As the nation continues to grapple with the thorny issues of race and policing, some officers have been bruised by comments made by some local and national officials and have accused them of showing more support for the protesters, some of whom have violently clashed with police, than for their police departments. Law enforcement officials say morale is flagging among the rank-and-file, who they say feel \u201cbetrayed\u201d by President Obama and Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. in their calls for tough reforms of policing tactics.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe might be reaching a tipping point with the mind-set of officers, who are beginning to wonder if the risks they take to keep communities safe are even worth it anymore,\u201d Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke said. \u201cIn New York and other places, we\u2019re seeing a natural recoil from law enforcement officers who don\u2019t feel like certain people who need to have their backs have their backs.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
I understand that police officers have a tougher job than the military – they have to try and protect all life until their own life is in jeopardy. <\/p>\n
But, imagine if you will, that you’re carry 150 pounds of people-killing crap on your back and your job is to kill as many people as you can find – that everyone in front of you wants you dead, but every time you kill someone, you’ll read about what a monster you are. Even if you don’t ever kill anyone, you’re still a monster because the government loads you down with shithead killing material and you sally forth and then the very people who sent you forth disavow your every action. Demand investigations. The more you accomplish, the more resources they take from you – and then blame you for your failures, no matter how slight.<\/p>\n
And then, every time those very same people present themselves in front of you, you must shake their hand, you must cheer for them on command, you must salute them, because if you don’t, it’s mutiny.<\/p>\n
Folks in the military are used to that treatment, at least for the last fifty years or so. The police shouldn’t be surprised that they’re abandoned by the politicians when it’s convenient. But then, we don’t do it for the accolades, we don’t do it to endear ourselves to the perfumed princes. We do it for the folks who can’t protect themselves, we do it for the folks on our left and right who are depending on us to do it. We do it because no one else will and someone damn well needs to do it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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