Reply #40: Is there any where that I said that they should

[zalinda]

get away with it? I said that there are 2 sides to a story. Social workers do not have to put their lives on the line every day. If a cop stops someone for a traffic violation, they could get shot. The uniform that they wear is like a target on their back. There is no other job like it. Soldiers know going into a situation that they are going to get shot at. Cops can go into a situation between a couple in their living room and can end up knifed. The amount of stress has to be unbelievable. They need help to get all the crap in their head out. Until we mandate some sort of therapy, we will always have cops who act out violently, whether it is against someone else or themselves. There is a reason that the divorce and suicide rates are high among cops. But, to say that all/many/most/large amount of cops are bad, does nothing to solve the problem.

And this is coming from someone who HAS been arrested and spent a night in jail.

zalinda