In the Line of Duty

[Pyrrho]

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Cops work to sustain this system for its elite, a class which none of us here belong to. So I really see no compelling reason to give a shit. They took a job, they knew the risks, they got paid reasonably well (with amazing benefits for them and their families). 

That sounds as far off the mark for describing why most cops become cops, as the common Christian claim that most atheists just hate god.  Since I don't like being told why I accept the label of atheist, I'm not going to presume to tell policemen why they do the work they do.

It is possible to see cops as inadvertent lackies of the 1%, like so many others.  I wouldn't assume they are equal partners with the 1%'ers.  You can work for them in the fields or work for them in the big house.  But only republicans are gullible enough to think they are their partners.

First, I think it is perfectly obvious that different people have different motives for becoming cops. Some really want to 'protect abnd serve,' and some want to bust some heads without getting into legal trouble for doing so, and, being cowards, want an unfair advantage in the fight.

My father-in-law is a retired police officer. He would tell you the same thing I just did.

(As an aside, if every cop were like my father-in-law, we would not be having this discussion at all. We would instead by asking, why are all those cops such strange fellows? Sure, they do their job very well, but....)


Second, I could be mistaken, but I believe that francismjenkins meant that that was what cops are doing, not that that is what they intend to be doing.