The truth about cops

This will not be a popular post. Most cops are good people who want to protect the neighborhoods they serve, and enforce the law to the best of their ability. It's there duty, and it's a extremely unpopular one in a country that has too many dominionist laws - like prohibiting marijuana. Cops also represent the State and its arm of enforcement, an institution which is becoming increasingly isolated as people begin to realize they have almost no power to affect their governance, and it places them more often than naught against the citizens they're meant to protect. Cops themselves are just as disillusioned to the corruption that they're obligated and sworn to protect, but the bottom line is "it's there job," a job that's more than protecting the bourgeois class from the proletariat. It's a job that encompasses robberies, rape, assault, motor vehicle accidents, fraud, child abuse, molestation, murder, and so much more, and while they are loathed and held in contempt by many it's the public - not the police - that's the problem. A good, healthy, and civilized society, one that arguably has probably never existed in its idealized form, would never warrant a strong police force, or perhaps none at all. But today's society is not healthy or civilized, and it's not the fault of the cops either, but rather the endemic philosophy that enslaves us. Cops, like us, because they come from the proletariat class, are just as caught up in the corrupt morality that sickens and destroys lives. They, more than any other profession, are more prone to corruption because of the constant restrained action they're encouraged to take when dealing with a collapsing and increasingly deranged public. When they go too far, which is easy to do when you have the power do so, gives them the taste that they can dish out judgement before judgement. They themselves become the court of public opinion, one that is more susceptible to real harm than the judgements on twitter and facebook. They become a reflection of what we feel and think but are unable to do. It's why cops become cops - they want to do something about society. A more noble cause than all the vapant talk the public undertakes gossiping about the latest justice theatre put on by the media.

Cops are respected, but not liked by most. Whether it's the third speeding ticket in so many months, or the power trip expressed at a chance meeting, the innumerable stories of corrupt cops, the countless video's on utube showing abuse, or a drunk overnight stay at the popo, cops are not liked. Especially if the citizen is on the wrong end of the law. If you have any of these feelings towards the cops you can rest assured you're not alone, but I'm here to tell you cops as a job, as a group, are so much more. When they are polite, when they do their jobs well, and truly live up to the claim of protecting citizens they are so seldom reported. Today's gaudy and fustian media would have trouble selling the stories. The public, a mentally and emotionally impaired group, wants blood, wants wickedness so they can chew on it in the court of public opinion. This is why you don't hear much about all the good they do, of which I'm here to tell you is of far greater occurrence than the inevitable wickedness that sometimes plaques all those who weld power. My opinion is not validated by sitting at the laptop and blogging about it after watching Beverley Hills Cop, Lethal Weapon, or the latest version of The Lone Ranger, but rather from twenty one years working with them on countless emergencies. I have personally seen police officers carry a seven year old child actively seizing from a burning car, subdue the most violent people you can imagine before they could hurt anyone else, and retrieve possessions that were once stolen. I have seen them spend hours upon hours patiently talking a man down from certain suicide, or homicide in some cases. I have seen cops turn lives around by listening. I have seen cops prevent preventable accidents that steal away lives everyday. I have seen them save children from abusive parents, and nab the most sick of the sick before they could rape another kid. All while doing it professionally, calmly, and with due diligence.....mostly. But I'm also here to tell you they are human, psychologically frail as any, and more exposed to the raw iniquities of society than anyone else. Some of them eventually reach a point where they are sick to death with criminals, and their professional inhibitions towards judgement are crossed and they evolve into something akin to judge Dred - "I am the law!" I have seen these cops, they are the understandable product of a sick society. It only takes one to make the whole group look bad. The more sick the community they serve, the more prevalent one of these bad cops will show up. Take New Orleans for example, a very sick community, one ill with poverty, drug use, hate, gangs, theft, and rape to greater degree's than much larger cities their size. It's extremely prone to police corruption. 35k a year to handle that public? Lord, it would take someone morally divine to have a career without corruption there. Sometimes, all it takes is for the wrong person to join up, take the oath, and swear the law to be affected by the worst of crimes to fall to temptation. They're human right? All different and capable of potentially different transgresses. Take a look at yourself before you judge them. What are you doing for society? When was the last time you stopped a murder, or prevented a drunk from killing someone. When was the last time you stopped a husband from beating his wife or kid? They're expected to do this without passing judgement on the presumption of innocence. Can we at the armchair of social networks? No, I haven't seen it.

As a paramedic I work with cops all the time. They form the back bone of emergency response, and in my area they are the first to speak with anyone calling 911. They readily respond to any emergency that may endanger our safety or the safety of firefighters. They're also there to enforce the law, the breaking of which is the cause of many emergencies. For instance the drunks that endanger everyone when they get behind the wheel. A virtual guarantee where I work. The public high on drugs as they threaten their neighbor or steal their belongings to buy the next hit. A badge, a gun, and a person willing to put themselves between me and these crazies is much appreciated by myself and the family I come home to. I look out for the cops, and they look out for me, and we include the firefighters in this family of first responders. So when I see people presuming corruption and judging cops in the theatre of public opinion without the assumption of innocence I become perturbed and irritated. They are my uniform brothers and sisters who are out there with me trying to make a difference.

Finally, to my fellow protesters, I offer this video up as evidence to many cops that respect the constitutionally protected right to protest

There are many cops like this one. Just remember to know the regional laws regarding protests and where you can do them legally. The problem isn't with the cops, it's with the laws, and how they are manufactured to destroy liberty. The origin of this corruption comes from the bourgeois. The cops, like us, are their tool and resources. Remember then who to focus your anger against.