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If anyone hasn't noticed, I feel so strongly about this subject, as my father has been a police officer for 25 years. Him and a few of the other department members, on their off day today, will be driving down to Oakland to take part in the funeral prosession tomorrow. This is totally on their dollar, and only to show support for the fallen officers. I'm really not trying to target anyone with my rage against "people who hate cops", but I see the other side. I see my father who works his ass off to take care of people on a daily basis, who loves his job and who loves doing the right thing. yes their are officers who let the power go to their heads, but I really do believe it isn't as many as some may think. A lot of officers get rage from people for doing nothing more than trying to protect them. They don't have the option of who or what calls they respond to, and they are required by law to give service to everyone in need. It becomes frustrating for me to read a guy say "I hate cops", when I very well know he someday may need the service he rails against. Will he appreciate it then? Yes, absolutely. I really think the ignorance needs to stop, and the self awareness needs to prevail. We as a people need to stop with the self importance as if society needs to fit into our daily lifes, and realize we are a small clog and we need to fit into society. Unfortunately a strong police force is needed in todays world, as we saw in Oakland this week. I wish it didn't have to be that way, as that would mean as a people we would have succeeded. This just isn't the case, I just think maybe we need to have a little more admiration for what these officers do for us.
QFT.
Grew up in a Law Enforcement family, too. I can't stand idiot cops who give a bad reputation to all the cops out there who do their job the right way.



