But I don't think the military should get the worship it does, and cops are supposed to be civilians and neighbors, not soldiers.
People don't hate on EMTs and firemen. You know why? Those people don't shoot your dog, beat you and arrest you when you look at them the wrong way.
Until there is a STANDARD of good cops throwing out bad cops and NOT facing retribution;
Until there is an established, effective and formal method of oversight and accountability for verifiable acts of police brutality and false arrest,
I will not invite any police officer to my home until I've known them for quite some time.
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Final remark, To your comment directly: Officers need to change their behavior first. This isn't going to be resolved by people loving cops in the hopes they'll get in a better mood. 'They' need to remember they are 'us'.
Are there some countries where the daily interaction between police and citizens is not antagonistic?
In the States most of the interaction with that I witness police is negative: get pulled over for speeding, ticketed, etc. Even when they're doing sobriety checkpoints on St. Patrick's day, they're inconveniencing people who are responsible.
If the daily interactions between citizens and cops are like this it'll be very difficult to get people to change behavior.
People don't hate on EMTs and firemen. You know why? Those people don't shoot your dog, beat you and arrest you when you look at them the wrong way.
Until there is a STANDARD of good cops throwing out bad cops and NOT facing retribution;
Until there is an established, effective and formal method of oversight and accountability for verifiable acts of police brutality and false arrest,
I will not invite any police officer to my home until I've known them for quite some time.
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Final remark, To your comment directly: Officers need to change their behavior first. This isn't going to be resolved by people loving cops in the hopes they'll get in a better mood. 'They' need to remember they are 'us'.