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nevergiveup

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12. I am an old white man I have never liked cops.

Reply to MrScorpio (Original post)

Sat Dec 6, 2014, 02:18 PM

Dec 2014

The profession called "policing" attracts not your most desirable people. It is the nature of the beast. Those with poor self images needing power trips and those who have chips on their shoulders and those who hate minorities are automatically attracted to this profession. I am not saying there are not good cops because there are but a majority of them suck. I will never get the image of that New York cop bashing Eric Garners head into that pavement. To me that was more disturbing and telling than the choke hold and not one other cop in that group made any attempt to stop him. If I were a little younger I would be marching in the streets.

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You know what's funny? [View all] MrScorpio Dec 2014 OP

Count me in - especially over the last few weeks. hedgehog Dec 2014 #1

if the bad cops are a minority, barbtries Dec 2014 #14

they have a "brotherhood" code hopemountain Dec 2014 #22

Too many bad apples are turning up. AlbertCat Dec 2014 #19

The cops need to clean house, badly steve2470 Dec 2014 #2

My trajectory was yours. 10 years ago my son was a teen and was hassled Nay Dec 2014 #3

My son, too. He opened at McDonald's and got hassled on the way to work many mornings. Shrike47 Dec 2014 #6

I agree with you. Maybe it is all the negative stories we read here daily about cop abuse. Rex Dec 2014 #4

I'm starting to look at cops the way right-wingers look at Muslims. They expect the peaceful brewens Dec 2014 #5

That means they need to be able to go TO someone. A citizen's oversight group that isn't corrupt. Spitfire of ATJ Dec 2014 #8

+1 nt steve2470 Dec 2014 #11

The black uniforms need to go too.... Spitfire of ATJ Dec 2014 #7

Kicked and recommended! Enthusiast Dec 2014 #9

KnR Hekate Dec 2014 #10

I am an old white man I have never liked cops. nevergiveup Dec 2014 #12

Funny, I've hated and feared police as a young anti-war activist, later thought they were not bad. lark Dec 2014 #13

well, there were always pockets of bad cops as bbgrunt Dec 2014 #15

Dirty Harry Kber Dec 2014 #16

I also grew up with "Cops" LiberalLovinLug Dec 2014 #17

Have you seen how the show "COPS" is portrayed in the movie "Confederate States of America"? arcane1 Dec 2014 #18

The cops hasseled me in my teens and early 20's. To say the least. Bluenorthwest Dec 2014 #20

Question for anyone who accepts all or part of Wilson's testimony: Why the gun? XemaSab Dec 2014 #21

I've seen a lot of COPS shows treestar Dec 2014 #23