A cop’s eye view *UPDATED*
Bookworm on Jul 24 2009 at 8:31 am | Filed under: Uncategorized
I appreciate and admire law enforcement. Since I’m a nice, law-abiding, white female, I’ve never run afoul of the man and women in law enforcement (although I’m not so thrilled about meter maids). These are people who do a very necessary job and, most of the time, do it with bravery, good cheer, discipline and respect. They’re not perfect, but I’m old enough not to hold out for perfection.
It’s the imperfection, though, that leaves the loopholes for hostile people to jump through. At Brutally Honest, Rick has a guest post from a police officer who perfectly describes those lapses from perfection — the imperfect information, the sad mad that turns into a bad mood. Please read it. I think the second scenario he describes probably matches closely what happened at that house in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
UPDATE: Bob Weir, another actual cop, as opposed to a President opining about cops, also talks about how the whole situation at the Gates home probably went down.
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- Second guessing cops
- Are San Francisco cops racists?
- A clear view of Obamania from overseas *UPDATED*
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For all that the Dems talk about diplomacy and understanding other people, while using violence as the last option, in reality they don’t give a F about any that. When they have somebody in their way, the FIRST THING they do is to escalate using violence and intemperate words. They want to escalate things. They want to force reprisals that end up creating atrocities which they will then take political advantage of. If they are too cowardly to strangle the babies in their own crib, they are nonetheless perfectly willing and able to hire out serial killers to do that deed, using tax appropriated funds, of course.
You know this is true, Book.