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Originally Posted by Paragrouper
If the police are truly interested in doing
..... try knocking first.
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Doesn't get more simple than that.....
A big part of the problem is the attitude change from "To Serve and Protect" to "We owe it to ourselves to be sure to live at all costs".... No longer do police officers perceive their job as a public service; it is all about law enforcement (as already mentioned here).
This delta in attitude drives the wedge of perception between the public and the police. Citizens see every day that the police have the full backing of the agency and legal system such that any negligence is explained away as being in accordance with department policy or that the officer acted appropriately.....Lost is the priority of protecting the innocent. If something goes wrong, something else gets blamed....
Right up to the point that a dash cam video is released showing two officers conspiring to blame a third driver for the accident that the officer caused.....
LINK...The video given to the attorney's was edited and disciplinary action did not come about until the full video was released.
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According to the tape, Officer Dewey Pressley took the lead in the plot, saying, “Well, I don’t lie and make things up ever because it’s wrong, but if I need to bend it a little to protect a cop, I’m gonna.”
He then tells another officer: “I will write the narrative out for you. I will tell you exactly how to word it so it can get him off the hook. You see the angle of her car? You see the way it’s like this? As far as I’m concerned, I am going to word it she is in the left-hand lane. We will do a little Walt Disney to protect the cop, because it wouldn’t matter because she was drunk anyway.”
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Shit like this does not help perpetuate the claimed nobility of the profession....
I know, it's only a few bad apples but the Good Apples need to clean their own house .....