Pete the Police Officer?
When a 22 year old in Cincinatti snatched a police officers gun and shot him in the hand, a nearby officer fatally shot the man in the chest. This sparked riots and controversy over the use of police force and lead to multiple investigations.
In Iraq an insurgent shot at Marines and the Marines killed him. The Marines actions went relatively unnoticed.
Sometimes I feel like, as a polcie officer, it is going to be nearly impossible to deal with ignorance. When someone pulls a gun on me I'd want to shoot, but 99 percent of the time officers restrain until the suspect fires first or their life is in danger. No one cares that the deranged man in Indianapolis shot his mother to death, hit three officers, killed another. They only care that an insane man was shot and killed by a police officer. As a police officer, I'm going to be going out on the street and arresting people and then a year later they will be back on the street. Not to mention cowardice. If an officer gets shot, chances are it is by them walking up to someone and that person shooting them completely unprovoked and with no warning.
Our legal system doesn't work. And as it isn't working, we are becoming more lenient and lax with it, and it is failing more. We ignore 4,000 illegal immigrants coming into the country everyday. We ignore drug dealers getting out of jail after 6 months. I feel like maybe, someday, someone will start cleaning the 'trash' and then things will get dirty.
I'm saying this because it depresses me that my career is to put myself in the line of danger and protect those who can't protect themselves, and to protect those who assault me, and no one will appreciate my work. I feel more strongly every day that I would like to join the armed forces. But, at the same time, I feel like this would destroy a family life I would love to have.
Can I get a rapture what what! poof
In Iraq an insurgent shot at Marines and the Marines killed him. The Marines actions went relatively unnoticed.
Sometimes I feel like, as a polcie officer, it is going to be nearly impossible to deal with ignorance. When someone pulls a gun on me I'd want to shoot, but 99 percent of the time officers restrain until the suspect fires first or their life is in danger. No one cares that the deranged man in Indianapolis shot his mother to death, hit three officers, killed another. They only care that an insane man was shot and killed by a police officer. As a police officer, I'm going to be going out on the street and arresting people and then a year later they will be back on the street. Not to mention cowardice. If an officer gets shot, chances are it is by them walking up to someone and that person shooting them completely unprovoked and with no warning.
Our legal system doesn't work. And as it isn't working, we are becoming more lenient and lax with it, and it is failing more. We ignore 4,000 illegal immigrants coming into the country everyday. We ignore drug dealers getting out of jail after 6 months. I feel like maybe, someday, someone will start cleaning the 'trash' and then things will get dirty.
I'm saying this because it depresses me that my career is to put myself in the line of danger and protect those who can't protect themselves, and to protect those who assault me, and no one will appreciate my work. I feel more strongly every day that I would like to join the armed forces. But, at the same time, I feel like this would destroy a family life I would love to have.
Can I get a rapture what what! poof