Recently there has been a trend among police officers in
major metropolitan areas and that trend is killing people. When I was a kid in
the late 1970s, the police officer in your area was your best friend. He helps
you when you needed help and it seemed like he was always there when you needed
him. He will come to your local baseball games, football games, and high school
events. The one thing he was he was always there. This is when serve and
protect meant something. The police officer had to read you your Miranda rights
have sufficient evidence to arrest you and they for sure what not shoot first
and ask questions later.
Less lethal doesn’t mean they can’t kill you. Tasers have
been around for a while and the police officers have to be instructed on how to
use them. I know if the situation was different later a person was driving down
methamphetamines or drugged out, it would take more than just one Taser bring
somebody. But I seen a recent trend in police officer’s behavior, it has
changed from “to protect and serve” to “arrest and imprison.” I know a lot of
people read this blog but this is just my opinion. Police officers are trained
to deal with people with psychological disorders, if they run into a person
with a psychological disorder they usually just tase them or if they have
weapon just shoot them. Police officers even when they go after a suspect as in
the case of Christopher Dorner, police officers with see a suspect vehicle and
tried to stop them; if they didn’t stop the police officer would shoot. This
happened on two occasions when the police officers saw a suspect in vehicle
without going through procedure and just shooting the occupants of the
vehicles. I have heard of another case, where the police had a suspect in
custody, by that I mean that a suspect with handcuffed in the back of a police
car. The police officer who shot this man said he had a gun, but they could not
find one in the area. The suspect was shot dead and no retaliation of substance
against the police officer was taken by the city’s administration. I feel the
reason for a police officer’s total disregard of public safety and situational
awareness is grounds for dismissal, but the police officers union doesn’t see
it that way. As long as a police officer is saying that he is in fear of his
life, the shooting was justified.
Police unions are not helping the situation when it comes to
excessive force. Now a citizen’s definition of excessive force or when the
times that legal force is needed from a police officer. First let’s look at the
police officers equipment: bulletproof vest, usually 9 mm handgun semiautomatic
with a 14 round clip at least, 2 to 3 extra 14 round clips, hand cuffs, Taser
with a couple recharges, mag-light, baton, and the rest of the police officers on
the shift. Oh I forgot to mention the police car with an AR 15 in the back
trunk with full automatic with several 30 round clips in the trunk. Now if I
was a police officer, I think that would be enough armament and body armor to
feel somewhat safe. There also are procedural things a police officer can do to
maintain the safety. The Metropolitan Police Departments recruit a different breed
of police officer today. I heard of police officers taking steroids and other
performance-enhancing drugs. Police officers are angry, hateful, and downright
despicable. This is the reason why people are so afraid of the police today.
They act like; they are Judge, jury, and executioner. I call this a
psychological disorder called the “Judge Dredd syndrome.” Now I’m not a
psychologist but I think that if you could have a psychological disorder for
believing in the Constitution and liberty, which is a political stance on
psychology, a soft science, then I can say the same about police officers, the
TSA, the Department of Homeland Security, the FBI, and any other government
enforcement agency.
I’m angry at the simple fact that the Constitution is
continuously violated by the same people that are supposed to uphold it. I’m
not saying all police officers suffer with this psychological disorder, Judge
Dredd syndrome or JDS. Law enforcement officers in small towns and communities,
a lot of County Sheriff’s are standing up against those that want to oppress us
so stand up with them.
