Hatin Since 87
Bacon Hater
Few good points there that I can agree with wholeheartedly... but I don’t think the police have poor branding. I think people and media drive a narrative and continually put bad apples in the spotlight and it gives that perception. They thrive on keeping us divided. Left vs right. Black vs white. Cop vs citizen.I’m not painting with a broad brush. Unfortunately i seem to have found myself as being painted as the opposition because I thought a discussion of the opposition and their viewpoints would be thought provoking and intelligent. But it has devolved into this and if I have to be the bad guy for bringing up the poor branding that police have right now then so be it. I’m fine with that.
As to them being overwhelmed I understand and agree. I spent some time working as an armed guard during the riots and was thoroughly disturbed at the amount of calls I heard on the scanner and amount that IMPD simply couldn’t respond to. I spent my nights listening to the scanner for the same reason I follow BLM Twitter and follow certain sub Reddit’s. I wanted intel, fighting without information and intel when it’s readily available is a fools errand.
I remember when I was in high school we all thought cops were ***holes who just wanted to bust the party on Friday nights and give fines for speeding. Now I understand they bust up high school parties because it saves teenagers from getting hammered and dying on their way home, speeding tickets so the self centered jackasses on the highway aren’t running over everyone.