Fuck The vs. I Love: The Cops
Bad boys, bad boys, watcha gonna do? Watcha gonna do when they come for you?
The boys in blue. The working force. Or simply as we know them, the cops. There have been movie parodies about them, song written against them; they seem to be a last resort to your 'I party at 3:30 AM' neighbors. The point is, people have mixed emotions about them.
On one hand, they can be on your sides. Whether we hate to admit or not, the cops make us feel at least a smidge bit safe. I mean, think about it. What would happen if the cops weren't around? Robbery, murder, and many other things would be out of control. The point being, they help to keep society under control, for the most part.
But what happens when they abuse that power and responsiblity? I'm just going to bring up a story that still, to this day, pisses me off. The Democratic National Convention, 2000. The scene, after the cops shut down the Rage Against The Machine due to two rowdy fans who were throwing objects at them. They cited that the crowd was getting too rowdy. So then what happened? Yup, a riot. Shouts of 'Nazi Pigs Fuck Off' could be heard throughout the crowd. So, naturally, the cops went into riot control. They used pepper bombs, police batons. and even horses. Doesn't sound out of the ordinary, does it? Well, the footage of one reporter states different. The footage shows a reporter who was trying to outrun all the pepper bombs, and was run into a corner, and then trampled by, 3 policemen on horses. When asked about the footage, one policemean stated, 'Well, you should have gotten out of the way, next question.'
Police brutality seems to be a growing problem in this country, as well as a few other others. Songs, such as Police Truck by the Dead Kennedys and Fuck Police Brutality by Cut Your Losses talk about it. Hell, it's even starting to get in the news.
In my firm opinion, I don't mind the police as long as they keep they're boundries and they don't act like douchebags.
The boys in blue. The working force. Or simply as we know them, the cops. There have been movie parodies about them, song written against them; they seem to be a last resort to your 'I party at 3:30 AM' neighbors. The point is, people have mixed emotions about them.
On one hand, they can be on your sides. Whether we hate to admit or not, the cops make us feel at least a smidge bit safe. I mean, think about it. What would happen if the cops weren't around? Robbery, murder, and many other things would be out of control. The point being, they help to keep society under control, for the most part.
But what happens when they abuse that power and responsiblity? I'm just going to bring up a story that still, to this day, pisses me off. The Democratic National Convention, 2000. The scene, after the cops shut down the Rage Against The Machine due to two rowdy fans who were throwing objects at them. They cited that the crowd was getting too rowdy. So then what happened? Yup, a riot. Shouts of 'Nazi Pigs Fuck Off' could be heard throughout the crowd. So, naturally, the cops went into riot control. They used pepper bombs, police batons. and even horses. Doesn't sound out of the ordinary, does it? Well, the footage of one reporter states different. The footage shows a reporter who was trying to outrun all the pepper bombs, and was run into a corner, and then trampled by, 3 policemen on horses. When asked about the footage, one policemean stated, 'Well, you should have gotten out of the way, next question.'
Police brutality seems to be a growing problem in this country, as well as a few other others. Songs, such as Police Truck by the Dead Kennedys and Fuck Police Brutality by Cut Your Losses talk about it. Hell, it's even starting to get in the news.
In my firm opinion, I don't mind the police as long as they keep they're boundries and they don't act like douchebags.
I basically just agree with most of the comments here. My family, cousins and such, are in the police force and they seem to suffer at the hands of criminals more than the criminals suffer at the hands of them. I’ve heard the horror stories, I’ve had family members arrested for ‘certain’ things and I accept this all. Sure, the odd police officer does something wrong, but think of the thousands out there doing their job and keeping us safe. Without police who would enforce all the laws? I doubt you could have written that without some thug wrecking your ability to write that through a theft or an attack.
Police brutality does occur, yes, but most of the time it can be justified as the only solution to a potentially homicidal situation. I’m no condoning it, I’m simply suggesting you look at the other side of things.
The media is often very quick to blame the police; society likes a scapegoat and if one can’t be found through a criminal the guilt is pushed onto police officers who are trying to do their job.
But that’s just my opinion.
We're Outlaws, Yeah!, June 4th, 2008 at 05:55:56pm
You know, cherry picking stories about police brutality is like shooting fish in a barrel;not difficult. But in the grand scheme of things, those are stories about a few police officers in relation to the millions in the world. Of course police brutality makes it on to the news, what do you think will get more ratings...
"Police Officer Uses Excessive Force on Teenage Girl"
-or-
"Police Officer Arrests Theif"
The first one, of course, it has shock value. The second doesn't because its expected. Cops don't get nearly the credit they deserve, in my opinion.
Kurtni, June 3rd, 2008 at 05:54:25pm
I sort of like cops and the idea of criminal justice.
Undercover copping is on my list of career choices, it just seems rewarding.
I see cops as nice guys, untill they are proven otherwise.
Tyler Durden, June 3rd, 2008 at 12:23:11am
My mom's a police officer. She's just out there to 'Uphold the law'. Which is what all emergency service officers do. People like my mommy .. keep bad guys from doing "bad" things. I've just got to tell you that not all police officers are corrupt. I can promise you that all the police officers that I know through my mom are 100% nice people. Its wrong of you to lump them all together in one group.
But, nice blog :) I like it.
ROSLYNN, June 2nd, 2008 at 11:07:20pm