[basalt]

to all cop haters, read this...

[basalt]

btw...7 people shot in 10 minutes in New York tonight...there your “reforms”...cops are pulling back, i dont blame em.

[algore]

End qualified immunity
Enforce drug testing including steroids
Require professional malpractice insurance
Police chiefs should be elected
Cops should never be used as revenue agents
Civil forfeiture must be made illegal

And always remember

Bad Cops always triumph when good Cops say nothing

[Alberta's Child]

It’s an epic rant and a heartfelt statement, but I fundamentally disagree with this guy — and many others — on a very important point.

This idea that Americans have come to take for granted — that we need police officers “to serve and protect” us — has no place in a free nation. This country was built by people who were perfect capable of PROTECTING THEMSELVES.

The purpose of “law enforcement” isn’t to protect the citizens at large. It’s to ensure that accused criminals are apprehended and protected so they can be subject to legitimate trials instead of hunted down and given “justice” by armed vigilantes.

We — including conservatives — have forgotten this fundamental aspect of the U.S. legal system over the years. As a result, we no longer think of the police as law enforcement officers and instead see them as nothing more than armed security guards doing a job that we are too lazy and irresponsible to do ourselves.