I hope Jack Lee doesn't mind me paraphrasing his well put message.
<< don't ever let your anger
overrun your IQ. Better to step back, calm down and then act in a legal way
to resolve it.
And lastly about those "bastards"... This is
for everybody who has ever hated cops or agents as a group:
They were all once kids,
raised in our own neighborhoods, they went to our schools, our churches and
some are our own sons and daughters.
Most folks could not begin to appreciate what those "kids" went through to
become officers and federal agents. Sworn
and entrusted with a solemn and sacred duty to protect and defend... us!
Often this is done at the cost of their own lives.
There are a lot of names you never heard of here because it's not news
worthy.
But, you will read over and over about Ruby Ridge. (Funny, not one of these
survivors ever got 10 million dollars for a wrongful death suit either. )
The bottom line here is, despite all their good training and good intentions
cops are still human. Mistakes happen, warrants do get served on the wrong
house, stings do go wrong, bad arrests are made and yes, some bad cops do
dishonor their profession. It happens and that is something we do read
about
and the anger towards builds.
Well, enough, I just hope I gave you all something to think about next you
feel like taking matters a step beyond legal or accusing cops of something
they might not have done.. ( like that never happens! lol ).
>>
I cannot think of many occupations that require the employees to continue to
serve the customers after being abused by them.
If you go to McDonald's and curse the clerk, you will be told to leave
without your Big Mac. If you curse the cop, he still must serve and protect
you. I am sure that there are a few bad cops out there, but they are the
minority. There are some in our society who believe that most, if not all,
government employees are a front for the Gestapo. Unfortunately it seems
that often they (the conspiracy theorists) resort outright defiance for the
laws of the land and train with paramilitary tactics and stockpile equipment.
Unfortunately, this often seems to require a like response.
My .02,
DD
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