NYPD Cop Tries to ‘Cop a Feel’ on a Woman, Her Friend Tries to Film it, they Assault and Kidnap Him

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21. No, I think it's a little more complicated than that

The problem with the discourse on this site is that those who question or want more information about what others consider a slam dunk judgment are termed apologists. The term is too loosely applied. There are many people in the community who have active working relationships with the police, and then there are those who don't. When a story breaks and there is little information, there seem to be two camps: one which states, "hmmm, this sounds pretty bad, but I'd like to reserve judgment until I know more, and then there is the other camp which immediately states, "f---ing pigs".

I think the reason why you're not hearing from apologists is because there really never were any. Just folks who wanted more info, many of whom actively work with police and bristle at such a knee jerk pejorative from those who don't need more information. Not everyone has negative intercourse with the PD, not everyone knows what has been happen on the urban streets in cities like Baltimore.

Now that a pattern is being established, mainly owing to the technology to document these horrific acts, I think many of the "apologists" have gotten more than enough information and I believe most of everyone is now in agreement.

There are people in the world, even some liberals, who are really nonjudgmental, and it takes more than coercion of those quick to judge for them to make up their minds. Patience and some depth of consideration into what their process really is will go a long way at reducing the snark in this forum.