Just because today I chose to give a shit. How many officers do you honest to god know knowingly chose to commit a crime, did so, had substantial evidence against them, and wasn't charged?

Just because someone is a cop doesn't mean you need less evidence to charge them. Also officers are put into places daily that most people won't ever experience.

Sometimes an officer's perception of a situation is different then what a video shows. You see a baby born on video, but you won't feel that mother's love. You hear a story about someone passing away, but you won't grieve like that family grieves. My point being you didn't FEEL and SEE and THINK what that officer felt.

What if you had someone pulled over on the road, and they suddenly reach into their pocket while approaching you uninvited and pull out an object and point it at you? Do you shoot? It might be easy to say, until you're in the situation. But you choose to, because you felt in danger. Then a video surfaces from a different angle and shows that what the man pulled out wasn't a gun, but was his wallet.

I mean no disrespect towards you, but my point is this. What evidence do you have that SO many officers did something undeniably wrong, and a crime, but still weren't charged? What experience do YOU have in the matter?

I'll straight up say what I'm thinking. This world isn't what most people perceive. Violence and abuse is hidden from society, but is rampant. Just like homelessness. You notice them for a second, and then just forget about it. Because you don't have to think about it. Because the boys in blue handle these things so the citizens don't have to. Believe me. That's a sacrifice of its own that I respect. And I'm not a patrol officer, so this isn't even coming from a patrolman.