09-25-2015, 02:10 PM
Quote:And while I am not okay with officers murdering, and raping, and getting a paid vacation instead of prison, I am also not okay with cold blooded murder of someone in a uniform simply for being in a uniform...
I've followed CopBlock for a long time, and I can't think of a single thing I've ever read there that advocates killing anybody. Besides, the two examples of violence you gave above tilts far more in one direction than the other.
The problem is that cops have been wielding unaccountable power for so long that now it's becoming much more obvious what's going on. People are angry about it. Anger has consequences. But that's no reason to stop shining the light on it. It's just more reason for us to make sure we're shining out light on the world at the same time.
Cops are huge, huge, HUGE catalyst for me. So many essentially comport themselves like bullies. However, the last interaction I had with one was very negative and frankly illegal on his part, yet all I felt was sorry for him. It's clear that the job, good parts and bad, takes a toll on people. They are just people, and that's really what I'm trying to center in myself: to see these guys as not scary monsters but just people doing a difficult job, even if it's a job I don't think should exist at all.