Hi Tradd.Originally Posted by Tradd
Now maybe you can understand why I have such problems living in the United States. Why would you think I am grateful that this cop was shot? Honestly? Seriously? Really? If a cop is stopping actual illegal behavior, I'm all for it and I NEVER SAID OTHERWISE.
What I am against is cops illegally attacking and assaulting people for no reason whatsoever as I witnessed with my next door Guatemalan neighbors. This is what I have issues with and yes, it does happen, like it or not. Something else that is a real problem in America - if you go back and look over my posts I have said many times that there are probably some decent cops out there and that not all cops would attack and assault for no reason - please go back and look over my posts if interested and see this if interested. In other words, I have been reasonable to some extent and I realize this problem is not in evidence with every last cop. The problem however with your post - and I am not singling you out here Tradd, this problem exists with many other posts, too - is that it is one dimensional in the sense that yes, what happened is wrong here but there is no admission that not all cops are innocent all of the time. I on the other hand have admitted repeatedly that not all cops are bad. Once again, please refer to my prior posts as proof if interested.
Unfortunately, this is a two way street and there are bad cops of which terror and fear is a correct response, and their motto is not to serve and protect but to terrorize and spread fear. Once again, this is not every last cop, but unfortunately it does exist and I have seen it in action. Big reason I will never be able to trust the police in America until some laws are passed to make them vulnerable to consequences for illegal behavior - as I've said, I'm all for instant pension loss and I also believe twice the lockup time that an everyday person would be sentenced for for a given crime - or at least automatic maximum sentencing for illegal police behavior with no probation or parole. From what I've seen, only severe consequences will flatten the cops that have power tripping issues - the trash the causes the fear and terror and distrust of the cops that I and my neighbors rightly feel and perceive.
But to get back to my point - you are right in your post here as far as I am concerned. The problem is, giving cops an automatic free pass doesn't work as you have the trash that brutally attacks and assaults innocent people such as my Guatemalan neighbors.....Your post shows no balance in the sense that not all cops are innocent. Just my seventeen cents. Rob
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