why is law enforcement getting so mean to citizen's

Maggie wrote:

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Sir,
I am truly sorry for the trouble you and your wife had. I can not speak for Burke County or any other county as far as that goes. I will ask that you please step back and take a look at their job. When they pull a car over they have no idea what they will encounter. I'm taking from what you said that you are a law abiding person. Not everyone is and those ppl are out there driving on the highways too. They may be hauling illegal drugs, guns, ammo etc. When an officer makes a traffic stop they haven't received a lot of information before they approach that vehicle. They all know at the end of their shift even though they are planning to go home to their families they may not make it. Sir my father was a good law enforcement officer. He had many yrs in serving his county. I never heard any negative about him from the Dept or from any of the ppl that he arrest. I'm sure he made ppl mad but he gave everyone respect even when he was having to deal with situations that I'm sure you would not of wanted to be a part of. It's not an easy job and the pay is not the best in the world. He had a passion for wanting to help others.
And just so you know, an officer can't just walk into your home and start tearing it apart unless you are on some kind of probation and the judge has ordered it. Or their is some kind of probable cause for that officer to be there, regardless of what has been said.
My father entered a building that was on fire to save Ppl that the most would have said let them burn. He treated ppl with respect and still did his job.
And on fairness to the Men and Women that go out on a daily basis to serve and protect, hats off, awesome job! To the officers who are under handed and disrespectful, shame on you for making a good group of ppl look bad.
Truly sir I'm so sorry that happened to you. Their not all bad and it's the job that hardens them. Most burn out before they ever reach their 12 yrs
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Like I said, my father served and he did honor and protect and then one day he never came home again. It's a cruel world and he honestly was just trying to make it a better place than what it is.
Not every vehicle that is stopped has a good guy in it. That's why they leave a fingerprint somewhere on your vehicle as they approach. Every vehicle they stop may be their last, every domestic call may be their last. Basically Sir every call they go on may be their last and they all know that, but they get up and come to work anyway. They kiss their wife or Husband and their kids bye and know in their hearts that they may not make it back to see them again, but they go get in the vehicle and drive into work to protect and serve their community.
May God Bless You and Yours. May you have a Very Merry Christmas.

A Policeman's Prayer

Another day, Lord, to do my work,
Unsure of what lies ahead.

It may hold the chance to help those in need,
And that would be my desire.

I pray that You will empower me to be a Peacemaker to all I come in contact with.

To the helpless, may I be a helper,
To the distressed, may I be a comfort.

To those who plan evil, may I be a deterrent, And to those who have carried out their plans, May I be a sword of justice so they will no longer Prey on the weak and hurting.

I humbly ask that You surround me with Your Angels
And a wall of fire for protection.

And if, in the course of Your plan,
I find this day to be my last, The concern of my life is that You would be The Father to my children and the Provider to my wife.

In Jesus' Name, Amen

@ CDC

Actually I think we are on the same page even though we disagree on some points. I believe a lot of what you think [about the system] is not all correct or based on bad info. A lot of times when a cops does beat or shoot someone they are justified, more often than not I would say. The media loves to paint things the other way, why? Because cops are easy targets in this day and time.

Thats not to say they [cops] are very wrong sometimes. I know like anyone else they can snap and lose their cool. It's wrong none the less and they almost always are punished when it happpens. Tazers and pepper spray are abused but it was introduced as a way to not use clubs and fists on people. They may hurt but they cause less damage.

Any use of force even the smallest form has to be documented and eventually makes it to the state to be reveiwed.

I agree that it is a systematic problem. The system tells cops to be one way then the street teaches you another way [survival]. You have old bitter cops that pass this on to the young ones and so on. Cops walk a life on the dark side and eventually you will pick up some of these traits.

The system will turn on a cop and throw him under the bus in a second. Cops learn not to even trust those in the system only trusting a few people that have earned that trust.

You are correct that a lot of people do become cops just to be bullies and sadly those are the type that end up moving up the ladder almost every time. This is where the problem multiplies and makes the system get even worse for the average street cop who started out with good intentions.

Honostly most cops really long for the day that society doesnt need them but they also know the reality of that dream. They would rather do their job without having to ever draw a weapon or end a life. Those that have can tell you the toll it takes even if they were a "scumbag".

@ CDC

Like I said the system is to blame for a lot of this but so is society. Cops have to be reactive instead of proactive now. This is a problem related to education, jobs, economy and so on and on.

Cops have no support from the system. Many suffer from depression, PTSD and so on but they are told to suck it up and go on, they dont want to appear weak in front of other cops. Cops have one of the highest alcoholism and divorce rates of any profession.

I 100% agree with the part about education. The problem is though, if you have a good college degree are you going to get a job making 20-25k a year with a chance of getting shot or are you going to make real money in the private sector.

A lot of cops go to school while they work. This however doesnt help weed those out who should have never been a cop to start with. Most police agencys have psyc tests at the start but it doesnt help as the young officer gets older and his mind changes with what he see's. Not to mention I can promise you that test is easily fooled if have enough intelligence to start with.

