Reply #26: I like your last 3 statements...

[sojourner]

but there is a certain tension between that respect/gratitude and civilian oversight/accountability thing that seems to out of whack. On my end I guess it's because I can totally respect individual cops...but taken as a totality I fear their power and seeming lack of accountability. Read the comments here and you'll see that the negative encounters we have tend to completely undermine any good that might once have been accomplished.

I appreciate your balance most of all. Thanks for posting!