5 Ala. officers fired for beating caught on tape

[Missin21]

Originally Posted by jsarno

You are putting words in my mouth with the connection to the Military. If I believe that 99% are doing their jobs and we should look the other way in most cases, why would I not think that out of Military personel? However, to compare rape with someone getting "abused", don't you think that's a tad over the top? Rape should not be acceptable in ANY circumstance.

No, I agree. It was a bad analogy that I used. I apologize. I was merely pointing to the fact that when soldiers do things that are questionable, we often forget the danger these men place themselves in 24/7 for the sake of our freedom versus the police who do not.

Funny thing is, when I read your rant, at first I thought, damn he had some awful expereinces, then the more I read and the more I saw your anger, the more I realized that you probably THINK you did NOTHING to envoke the officer, but in fact you did. Fact is, even in the cops caught on camera, the "victim" usually mouths off, or spits at them, or does some behavior that's lewd or uncivilized. I'd wager you played the same roll in your "victim" status. Guess what, I have not had the experiences you had with the police cause I actually respect them and what they do. When they come to my window, I use the word "sir" a lot. (not PIG for instance)

I didn't read your whole post simply because you are running on assumptions now. Do you honestly think that because I feel this way now that I have ALWAYS felt this way?

And I have NEVER called a cop a pig to his face like that. I have always said "sir" or "officer" because regardless of what I say here & how I TRULY feel, he still has a badge...& a gun. This is where my anger stems from.

And don't forget, I also mentioned that I had a friend put in the hospital because of cops who were on a rampage. I still really don't know what that was all about. Don't really care either, at this point. Just a bunch of thugs with badges taking out their frustration on someone they could.

I don't expect you to believe this because your respect for cops is obviously far reaching & without your own terrible experiences, you simply won't believe it. I have always tried to be respectful TO a cop when he has pulled me over or stopped me in whatever capacity & have been as forthcoming & honest as possible. That has mattered little.

I know you must think that I have spat at every cop that I encountered & called them Pigs when they come up to my car simply because I have a bias against them because of my experiences. That is simply not true. I am biased & have anger towards them because they have treated me so poorly IN SPITE of my show of respect for them. I feel as though, if I were calling them pigs & spitting at them everytime I was approached by a cop, well, then of course they were abusing me. But I wasn't.

But you go on believing that all cops are wonderful & have absolutely no agenda or biases or abuse their power. My hope is that you don't have to experience that side of them, because, my friend, it is a very scary thing & not pretty. When something like that happens, you are truly powerless. And that is extremely frightening.