In the Line of Duty

[Mister Agenda]

For every one police officer that isn't performing their duties correctly, there are at least five who are.

It wouldn't surprise me if that number is true - as long as their duties do not include challenging the bad cops. But that's a huge issue. A bad cop is far worse than any criminal because he has the power of government behind him. If one of these good cops is keeping the petty criminals in line but allowing the bad cops to run amok, I don't know how much good he is.

It wouldn't surprise me if that number is true either, which is a crying shame because 16 or 17% bad cops is unacceptable.

My heart goes out for the 40 or 50 cops who have been killed in the line of duty in the last 12 months. It also goes out to the over a thousand killed by cops in the last year.

Edit: And I'm sure many of those hundreds of people killed by police would be considered justifiable kills by most reasonable people. The evidence seems to be mounting that the percentage that don't fit that description is significant.