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Originally Posted by Halanna
As the wife of a retired career NYPD officer. Married 17 years. One child.
The general public sees police officers as superheroes. They are not supposed to have emotion, they are not supposed to have an independant thought. They are just supposed to perform to the specifications of the public and all their rules, every second of every day.
That is not the reality. Your police officers are REAL human beings.
The "suspect" or perp, does NOT care who they mow down, run over, maim, dismember, or just kill. To them, it is just a game, story, badge of honor or simply something to do. Regardless of their reason, they have no feeling nor sympathy for the victims or their families.
There is a reason we give Police Officers weapons. They are not always in the form of a gun.
We need order.
We need protection.
We need to be protected from those who will find joy in doing us harm.
We need Police Officers. Do you risk your life everyday when you go to work?
The Officer did the unsavory, but correct human reacion. Get over it.
Law and Order is not a TV show, it's real life, on the streets of America.
Thank who ever you deem, that this didn't happen in your town, to you're family, to you're friends.
If it did, you might feel different.
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Nobody is arguing that cops aren't human beings.We're just arguing that if people are going to take on the responsibility of legally having a gun, and being able to use it when necessary, or any other form of force, then that very need is going to be very closely scrutinized by the people.
Do you know why? Cops, in their career choice, have the tools and power to end your life, or make it miserable.
To all the cops who hold this responsibility with humility, careful judgment, and who know where their responsibilities and rights end, our gratitude is eternal.
"the correct human reaction" isn't in the job description, anywhere. It's the enforcement and carrying out of what the law says. If we let them always react the way their gut feeling tells them to, instead of keeping a cool head and following protocol, why not just let mob justice take care of criminals? We can just let their immediate judgment handle the arrest and the punishment.
Yes, we do need protection, but only within the limits of the law.