RightRevBear said:
II will also agree that being a police officer is a stressful occupation, but I think that you will agree that does not give them the right to abuse family members. The two studies that came up with the 40% number were self-reported, anonymous surveys. The police and their families themselves are saying they are abusive. People who beat their spouse and/or kids are some of the lowest of the low in my opinion. You are asking me to believe, trust, and respect the police when they are the most likely people to be domestic abusers. I am supposed to trust them when there is story after story of them being sexual predators. Stories of them tampering with evidence to cover their asses, and numerous stories of dirty cops. I am supposed to give them the benefit of the doubt and respect them. No they lost the benefit of the doubt and my unwavering respect a long time ago.
Now, I judge them by what I see and hear. I am thankful for bodycams. The cop that peppered sprayed the army officer was wrong. He escalated the situation instead of deescalating it. Derek Chauvin is a murderer. I am also willing to say the cop that shot the teenage girl with a knife was protecting the lady she was charging. It is unfortunate that he was forced to shoot her, but she was about to stab someone.
No. It does not give them the right to abuse family. They should be terminated if found guilty of abuse and never allowed to serve in law enforcement ever again anywhere.
I think you will find that far more civilians beat their spouses & kids than cops. Far more.
You said above:
You are asking me to believe, trust, and respect the police when they are the most likely people to be domestic abusers. I am supposed to trust them when there is story after story of them being sexual predators. Stories of them tampering with evidence to cover their asses, and numerous stories of dirty cops. I am supposed to give them the benefit of the doubt and respect them. No they lost the benefit of the doubt and my unwavering respect a long time ago.I might suggest you have been watching far too much TV to post the above paragraph.
The cop that pepper sprayed the army officer was wrong. He needed to call a psychiatrist or some mental health official because there was something very wrong with that army dude. Either that or he was looking for a potential big payday.
Derek Chauvin is a murderer. However, George Floyd (lower than the lows you mentioned above) did as much to kill himself by his actions and drug induced meltdown.
Bottom line?
Follow Chris Rock's helpful video. Don't do drugs. Follow the law. Do what the authorities ask or tell you to do. Be polite. Don't run from the law. Don't carry a dangerous weapon. Stay out of trouble. Don't hang out with seedy characters.
Get a job. Raise your family right. Go to church. Make an effort to improve your life. The good list goes on and on.
It is not rocket science and anyone with a Jethro Bodine education can figure this out.
Quit feeling sorry for these law breakers and quit blaming everybody else for their problems and missteps. You are only making it worse.
"The education of a man is never completed until he dies." - General Robert E. Lee