A Cop Tells Me . . .

[StoplightWarrior]

The way I think about cops is like this: (in no way does this apply to every officer) When I was in high school, occasionally I would ask certain people what they wanted to do with their lives. All my smart friends would say the usual, "doctor, lawyer, stock broker, etc etc." On the other hand, all my friends who were punks or wanna be gangsters would all say they wanted to either be in the military, or be a cop. Moral: who do you think becomes a cop. Joe Blow who graduated from Harvard and truly wants to help people, or the guy who maybe did a couple years of junior college, then just wanted a decent paying, exciting job. Most of these guys are tripped out on power, and just love to exert their force on the well off guys like us.

One example: When some friends of mine had wallets, cell phones, etc stolen from a party, and confronted the four african americans who did it, they got beat up, and called the cops. The cops came out, and my friends gave them the vehicle description and liscense plate number. Think the cops even bothered to go find that car... NO!! My friends never got anything back. But you think if I ran from a cop and he had my liscense number that he'd come get me?!? YES!!!

For some cops, it's all about power, and exerting it on those who are not a real threat.