Because the other thread, where a cop literally ate glass, we had a bunch of conspiracy theorist acting like someone purposefully put glass in an officer's burger and kept talking of the impending race war led by Hussain and BLM militia vs real Americans..so it's a little annoying, considering no one maliciously put glass in the man's burger..hope that explain it enough..
I see what you're saying now. I don't give a single shit, but I see the context. I'll maybe start having concern to help stifle the free speech of my fellow citizens when cops stop protecting each other from justice for the unaccountable murders of hundreds of civilians.
If the good cops don't want to have the threat of social backlash from unstable individuals, maybe they have a decision to make about the safety of their own lives being more important than protecting murderers among them.
Maybe we need to see more cops not giving random people a hug or playing basketball with some kids, but crying out against these injustices that make them look bad, breach trust with the populace, and most importantly ends the lives of innocent people and destroys the lives of their families.
I don't trust cops at all. Not just from this shit, but from my neighborhood growing up. If I'm walking along and see some cops up to some shit I decide that this block here is the one I need to turn on. I limit my speech to cops as much as possible because I don't know what crazy suspicions they might have (possibly implanted by pure BS called in to them by a paranoid asshole) or how they might decide to twist some innocuous shit against me. If I need help or see some fishy stuff I won't call the cops because I'm afraid it is more likely that someone might unnecessarily lose their life with a cop checking it out than it is for me to just be mistaken or to handle my own business. If I am threatened by someone on the street and a cop intervenes, I'll still feel more threatened by the cop. If I ever get in a situation where cops have their guns drawn nearby I'll be on the ground with my arms and legs spread out still expecting to get beat up or killed for no reason.
I am by no means alone. That is the country we live in. That is a problem they made and a problem they need to help fix. If they aren't helping, I'm not covering their asses from the natural social repercussions of the environment they are creating.
I do not condone violence at all, but hate away, haters.