Catters 070911
Club Legend
- Oct 13, 2017
- 2,270
- 2,101
- AFL Club
- Geelong
- Banned
- #2,126
I feel sorry for the police.
They are constantly criticized by the media, who never commend them when they catch a criminal, but are happy to show video footage where a person records police arresting someone forcibly, but not show what lead up to it, which probably explained why they were forcibly handled.
It is also a case of "damned if they do, damned if they don't".
They pursue a joyrider, they are criticised if the crim crashes and dies.
But if they do nothing, they are criticised for their inaction.
Arrest protestors, they are heavy-handed, and it is "police brutality", but do nothing and they are "weak and ineffective".
Shoot someone, it is "excessive force", but don't shoot someone, and the cop may be a casualty themselves.
There is more focus in the media about police manhandling protestors, then cops who are bashed by people.
Then you have that the cops arrest someone, only for weak courts to set them free to offend again.
Once police used to be "feared". You didn't want to be arrested, because you would get in trouble with the police AND your parents.
But these days, police are criticised and vilified. They have to justify their actions constantly to the media, the public and Police Intergrity.
They have to attend accidents and see people die, and they go to work every day, not knowing if they will come home that night, because they could be shot.
They are constantly criticized by the media, who never commend them when they catch a criminal, but are happy to show video footage where a person records police arresting someone forcibly, but not show what lead up to it, which probably explained why they were forcibly handled.
It is also a case of "damned if they do, damned if they don't".
They pursue a joyrider, they are criticised if the crim crashes and dies.
But if they do nothing, they are criticised for their inaction.
Arrest protestors, they are heavy-handed, and it is "police brutality", but do nothing and they are "weak and ineffective".
Shoot someone, it is "excessive force", but don't shoot someone, and the cop may be a casualty themselves.
There is more focus in the media about police manhandling protestors, then cops who are bashed by people.
Then you have that the cops arrest someone, only for weak courts to set them free to offend again.
Once police used to be "feared". You didn't want to be arrested, because you would get in trouble with the police AND your parents.
But these days, police are criticised and vilified. They have to justify their actions constantly to the media, the public and Police Intergrity.
They have to attend accidents and see people die, and they go to work every day, not knowing if they will come home that night, because they could be shot.