There’s a strong “anti-cop” contingent here which really befuddles me. Sure, no one likes “jack-booted” bullies who run roughshod over the public, but what do they think their communities would look like without the police?
To be fair though there is only a handful of them who like to make a lot of noise .
Many of us know who they are.
Equally befuddling is the notion among some folks that
running from the cops or fighting with the cops or even
pissing off the cops ought to be overlooked.
If you do any of the above, whatever follows is your own damned fault.
If a cop runs your ID and you have warrants, you are going to jail.
Doesn’t matter if you are black or white or Jesus Christ.
If you run from the cops, expect to get your ass kicked... at a minimum.
Our "communities" would be a lot safer if the police simply killed everybody. The simplistic claim that bad behavior is justified is just as idiotic as the claim that there is an epidemic of police violence.
When a person dies in police custody, that is a very serious matter, and one doesn't have to be reflexively anti-cop to recognize that.
The problem here is that the prosecutor is not treating this as a serious matter. She apparently didn't use the police investigation, rushed to present charges, and overcharged what she did present. Eventually, this is all going to be walked back, and then there is going to be even more hell to pay than before.
“There’s a strong “anti-cop” contingent here....”
And they pretend to be conservatives.
There is a difference between a jack booted bully [ies] and a police officer[s]. Some can see the difference .