Caveat: This is merely a side point, I'm not attacking GDIMD or downing her for being so involved with the boys in blue. :wink:
I think the "hate" for most cops stems from how the lowest level of the hierarchy operates and how the
typical patrolman that rides around in his car all day long acts.
Let's face it, the typical patrol cop nowadays was the C or D or F student from school who was a bully, and now that they have to grow up and face the real, working world they take a low pay, boring job, that has some perks.
Those perks are that anyone you come in contact with has to do everything you say or you can arrest, ticket, or shoot them!! No questions asked until a year later when you're dealing with it in court! Oh and by the way, after the initial night/day of the incident you will never see the actual cops that were on the scene again, they are long gone... and they know they will be so in the moment they do whatever crazy thing they need to "bust the criminal", woo hoo! :tongue: I've heard this same description about regular cops from lawyers, doctors, teachers, business professionals, OTHER cops, and just about everyone else lol!!
Few points: They dangerously speed passed people at 150 mph to pull someone over who was only going 5 mph over the speed limit.
They plant and tamper with evidence.
They beat people up and/or shoot them when they are unarmed and not dangerous.
They deal in illegal activities as well, such as selling drugs or illegal firearms.
If you get pulled over at all, you're a criminal. This means cuffs to detain you, while they bring the dog to search your car, while they kinda rough you up until they find nothing and let you go on with your day like everything is "normal". Since 9/11 that is the standard procedure, doesn't matter if you're an 18 yo kid or an 80 yo elderly lady.
They themselves break the law all the time that they are supposed to be upholding and following just like the rest of us.
All of the above is the TYPICAL case for a regular, lower level cop - not the atypical one. If everyone doesn't see it happening like that right before their eyes on a daily basis then they are only fooling themselves. The low level cop mentality is that every non cop is a bad guy. That way it's a lot easier to catch the bad guys!
Just ask any normal, respectable, law abiding patrolman about his fellow coworkers and he'll tell you the same as me.
And for the record, I have more than 10 personal friends who are police officers all across the specturm, and they are very good friends of mine. I don't hate all cops at all, just the bad ones.
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That being said, LEO's such as detectives, sergeants, captains, federal agents etc. are generally liked by everyone because they have an important job to do, not just power trip on people all day long over petty stuff. They are busting the big criminals who are really the threats to our cities, counties, states, and nation.
I myself like those type of LEOs, we NEED those type of people in this nation. What we don't need is a bunch of steroid using, gun toting, power tripping, high school bullies out there in police cars with a chip on their shoulder and the legal power to go around arresting people and shooting them for no reason.
Just sayin'