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Originally Posted by Dusty
Fusht rule of law enforshment.
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Cell phone video has exposed a lot of stupid cops doing stupid things. Illegal things. Bad cops should lose their badge and their freedom.
I personally think that video of incidents is ultimately going to be one of the best things to help law enforcement be more professional.
The idea of going home safely has been overblown by some cops to mean that they shouldn't take any risks. If one is to be a professional serving the public, putting that badge on means that one is going to take on risk that other members of society don't.
For every shooting that made the papers, I saw hundreds of cases where the cop would have been justified in shooting someone but didn't because the cop thought the situation could be resolved without having to shoot the suspect. Those incidents got maybe one line in the police report, and never made the papers.
Risk is part of the job, a fact that seems to be lost on a lot of the current crop of police officers out there.
When the rubber hits the road however, if the choice is between the cop getting hurt or killed or the bad guy who chose to take action that truly threatened the cop's safety or life, wouldn't you rather see the bad guy being the one in the hospital?