Question for LEO and/or military on the board

[handejector]

Sorry but we don't know that you're a good guy either. I saw the historical document, "Magnum Force."

I'll give you the benefit of the doubt, and assume you did not see Post # 49, where I said-

I work with some officers that see everyone as a perp. I tend to reserve judgement until you give me a reason to turn it up a notch or two. You set the tone within the first five seconds of my contact with you.

There it is.

I often wonder how many bad encounters start with a surly attitude from the "good citizen who knows he is beyond reproach".
I've encountered one truly bad cop in my life.
I beat it in court and had the pleasure of making him look like the jerk he was, and only lost a speeding fine. From the demeanor of the other cops in the courthouse that day, I believe THEY thought he was jerk also.
Quite a few times, I've been stopped, and knew I was wrong. I treated the officer with normal courtesy, and even though he had me cold, I've been issued a warning, or simply told "How 'bout slowin' it down?"

That's not even a logical statement. The police risk their lives to maintain a stable and safe society, which you and your loved ones directly benefit from.

That's one of the things that they say. However, the Supreme Court has stated that the police have no obligation to protect you. Add in that a frequent statement made by police is "the important thing is that you go home at the end of shift" and you have a very disturbing picture.

About fifteen years ago or so, there a police officer shot a motorist in the Maryland county where I lived. Supposedly, the officer was "helping" the motorist out of his car when he "accidentally" shot the motorist in the back and killed him. I was involved in a sports league at the time with quite a few county police officers. The universal sentiment was, "It is really screwed up that Officer Schmoe got fired over this." When queried about the poor dead motorist and that tragedy, the response was "Meh, ca-ca happens."

Give us a break.
We got it.
In your mind, cops are evil.
Most of us don't agree, but we got it.
I think you may be correct in your fear that you are going to have problems if stopped. One of those "self-fulfilling prophecy" things we've heard about. Read the first part again. Most cops will start out simply civil in a straightforward, professional way. After that, they'll probably feed you the same that you give them.

. . . I don't think you are in the majority.

Depends on the internet forum.

Just to be sure you know-
This AIN'T that forum......

In case you did see it and ignored it, let me make it a little simpler for you-
Once again, we got it.
You don't like cops.
You don't trust cops.
We don't need to hear it over and over.

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