MissDominae
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I said I wasn't going to reply further, but .......
Slaveboyforyou, criticise Loki and Angel if you want for not having "done" anything, as you put it. I've done more than watch videos or run for office. I am not a cop groupie or a cop apologist and I am not naively saying all cops are bad OR good. I HAVE earned my right to make an informed comment though. I gave 18 years of my life to my community through my Police service and I have the scars - emotional and physical - to show for it. I have been beaten and I have been stabbed. I have had bones broken. I have used a service issue firearm and had firearms used against me. Yes, I have used violence to subdue offenders, prevent offences and affect arrests, to the level permitted by law and the force dictated by the necessity of the moment. I do not resile from that. Like most police I have faced counter-suit and civil suit because of my actions and have been forced to defend myself. In EVERY case - and this is true for well over 99% of such suits - independant investigation found the complaints against me groundless but I still had to endure that stress and - this might surprise you - most Police see this as a necessary part of ensuring the system works and wouldn't have it any other way. I have paid my dues and, in so doing, I have earned my right to an opinion. No one wishes to deny YOY your right to an opinion either, but what serving Police DO ask is that you grant them the same fairness granted any other person and do not judge them until all the evidence is presented. You don't seem to grasp that.
My opinion is this; your views against Police are far too sweeping and generalising in type. There are good and bad in all walks of life and Police are not exempt from that, yet far and away the vast majority of Police fairly, sensitively and justly uphold the laws they are given, using the training and equipment they are provided, to the best of their abilities, day in and day out, in the face of threat and consequence that the lucky members of society like yourself only ever need have nightmares about. They face that nightmare every day and then come back the next day to do it all again.
These particular police, via their contretemps with the Paramedics, may have been in the wrong totally, partially or not at all - I simply don't know and will wait for a full, complete and independant review of their actions before commenting. I wasn't there so I don't intend to judge them and I have complete confidence that, once judged, they will either face punishment if deserved or apology if warranted.
What I* do* know is that, across the nation at the very same time were probably another half a million Law Enforcement Officers - who DIDN'T make the news that night - doing all the dirty, dangerous, dehumanising and soul-destroying tasks that are part of Policing across the world. They were crying over needless death, being assaulted for enforcing the laws that they did not right but swore an Oath to uphold, helping people, steering children free of drugs, directing traffic, providing safety at sporting and public events, missing family gatherings and important personal events because they place us and duty first, being killed wrongfully and shamefully and, generally, being some of the best role models our society has at a ridiculously bargain-basement price.
Criticise the ones in the wrong if you must - and I repeat that I think that, in fairness, you should wait until all the facts are in and the full story known - but for the sake of all that is decent, come out and give your full and unqualified support for all those others out there who are doing all of these good things so you can sit back in comfort and criticise them on line. If you are so unhappy about the state of the Legal and Justice sysatems in your Nation then DO something. Running once, 12 years ago, for an 'archaic office' that is nothing more than a 'political position which does favours' is not "doing something" and NEITHER is sitting on here whinging about things which you only know about through the filter of media outlets and have no first-hand experience over. Earn the right to comment by doing something as meaningful in your life as the hundreds of thousands of Police Officers across your country do every single day and then you will have earned the right to be listened to as someone with an informed position to comment upon.
I swore an Oath that I would lay down my life to protect my community. I did so even for those like you who have not one good thing to say about those who serve the community day and night, but at the end of the day I often asked myself why I bothered. People like you, who take one or two or even a dozen incidents and tar a whole law enforcement community with them, are one very significant reason people like me eventually say "I've had enough" and leave. We should never cease fair and just oversight of our Police but what you are espousing in your posts is neither fair nor just; it is simply denigration born of personal bias.
Think on that for a while.
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