law enforcement? I’m not even in college yet, and I know better than that!”.
>>50% Ex high school jocks and bullies/thugs who like the power over others. What I called the “brownshirts”.
On a vaguely related note, science fiction writer Jerry Pournelle has noted on his web site (excellent reading, BTW; he is a true conservative and modern Renaissance man) that Science Fiction convention organizers learned early on that anyone who wanted to run convention security MUST NOT get that job.
The same sort of thing at work is why I was such a big fan of Fred Thompson in the 2008 Presidential race.