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Originally Posted by Byte1
Not true. The bad guys are the dirbags that have a long record of criminal activity. I don't give a rats @** about the loss of another dirbag that wishes to put a Cop's life or anyone else's in jeopardy. These STUPID protesters are making fools of themselves with the concurrence of a bunch of ignorant liberals that miss the MJ smoke filled, flowery painted VW vans of the '60s. Why in the world would anyone make a martyr out of a dirbag criminal? FOR THE MONEY, period. That is the only value the dirtbag's lives have to anyone.
Cops are not acting as judge and jury, but they do have to make life and death decisions on any given day. If they make a good decision 364 days a year, but a mistake on the one day, they are ostracized and vilified. I have known hundreds of police officers and never have I ever met one that thought he/she were judge and jury, or even acted like it. I did know of one very good officer that was demoted for one mistake he made. It was night and he received a call that a suspect in a rape was being chased toward him in a car chase. He mistakenly shot the radiator of a car speeding toward him to stop the car. It was the wrong car and they sued the county. He was demoted as a result. He made a bad judgement call and paid for it.
Police making mistakes DO pay for it, and ARE punished for their mistakes. Some police Depts require a "use of force" report filled out whenever an officer has to use force to perform an arrest. These are investigated to see if they are justified and the report is recorded in their personnel file. When an officer is given their periodic evaluation, these incidents are taken into consideration.
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Nice rant, but probably dirtbag is spelled with a "t" in it. I don't know, for sure, because I rarely use that word for fellow HUMAN beings that GOD loves. I make spelling errors also, so I am trying not to be judgemental. As far as MJ smoke goes - I remember in 1973 in Miami, that a Policeman often smoked with a group behind a bar that I went to. He was a good guy - A credit to his uniform in my opinion.