Originally Posted by Guest

THis is a pathetic and predictable responose to a serious societal problem. The attitude that if you support police, or any other group, you must support them all is ridiculous. There are mostly good law enforcement people and there are bad ones, just like teachers, doctors, lawyers, accountants, managers, and on and on. Reasonable people realize that law enforcement is a necessary and welcome part of living comfortably and safely. However, reasonable people also realize that bad cops are not only a singular problem, but an infection to all law enforcement and a besmirchment to all the honorable ones. These bad cops should be recognized and eliminated from the force, and demanding they are is a benefit to not only their honorable brethren, but the public as a whole. There are racist cops just as there are racists in all walks of life, and often they go undetected, but when it escalates to violence and murder it is nothing less than lynching. The black community bears some of the responsibility for the problem, and needs to help clean up the act of the lawless among them, but lawlessness exists in every faction of society, and always will. Respect for authority, and law enforcement in particular should be observed by all, but when wrongs are committed the wrongdoers should be repudiated and punished.