SleestakSooner
9/28/2006, 04:34 PM
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2606156
"The officers reacted because they were called to this location to do this job. Now they're being put under a microscope by some fancy little football person," Senior Cpl. Glenn White said. "Give me a break. Those officers are 10 times better than this man. ... We police officers don't go out to these calls and make stuff up."
Umm... I have seen cops lie before a judge personally, so I am sure it is highly possible that this super-human officer could have and would have misrepresented the truth for one of several reasons, if what they originally wrote in the report was so freaking true then why black it out before the public release?
It is this precise attitude coming from those chosen and who choose to "serve and protect" us average, everyday, normal citizens (who should count ourselves lucky to lick the dung from their boots) that makes me worry for our society today. We have glorified their roles too much, to the exclusion of our own rights and liberties.
A typical officer can get away with saying something this ridiculous and maybe get a slap on the wrist. This guy is the president of the Dallas Police Association, and I am sure he feels his officers are under the media microscope but hey... that's what PUBLIC servants do!
If they show this much contempt to someone who is a highly regarded professional athelete, how much less do you think they care for anyone else who makes them unhappy?
Sorry for the rant but this really is under my skin.
"The officers reacted because they were called to this location to do this job. Now they're being put under a microscope by some fancy little football person," Senior Cpl. Glenn White said. "Give me a break. Those officers are 10 times better than this man. ... We police officers don't go out to these calls and make stuff up."
Umm... I have seen cops lie before a judge personally, so I am sure it is highly possible that this super-human officer could have and would have misrepresented the truth for one of several reasons, if what they originally wrote in the report was so freaking true then why black it out before the public release?
It is this precise attitude coming from those chosen and who choose to "serve and protect" us average, everyday, normal citizens (who should count ourselves lucky to lick the dung from their boots) that makes me worry for our society today. We have glorified their roles too much, to the exclusion of our own rights and liberties.
A typical officer can get away with saying something this ridiculous and maybe get a slap on the wrist. This guy is the president of the Dallas Police Association, and I am sure he feels his officers are under the media microscope but hey... that's what PUBLIC servants do!
If they show this much contempt to someone who is a highly regarded professional athelete, how much less do you think they care for anyone else who makes them unhappy?
Sorry for the rant but this really is under my skin.