>> Go here and tell me that law enforcement is not dangerous.
There are dangers in every occupation, Chimp. A common housepainter could be climbing high up on a ladder, and an attacking swarm from an accidentally disturbed hornet's next could knock him off it causing him to be killed or paralyzed for life. It happens every day, and it happens FAR more often than a cop getting hurt or killed in the street. I'm just sick of people making it sound as if cops have one of the most dangerous jobs. It isn't even close, pal.
>> Nobody seems to want a cop around until you are the one needing help.
Well, nobody wants a garbageman around unless you have garbage to collect. Actually, the presence of a dirty smelly sweaty garbageman when he isn't needed is even more welcome, because a cop's personality only seems to operate in two distinct modes: a (sometimes) nice cheerful "help" mode, and a (usually) hostile angry "bust" mode, and for them there just doesn't seem to be anything in between the two. People like being helped but don't like being busted. This is normal everywhere and should come as no surprise. But all I want is that all cops be held accountable for their actions, just like everybody else. Nothing more, and nothing less. Unfortunately, in too many jurisdictions they're not properly supervised and there is little or no official system in place (i.e. independent review boards) for citizens to redress any complaints against a bad cop. And the courts usually give cops the benefit of the doubt unless you have a veritable mountain of evidence against them. And in some places, videotaping the police is actually illegal so getting any evidence of misconduct can be virtually impossible.
Some videos for your enjoyment:
Police Complaint Center : Policeabuse.org
>> Not only to "cops" have to worry about some drunk with a gun when they pull over a car but they have to worry about the idiot that has fallen asleep at the wheel and runs off the road killing the officer that is just trying to do his job.
Are you referring to that curiously hostile and paranoid seige mentality of many cops who automatically treat everybody they pull over as if they're potential serial killers, drug dealers, cop killers, etc. just to "be on the safe side"?
>> It is there job to enforce the law...they don't make the law. Are there bad apples...yes...of course that is true in all walks of life.
Except that a bad apple cop has a gun and a tazer, and the support of the legal system behind him.
>> ..oh and the blue wall of silence is BS.
Depends on which jurisdiction you're in. Some police departments have better systems of accountability in place and better relations with their communities (not to mention, less dirty internal politics) than others.
>> We could also claim the "red" wall of silence about the catholic church.
Sure, except nobody has to be a Catholic and the Catholic Church's officials aren't backed by our tax-funded public government.
>> As I said...there are bad apples everywhere....you do the best to weed them out with Psyc. testing but some get thru...and sometimes you are surrounded by the worst of humanity and the bad guys get to go free faster than you can arrest them, for so long that you start to loose that part of your self. This can happen in the military...you start to assume that everyone is bad.
A cop shouldn't even be concerned about who goes free and who doesn't, convicting criminals is the job of a duly appointed judge and jury. This country was based on the presumpton of an accused person's innocence, so the fact that a lot of bad guys may end up with a slap on the wrist shouldn't depress anybody.
"It is better one hundred guilty persons should escape than that one innocent person should suffer." - Benjamin Franklin
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