Traffic Court WTD? Updated post #35
Wow, a 5 page thread because many of us hate cops.... .
This is not about hating cops. This is about hating cops who think they are above the law, or that they should have special privileges, especially off duty
I wish you could experience just one day without the existence of police. .
Many of us do, have. When you are out somewhere, away from "help" then there might as well "not be" any cops.
How many of you guys have.
This is not about heroic efforts, and for the record cops are not the only ones who do and have done heroic efforts. This is about cops who are doing things that is illegal for all the rest of us, and who are doing so when NOT particularly engaged in the old saw "doing their job"
. Most of US are proud and genuine,.
I'm sure you are and if you are one of the good guys then, that's great. But this does NOT excuse behavior that IS illegal. You MUST you HAVE you absolutely MUST put the special exemptions that cops have for specific purposes in context, and driving down the freeway at what is deemed to be dangerous for the rest of us is NOT acceptable.
And you MUST remember this...........there is NO OTHER career, not even military, that allows employees to carry all kinds of dangerous and deadly weapons, and allows such overwhelming power over the public in general. This power MUST BE constantly monitored and checked. Spokane is a "shining" (tarnished) example. The police union over there fought viciously to prevent a citizen's committee with any real power to oversee questionable incidents. Review the Otto Zehm case sometime. This not only involved at the very least poor judgement on the part of the PD, which resulted in a death, or out of control officers at the worst, but it ALSO involved a conspired cover-up by the cops that were involved.