What do we do about these motherfucking cops in this country?

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105. I have never

given a "rec" to a thread, but I wish I could rec your post. A hundred times.

It's really pathetic how armchair analysts can sit around judging something or someone they know nothing about.

I have a couple of points to add.

One...people say that the cops should be de-militarized. By that I'm guessing they should not have body armor, or weapons more powerful than their service pistols (and maybe some people would prefer that cops be unarmed completely). That pretty much leaves them powerless against criminals out there running around with military grade weapons themselves. Oh, and how precious would it be for the cops to get a call where someone is holding someone else hostage at the end of a shotgun or something? Weaponless cop: "OK, drop the shotgun or I'll throw my flashlight at your head!!!!"

Two...People judge the cops, call them pigs and worse, heap nothing but hatred on them, but when it's suggested that they do the job themselves, oh noooooo! No "proper" liberal would ever think of enforcing laws they don't agree with! So who ends up manning the police forces? That's right. "Batshit crazy" (as lots of DUers like to call them) RWers with shitty, racist attitudes.

Way to go, guys!

So, liberals...let someone else take the risks. Let someone else have to make split second decisions that will be picked apart by people who have no clue what it's like to be out there on the street having to deal with people who hate them. Let someone else deal with the cheats and liars...and one thing cops have to deal with a lot is liars. Make a DUI stop, ask the driver how many drinks he's had, and the answer is almost always "two beers" even as the guy blows 3 times the legal limit on a breathalyzer.

Liars...Cop stops a car for traffic violation, driver/passengers acting strangely, he suspects maybe they're carrying illegal drugs, pats a person down, pulls out a rock of cocaine and the guy says, "Hey man, those aren't my pants! I don't know how the coke got there!" They'll swear on their grandma's life that there's nothing in their pockets. They'll throw drugs into the bushes in front of a camera, then swear they never did.

So let's disarm the cops and send the most critical people out to do their jobs for a while and see if their attitudes change.


PS...one thing I can get behind 100% is cameras. Makes sense for the protection of all.