Reply #70: I may be a little biased since my brother is a cop (well was a cop, now

[Shell Beau]

a state trooper). I know of just SOME of the things he has had to deal with. It would make a lot of people insane. Really. He did almost lose his marriage over it. He has become a different person. He is still a good person, but he has hardened a lot. He has had threats on his children and wife for arresting the head of a local gang. He saw tons of dead bodies during Katrina. He found a little 6 year old dead in a garbage can. Told numerous families that their loved ones were dead. So much more, some things I don't want to even discuss. He is not an asshole cop. He has never tased anyone. He has been tased himself 3 times. One incident did make him seek counseling. I won't go into it, but it was rough. Very rough. He does this, like all cops, for crappy pay. And deals with a lot of cop bashing and hate. And he will be the first one to hate on asshole cops. They aren't all bad. I get so tired of having this argument on DU. I do understand the bad ones are BAD. They are gross people who got in it for the wrong reasons, or got so desensitized that they should leave the job. But I will not stand for those who shit on all cops when I have met so many good ones. Ones that will risk their life for you. Ones that will run into those burning towers when everyone else is running out. Ones that will head to the hurricane when everyone else is getting out. Ones that we call when we are in danger. And they show up. That stuff rarely makes the news. Only the ugly stuff does.