I used to have this thought that cops put their lives at risk to protect people. That's part of what made them brave. Dillon Taylor (being an unarmed man) is someone that the cops have a responsibility to protect. It seems like officers have decided that an officer's comfort level is always more important than civilian's safety. That's too bad. I guess I'll have to find another profession to respect. Most soldiers I hear who chime in on these threads usually indicate that it was harder for them to gun down an "enemy insurgent" in a warzone than it is for cops to shoot unarmed people. Anymore I feel like most cops are just high school dropouts playing soldier, which makes them much more dangerous to the public than actual soldiers.

I don't even know where to start with how broken this institution is in America. It's basically a bunch of thugs who have some social credibility due to historical accident. They aren't all bad, but enough of them are. Here are some actual facts (warning, contains pictures of some pretty serious damage done to a 2 year old).

• Police departments reject candidates who are smart that's right. According to police the one thing they don't need are candidates who might have better judgement.
• Police departments steal your money, put it on trial (you have no say) and use it to (you can't make this shit up) buy margarita machines. It's a slush fund. Good bye house. You don't have to be accused of anything, your property is on trial.
• They can blow a hole in a 2 year old. Their callous response they: "did not see any toys or children clothes that would have warned them of an infant being present.". That's right, in much the same way Dillon Taylor failed to prove he was unarmed before being murdered, so it's his fault, this family failed to make it clear enough to potential swat teams that there was a 2 year old home. I hope they learned their lesson. pictures
• They can and will murder a 92 year old woman and plant drugs.
• They will attempt to imprison people for using entirely fabricated testimony.
• After they beat you, you can expect to be charged with bleeding on them.

As enraged as I am, I want any cops who do read this to know: I don't think you're all bad, but I think you as an organization have failed to police the police. I don't need every policeman to be perfect, I need some shred of evidence that police will take responsibility for their actions and pay for their mistakes. I'm sorry but it is now at the point where you need to prove to me that you're deserving of the respect traditionally associated with your profession.

Lucky for me this is just something that I get upset about occasionally when I read about it online. I don't live in fear. I'm a well-off white guy so those cowards are much less likely to shoot me. That's privilege.