William Joyce
Chemotherapy for PC
I am a long time public defender.
Ah, someone who's more convinced than anyone that "they're all guilty!"
True story:
Some cops are assholes. Pretty much every officer will admit that. The vast majority are not.
But even the ones who are not face a lot in the street. They meet MAJOR attitude, especially from blacks who sometimes don't even give a white cop a chance --- a white cop who pulled him over for some blatant traffic violation, and didn't even know the race of the driver. To some blacks, the mere existence of white cops is "racism". So, the police can be assertive in their tone. That comes off harsh. But all the while, police just don't have that much of an incentive to be too harsh. They work the street daily. They're there all the time. They need other folks in the neighborhood: for tips, for help, for cooperation... and yes, 98 percent of the time, they help the BLACK VICTIMS of crime.
Different sides to every story.
The unions create an ugly angle, but I can tell you as a lawyer who used to defend them in tort actions that they see the whole world as being against them. And there's some truth to it: liberal judges, snotty lawyers, "civil rights" groups, the freakin' PRESS, don't get me started... police do not have it so easy. Even during that traffic stop, he's not always the king. Sometimes those situations lead to police shot dead. And they never know it's coming, of course. To those who criticize too freely, I say, walk the beat one day.