I guess it comes down to one's experiences.
I have three first cousins who are police detectives.
Cincinnati police. They attend the same church we do and are honest as the day is long. There were two other Cincinnati Police officers in our Church not related to us but the nicest guys ya would ever wanna hang out with
We played on a softball team together for years. He was really good at second base.
I played Third and center field. No need for a fourth outfielder as we had plenty of speed . So we moved our tenth fielder directly behind second base bag to keep the grounders up the middle from becoming base hits.
My point being that the vast majority of police I have ever had encounters with are professional. You say yes sir or no sir if asked any questions and be respectful.. They're in charge not us.
Its tragic that a life has been lost. especially over a police encounter.
I just don't buy into the notion that cops are just out to harass people.
Call me naive or whatever but I nor my black friends and colleagues have never had any bad experiences with being pulled over..
I don;t disagree with your assertion about authorities knowing all about us. Its been that way for a long time..
BTW, I'm not a Libtard. My last traffic stop was about two years ago when I stupidly got impatient on the interstate and changed lanes fairly rapidly to get around a semi that was holding everything up.
A State trooper was behind me when I accelerated . I got the Christmas red lights flashing almost immediately.
The officer, a woman, was very polite and professional and I obeyed her instructions and kept my hand in plain sight. Because I was polite and respectful of her authority she only wrote me a ticket for speeding. It could have been worse. I apologized for the lack of judgment.
Normally respect and courtesy gets that same response back. At least that is my experience.
If one doesn't start at that point, things can only devolve from there and the officer is still in charge.. So nothing changed...
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