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Why do cops talk about "just wanting to get home" to their families like that's their job? [View all]
It's not. Their job is to protect and serve. Part of that includes risking their own lives. When they say they just want to get home to their families, especially after a questionably deadly shooting, this is what I actually hear:
"If it comes down to you versus me, no matter what the circumstances, you'll be dead and I'll be at home eating dinner with the wife and kids."
I thought part of being heroic was expressing a certain level of selflessness.
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