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Originally Posted by afc wimbledon
the thin blue line thing became a problem when it became a cover for an attitude 'we are all that stands between you and the barbarians at the gate, therefore you should never question what we do, any and all ends are justified'
There is no 'us and them' all cops are there to serve all of us, even the few bad guys, we are all 'us', cops, criminals and law abiding citizens, we are all in the same boat
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Sorry to hijack the thread here but just to your point of “we are all that stands between you etc”, there is some truth to the first part where the public expects me to stand between them and those that would steal from them or harm them and I’m good with that. I’m also good with people questioning why I did what I did or to question the methods I used. That’s the rub. No one should become a police officer with the expectations of being lauded or appreciated. We are a necessary evil, we have to do our duty and we have to expect we’ll be scrutinized. End of story.