It is most unsettling that the relationship between LEO’s and much of the populace has come to this. What happened here is the exception, and not the rule. And I support you Crunch!! HOWEVER, the good cops, like most anything else, are being tainted by an increasing minority of knuckleheads. People get enraged about the bad behaviors, but fail to recognize the far greater good behavior of so many LEO. I fall into that same trap, given that what so many of us see here is the bad behavior. I don’t know the answer. Perhaps a combination of “black-box recorders” for each officer, and a judicial system that gets serious about applying more severe justice excessive force LEO and to the scumbag populace. What I do know, is it seems to be getting much worse, for both parties.
Thanks Sarge. The bad cops get weeded out eventually. Now that we have to wear audio and video equipment complaints against our department have gone down. There are still some idiots with badges, I don’t deny that. But there are going to be less and less as the technology reveals their lies and excuses.
I believe it’s getting worse because society as a whole is getting worse. Violence and immorality are rampant and glorified, kids are massacring kids. Politicians and leaders are corrupt and the lines between good and evil are blurred, or, good is now evil and evil is now good.
I believe that the only way to change it is a resurgence of Christian principles and values. REAL Christianity, not the salad bar variety.