Respect for Cops

What’s happening now is a complete breakdown in respect for police. These are the guys (and gals) who put their lives on the line every day to protect us. Criminals do not wear a uniform and are not thus easily identified. Cops do, and are. That puts a “target on their backs” as they go about their necessary DUTIES in our protection. Any uniformed cop is subject to being executed in the same manner as those two hapless New York cops who were murdered by a known criminal. Yes, some cops DO make mistakes. Those cops in New York made a mistake in “taking down” a man who had trouble breathing, anyway, in such a rough manner. But he WAS “resisting,” which, in itself, is a crime. The cop in Ferguson, MO did NOT. That kill was “righteous” in that he was defending himself against an out-of-control LARGE man who was attacking him, and didn’t NEED to be armed to be a danger to the life of the cop.

But they have scant seconds to make life or death decisions, and there WILL be mistakes made. But if we don’t have a modicum of respect for cops, they can’t do their jobs. They’re forced to walk around with that “target on their backs” every day and nobody with INTELLIGENCE now would blame them if they are much more quick to shoot when attacked, which will lead to yet more confrontations about “police brutality” while NOBODY talks about CRIMINAL brutality toward cops, as well as private citizens. Only a CRIMINAL would demonstrate while screaming, “Kill cops!” Or “What do we want? Dead cops!” Don’t succumb to the “criminal element” that want to eliminate the cops as a detriment to their criminality. Don’t make the cops into victims. You will suffer for it if you do. (Just Common Sense)