UC Davis police attack peaceful demonstraters

[Antitrust32]

Originally Posted by Danzig

my father and some of the best people i've ever known were policemen in washington d.c.. it's a thankless job, underpaid, overworked, constantly being second-guessed by people who sit at home on their overstuffed couch, and judge people for their behavior-that they'll never encounter, or have to make split second decision about.
they have their bosses in one ear, the media in the other, the citizens on their asses. damned when they do, damned when they don't.
when they're in a situation, well, they shouldn't be there. but when someone else is in a situation, who are they screaming for? the cops...but they're never around when you need them, right?

my father was there for the vietnam protests, the farmers protests, the politicians drunk in limos with women who weren't their wives, drunks, crooks, the dregs of society trying to kill them...he'd been stabbed, shot at, assaulted, etc, etc


we all know the saying, walk a mile in their shoes..yeah, but who actually does that?
i watched my mother go thru 20 years of worry about my dad, working doubles, round the clock, dealing with all that. yeah, they all suck.
fact is, they don't. i know it for a fact.
a friend of ours was a k-9 cop. he made the mistake one night of running after a guy down the alley, and leaving the dog in the car. the dog tore that car apart trying to get to him, because he got his ass beat-lost his four front teeth to a baseball bat. was off work for weeks after that.
yeah, i'm sure paul had that coming.

my hat is off to the honest cops in the land who have to deal with rapists, murderers, voilent drug dealers, etc. In my opinion, those cops are the real law enforcers.

My problem is with the ones who do not have integrity. And also the ones who hide behind a bush on the side of the road to trap speeders. I have a huge problem with cops who try to just get money out of and harass hard working citizens. I severly dislike the cops who let the power get to their heads. and I hate hate hate the patriot act, and how it takes away checks and balances from police (warrantless searches based on whatever "suspicion" they invent), because I do NOT trust them.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by Antitrust32

my hat is off to the honest cops in the land who have to deal with rapists, murderers, voilent drug dealers, etc. In my opinion, those cops are the real law enforcers.

My problem is with the ones who do not have integrity. And also the ones who hide behind a bush on the side of the road to trap speeders. I have a huge problem with cops who try to just get money out of and harass hard working citizens. I severly dislike the cops who let the power get to their heads. and I hate hate hate the patriot act, and how it takes away checks and balances from police (warrantless searches based on whatever "suspicion" they invent), because I do NOT trust them.

sure, just like every cross section of life, you're going to have bad cops. just like you have bad teachers, lawyers, judges, etc. funny tho, i typically only see cop bashing on here, and incendiary thread titles, and a general sense that they're 'all bad' from some posters on here.

and yeah, we were in a bank today with a patriot act sign, which i scoffed at. it's a joke. but keep in mind cops didn't come up with that act, bush and his buddies did-- and the fbi-and my dad never cared for the fbi. he told me what fbi stood for, and it's not fed bureau of investigation!