"What the police have degenerated into over my sixty years is truly frightening, as well as sad.
Perhaps you overlooked the timeline inferred?
Your grandfather as well as your father mostly pre-date the "degeneration" of which I speak. Your quick pre-judgement of me as "one of them" is the reason a defense attorney would likely exclude you in a jury selection.
As a former police officer I know all too well that a large majority of people who genuinely dislike the police usually, not always, have had prior contact with law enforcement whether it be a few citations or custodial arrests. Are police officers perfect? No. There are some that have no business being an officer. But, there are many more that are honorable, honest people that want to make their communities safe and better places to live. There's bad apples in every profession, we just don't see or hear about it as often as we do the police. If I happen to get stopped on my way home from work at 2 am the last thing I'm going to be is a bit pissed off. I'm just glad there's an officer out patrolling at that time of the morning. It's nice to know he's not sitting in the office watching youtube videos while drunks are trying to drive home or thieves are braking into someone's garage.Maybe, just like the majority of the Blacks (or anyone of any color) that you are obviously referring to (BLM, most likely) YOU are doing something to cause these officers to "jack you"...... which is a typical term used by dishonorable blacks - NOT to be confused with honorable blacks. to which there are many
My Grandfather was a Tyler PD for 37 years, my father a State Trooper and Tyler PD.
You sir, can GFY
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It's the very reason cops are distrusted as much as they are in America. If they can't jack you directly they'll find a way "passive-aggressively". I fully understand why Blacks hate and distrust the police as they do. I needed to call for an officer to my home about ten years ago. Instead of easily/quickly ameliorating the problem I called about, the cop conspicuously took nearly an hour trying to find a reason to jack ME.
They have devolved into a goon-squad of fully militarized pathological bullies, and some ARE certifiable homicidal sociopaths using their badge as immunity.
I was raised 'white' middle-class with a criminal defense attorney as a father. Respect for law and the police was a sacrament in my Republican upbringing. But so too was 'critical thought' along with more than a layman's understanding of common law. What the police have degenerated into over my sixty years is truly frightening
Isn't that deformation of character . Surely he is way overstepping the mark casting dispersions on your character ? Especially if it wasn't proven . I would be writing a stern letter !
I feel about the same. I did have a bad run in a couple of months ago with a bad apple but for the most part I have had some good experiences with local law enforcement. I do get a good laugh out of police profiling. I have very long hair and red plates on my bike. (CREEK). #ell if I was a cop out patrolling at that hour I would pull myself over. Most of the time I just get a wave or a flash of lights by the locals as a way of saying hello, especially in the dead of winter.
I feel about the same. I did have a bad run in a couple of months ago with a bad apple but for the most part I have had some good experiences with local law enforcement. I do get a good laugh out of police profiling. I have very long hair and red plates on my bike. (CREEK). #ell if I was a cop out patrolling at that hour I would pull myself over. Most of the time I just get a wave or a flash of lights by the locals as a way of saying hello, especially in the dead of winter.
