Cop Breaks Leg of 10-Year-Old Who Filmed Him

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123. I've had plenty of encounters with all types of law enforcement

From yocals to secret service and the dirty little secret is they are people. Good people, bad people, heroes and assholes. Just like every other facet of the human comedy.

I don't generalize. I think it's tantamount to racism.

I think most of the stories and discussions on DU about police are more about racism than anything else. And I think to generalize police as racist is a disservice to hundreds of thousands of good people. Furthermore I have yet to this read a post from an African American LEO on DU. I think that's a missing voice.

I also think that people who post "fuck tha police" and "pigs pigs pigs" are probably fairly young; have had little interaction with police and may have unfortunately only had a bad singular experience. (Hell I was a kid when that song was huge, but it got worse in America before it got better)

I also believe in equal treatment and innocence until proven guilt. Something that is too commonly attached to some and not too all.

Lastly, the pitchfork crew is all set to believe one side and not another. Based on what? A few news articles, ok a lot of news articles. Often with no follow up and pale to the amount of good cops out there. Not super cops mind you, just good people getting up and going to work each day.


I'm all to happy see someone go to jail if deserving, but it's got to be done without the public trial and general vilification before the facts are known.