Good cops/bad cops and plenty of both out there...

People are definitely not smart. Cops are there to protect people and their property and to keep the peace. In this situation the cop was just doing his job, making sure things do not get out of hand and have someone get really hurt because of tempers flying.

There are some overzealous cops, the job tends to attract people who will put their lives on the line to protect people, similar to those who would join the military to help protect our people. They deserve our respect and patients. There are some bad cops, maybe five to ten percent. The job also attracts people who like to have power over others and a few that would just get the job to get rich. Now that is in line with the rest of the population of this country, there are overzealous workers, there are people who will step on others to get to the top, and a few that will ally with criminals to gain wealth. The majority of people in this country are civil and peaceful and these people need our police forces to protect us.

Now the people in this situation need to understand, if you get rid of the cops than it will lead to a condition where they are not safe walking alone or in a group on the street. Someone without rules will take over and make up their own rules. Nobody would be safe leaving their own community, they would possibly be considered a threat by those protecting the other communities. If they didn't like what you said they could shoot you if they wanted, you are a stranger to the community and they would be trying to protect their citizens. This would form prison communities everywhere, a prisoner because you cannot safely go elsewhere.

We need to arrest people who interfere with a cop doing their job like in this instance, these people need to be taught to respect the people who look over us. Now some people cannot see the possibility of a worse life on the other side of the fence, all they can see is that someone is interfering with the way they want it to be. That is actually not the goal of society and civilization, it is a sign of chaos coming.

I do believe that there are some cops that are bad. I understand when a cop is assaulted they can get mad and do things they would normally not do. they are human and that is a human trait. If everyone treated the cops with respect and were civil and honest, we could get the best people into these jobs. But that is a fairytale, the country is full of deceitful and dishonest people, probably twenty percent of the population fall into that bracket. Deceit is taught to us from young, believing in Santa Clause and accepting it as normal if stressed in this society. Then of course politicians and lawyers who use deceit daily. Still the dishonest and deceitful only make up twenty percent, up almost ten percent from when I was a kid. The people who think they are entitled has risen dramatically though over the years, from ten percent to thirty percent because lots of kids have not been taught humility. They have not been conditioned properly and that is what has led to incidents like the opening post of the thread. These people are dangerous for society, it tears society apart when the numbers get this high.

Boy, I got to learn to make two line posts so they aren't so drawn out.