I wont get into it with you about whether or not people are inherently evil or not. We disagree on that one for sure. Not because the "bible tells me so" or anything like that. I have learned it the hard way. People are hunter gatherers, people are predatory and opportunistic.

Sorry to have somewhat short quotes as I am pressed for time. I never thought your statement was bacause you were bitter or a criminal, I know you are far to intelligent for that. That also the reason that I thought the whole F@ck the police was out of character for you. I think if you really understood the situation you would rather say F@ck the system, most cops would and do agree with that statement as well whether they know it yet or not. They will one day if they are in it long enough.

I think when most of the world looks at MOST criminals... they see ghetto hard street thugs. I see desperate people at the end of their ropes. Granted there are plenty who are just pricks... but I believe classism has a lot to do with crime. I really wish people were more concerned with preventing crime by fixing the economy, than by locking people up and/or busting them over the head.

It's a very complex issue that transcends police, and involves a lot of politics. So I agree that just saying f*ck the police doesn't quite engulf the entire problem... but I still stick by my statement that in GENERAL... police are not helping the problem, and are exacerbating. Whose fault that is, is of course, up for debate.

GV4L wrote:

I also have to do the stupid human tricks on a regular basis.

You should s**k their c*cks and you'd be
in a better place, f*ggot

Dear Citizens, Neighbors, Friends and Family,
I am a cop. That means that the pains and joys of my personal life are often muted by my work. I resent the intrusion but I confuse my self with my job almost as often as you do. The label "police officer" creates a false image of who I really am. Sometimes I feel like I'm floating between two worlds. My work is not just protecting and serving. It's preserving that buffer that exists in the space between what you think the world is, and what the world really is.
My job isn't like television. The action is less frequent, and more graphic. It is not exhilarating to point a gun at someone. Pooled blood has a disgusting metallic smell and steams a little when the temperature drops. CPR isn't an instant miracle and it's no fun listening to an elderly grandmother's ribs break while I keep her heart beating. I'm not flattered by your curiosity about my work. I don't keep a record of which incident was the most frightening, or the strangest, or the bloodiest, or even the funniest. I don't tell you about my day because I don't want to share the images that haunt me.
But I do have some confessions to make:
Sometimes my stereo is too loud. Andrea Bocelli's voice makes it easier to forget the wasted body of the young man who died alone in a rented room because his family feared the stigma of AIDS. Beethoven's 9th symphony erases the sight of the nurses who sobbed as they scrubbed layers of dirt and slime from a neglected 2-year-old's skin. The Rolling Stones' angry beat assures me that it was ignorance that drove a young mother to draw blood when she bit her toddler on the cheek in an attempt to teach him not to bite.
Sometimes I set a bad example. I exceeded the speed limit on my way home from work because I had trouble shedding the adrenalin that kicked in when I discovered that the man I handcuffed during a drug raid was sitting on a loaded 9mm pistol.
Sometimes I seem rude. I was distracted and forgot to smile when you greeted me in the store because I was remembering the anguished, whispered confession of a teenager who pushed away his drowning brother to save his own life.
Sometimes I'm not as sympathetic as you'd like. I'm not concerned that your 15-year-old daughter is dating an 18-year-old because I just comforted the parents of a young man who slashed his own throat while they slept in the next bedroom. I was terse on the phone because I resented the burden of having to weigh the value of two lives when I was pointing my gun at an armed man who kept begging me to kill him. I laugh when you cringe away from the mess in your teen's room because I know the revulsion of feeling a heroin addict's blood trickling toward an open cut on my arm. If I was silent when you whined about your overbearing mother it's because I really wanted to tell you that I spoke to one of our high school friends today. I found her mother slumped behind the wheel of her car in a tightly closed garage. She had dressed in her best outfit before rolling down the windows and starting the engine.
On the other hand, if I seem totally oblivious to the blood on my uniform, or the names people call me, or the hateful editorials, it's because I am remembering the lessons my job has taught me.
I learned not to sweat the small stuff. Grape juice on the beige sofa and puppy pee on the oriental carpet don't faze me because I know what arterial bleeding and decaying bodies can do to one's decor.
I learned when to shut out the world and take a mental health day. I skipped your daughter's 4th birthday party because I was thinking about the six children under the age of 10 whose mother left them unattended to go out with a friend. When the 3-year-old offered the dog the milk from her cereal bowl, the dog attacked her, tearing open her head and staining the sandbox with blood. The little girl's siblings had to pry her head out of the dog's jaws - twice.

Business Minder wrote:

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You should s**k their c*cks and you'd be
in a better place, f*ggot

Are you speaking from experience? Perhaps you can suck them off for me. I'll give you $10 for each cop you blow on my behalf.

then, its ok to show indifference to some, since u have the excuse of still dealing with the others before them?

HA! try starting a relationship on those terms!!!
smh

GV4L wrote:

My father was a good guy, and he always sexually abused me.

you would service your daddy daily from what we all heard