Man, where do I start?
There are so many things wrong with cops.
#1 is they are just like us.
They are human.
If we are honest, we have a lot wrong with us too.
We are human.
We make mistakes.
Within every group of people there are the best and worst versions of the group as a whole.
There are good doctors and bad doctors.
There are good lawyers and bad lawyers.
Good Muslims and bad Muslims.
Good Christians and bad Christians.
Good cops and bad cops.
The
issue comes from the inclusion of the “bad” with the group as a whole.
Just because some Christians are bad, doesn’t mean they all are. I mean,
look at the Crusades. Holy crap. Could they have looked more brutal and
violent? Similar to the way the extreme Muslims are today. But not all
Muslims are extreme Muslims. Not all Christians were crusaders. Remember
that.
But it
is dangerous also to protect everyone in a group. Good cops protecting
bad cops is intended to strengthen the group, but in the long run, it
just breaks it down. This is very similar to the Catholic Church. Have
you seen Spotlight? What did the church do? Protected the bad priests.
What did it do? Fractured the religion as a whole. All because they
wanted to protect the shitheads. Just like this.
When
a cop makes a mistake, and we all make mistakes, they need to be held
accountable just like everyone else. This is not an attack on police
officers, this is to make sure the institution stays strong.
We need
police. They protect us. They are designed to keep us safe. When they
don’t do that, those individuals, and they are just individuals, need to
go.
I am not
talking about every instance a cop shoots someone. If you have a gun, if
it’s out, I do not have much pity for you if you get shot. As sad as it
is, if I pull a gun out against other people with guns, no matter who
they are, I am just asking to get shot. I would love to see cops use
rubber bullets and block guns (because I don’t think anyone is staying
on the offense with 25 rubber bullets up their ass), but we aren’t there
yet.
I am
talking about when a cop has someone on the ground. When two cops have
someone on the ground, and instead of holding them down, they pull out
their gun and shoot. Totally unnecessary. Inexcusable. You are a
professional. You have been trained to deal with situations like this
and you failed. You should be held accountable. Bad cop.
I
am talking about when a father is in the car, complying with the
officer, pulling out his ID and he gets shot in front of his child.
Doing everything right? Complying? No resistance? And you still get
shot? Bad cop.
Selling
cigarettes on the corner in NYC? Getting murdered in a chokehold on
camera? And nothing happens? Bad cop. Horrible cop. But they are still
on the force. They are still out there, a shit cop who does not do their
job well, and the man he failed is 6ft underground. His family sitting
down for dinner without him. No more birthdays. No more memories.
Nothing. For selling cigarettes and crossing paths with a bad cop.
This is the issue.
The
only thing wrong with cops is they are human. They make mistakes. Just
like us. Some are stupid. Just like us. Some are scared. Just like us.
Some are terrible at their job. Just like us.
If a doctor made an egregious error, they would lose their license.
If a lawyer did his job poorly, they would be disbarred.
If
an officer fails his community, fails the situation, he gets protected,
he gets suspended, and then he gets his job back. Same city. Same gun.
Same badge. Same bad cop.
You
are trained to diffuse the situation. You are trained to serve and
protect. You are trained to assess a situation and determine if it is
dangerous or not, life threatening or not. You are a professional at all
those things.
Professional baseball players that can’t hit, get cut.
Professional wide receivers that can’t catch, get cut.
If
a professional police officer doesn’t do their job, and they don’t do
it so badly that people die, they
rarely if ever lose their job.
That’s an issue.
I love cops.
They are vital to our lives whether you like to admit it or not.
They make mistakes.
But
the biggest problem is with the protection of the ones that make
mistakes. The ones that should not be cops in the first place. At least
the ones that shouldn’t be cops any more.
You are only as strong as your weakest link.
Officers. With all due respect. You have some brittle links.
It is time to re-evaluate your position. Clean out the weak links. And strengthen the chain as a whole.
RIP officers in Dallas.
RIP every officer killed in the line of duty.
And
RIP murdered men and women at the hands of bad cops.
Protesters. Let your voices be heard. But please be a part of the solution, and not an extension of the problem.
Be safe out there.
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