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36. When I was part of neighborhood watch, during my married years...

Fri Jan 24, 2014, 03:24 PM

Jan 2014

... our LAPD liason was a cop who'd been through a harrowing, locally notorious shootout with suicidal, heavily-armed bank robbers...

He eventually took an early retirement too. I think he never got past the PTSD of it (and I'd heard, actually, he may have had a stroke -- this was after the marriage ended, and I was no longer in that neighborhood...)

He seemed like a good guy.

But I've encountered LAPD members since who are sneering assholes, contemptuous of the public they "serve," with no reason, in those encounters, to be so.

One doesn't excuse the other.

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It's easier to hate the cops than become one [View all] FrodosPet Jan 2014 OP

Those jobs require an ohheckyeah Jan 2014 #1

I see...that's why there are no police in socially progressive countries? brooklynite Jan 2014 #4

Everyone in foreign countries is not the same person. cthulu2016 Jan 2014 #7

In Norway, cops are more like social workers mainer Jan 2014 #16

I think it's more systemic. If Norway recruits cop-social workers, it's because they've structured El_Johns Jan 2014 #35

Yeah.... ohheckyeah Jan 2014 #8

My oldest son is a staunch progressive. He's also a criminal justice major who ... 11 Bravo Jan 2014 #26

Awesome! FrodosPet Jan 2014 #29

Good for him.... ohheckyeah Jan 2014 #45

This should go well alcibiades_mystery Jan 2014 #2

So you're going to become a cop then? villager Jan 2014 #3

My mom always wanted me to become a cop FrodosPet Jan 2014 #10

So you are part of the problem also. ret5hd Jan 2014 #20

I am trying to be part of the solution FrodosPet Jan 2014 #27

Why don't more pacifists join the army? cthulu2016 Jan 2014 #5

How many 55 yr old machinists are they hiring? ret5hd Jan 2014 #6

I'm stuck in the old school mentality FrodosPet Jan 2014 #19

What an utterly specious. sendero Jan 2014 #9

Because there is only one president FrodosPet Jan 2014 #15

Everyone can't become cops kcr Jan 2014 #44

It's easier for some to whine about the police... cynatnite Jan 2014 #11

So you're becoming a cop, too! villager Jan 2014 #21

You're funny... cynatnite Jan 2014 #33

When I was part of neighborhood watch, during my married years... villager Jan 2014 #36

I never said it did... cynatnite Jan 2014 #41

Still no excuse for being an asshole and harassing people! nt Logical Jan 2014 #40

Never said it did. cynatnite Jan 2014 #43

What are you doing? Whining? nt Logical Jan 2014 #38

why would we do that? Go for it if you want..... bowens43 Jan 2014 #12

Not all of us are comfortable shooting fifty holes in an immigrant Aristus Jan 2014 #13

Every organization has a culture that attracts or repels people La Lioness Priyanka Jan 2014 #14

I really believe the problem is more societal... Whiskeytide Jan 2014 #17

Ah, the old you can't complain if you're not fixing it argument. bemildred Jan 2014 #18

No plans to be a cop Beearewhyain Jan 2014 #22

it's easier to hate giant killer robots than to become one nt geek tragedy Jan 2014 #23

Yeah how stupid for someone to complain when cops beat the shit out of an innocent Rex Jan 2014 #24

Having known a wonderful small-town police chief mainer Jan 2014 #25

Even if you join, what are you going to do? DragonBorn Jan 2014 #28

And let's not forget that Serpico got shot. Savannahmann Jan 2014 #30

Nice expose' Boom Sound 416 Jan 2014 #31

Between the war on drugs and the war on minorities madville Jan 2014 #32

In New York, they refuse to hire you if you're too smart. KitSileya Jan 2014 #34

Why you ask? Savannahmann Jan 2014 #37

They don't hire people with superior intellect. lpbk2713 Jan 2014 #39

The main reason I'd never want to be a cop mokawanis Jan 2014 #42