A lot of people hate Police; specially in NY; Do you? Why?
411361
the biggest problem in this country is a lack of "accountability". Most police officers who are hated are uneducated about the behavioral sciences of the cultures they are sworn to protect. Their ignorance, lack of empathy and fear of what they do not understand, are all due to a system which ignores the need for educational application towards handling people. New york police can be especially indifferent due to their pompous and arrogant facades. I still respect them because they put their lives on the line, despite themselves!
432547
I don't think people realize what it is that they really hate about lawyers. I know their great in a lot of ways, but I think that I hate the way they can really turn the truth into a lie.Just depends on who they have to defend.\nIts their job. Poor guys, and gals. You gotta do  what you gotta do.
1120910
Great question, Josh.\n\nI have had good encounters with police every single day of my life for the last 19 years.  They have been some of the hardest working, most decent, caring, giving, ethical and sensible people I have ever met.\n\nThey have been uncles and aunts to my children, they have been best friends to my wife, and they have been brothers and sisters to me.\n\nI don't know a group of people anywhere in the world I would trust more with my life or my family.\n\nHave there been exceptions?  Sure...a very few.  And you can all take heart in knowing that if you didn't like the cop you dealt with, chances are pretty good the people he/she works with don't like them either.   \n\nIt puts a hole in my heart to read some of the stories here about how some of you have dealt with police officers who have been rude, corrupt, obnoxious, liars.  I know there's bound to be some of them out there, but I haven't met them yet.  \n\nI have been - and I know no better word for it - blessed by the company I've kept for the last 19 years.  The men and women I have worked with in this profession are the most remarkable people I've ever met.\n\nJosh - thanks for the question.  Those of you who have answered with positive answers, you did this old cop some good tonight.
859310
This is why people hate cops.  I'm a law abiding citizen, but I REFUSE to let a cop into my house for ANY reason.  I won't have it.  They can come into the yard, and I'll meet them out there to "talk".  When I build my house, I will have a "recieving area" in the front that will not have a direct entrance into the rest of the house.  \n\nSorry if it offends the good cops, but just like the criminals don't wear badges that say they won't resist arrest or aren't armed, I won't know if it's a dirty cop using sly tactics to set me up, or if it's just a legitmate conversation about what's happening.
684357
Probably for the same reason cops might be hated. They are the ones you get sent to when you break the law at school.  Not an easy job, being the disciplinarian. Teachers are hired to teach, and have to send kids to the principal for discipline. Principals have to track down truant kids and deal with parents. They have to deal with all the complaints. They have a difficult job.\n\nNot all principals are hated though. When I was a teen, I had one who was female, friendly, interesting and very personable. I recall talking with her often, as she hung out during lunchtime in the cafeteria. This same school had a line of boys, most days, waiting to visit with the principal (and vice principal). I'm sure those kids feared her, but I thought she was nice.\n\nI have worked at various schools, and many times I have seen very friendly principals, visiting with kids and getting hugs too!  Then again, I've encountered those who are stand-off-ish and always frowning and seem unapprochable.
15985
Most people look at the fire fighters as heros...Most people look see police as a threat even if they are not doing any thing wrong.
160754
im sure everyone has their own opinon, in mine i would have to agree with you. the police just have this cocky way of doing things...why? bc they wear a uniform. in my home town a few weeks ago two officers shot and killed an african american man. they were both white. they went to arrest him with a warrant of violation of probation. why were there two guys? they say he ran inside and hid in the bathroom with a shot gun. come to find out he didnt even own a gun and was babysitting his 5 year old nephew.... they shot him while he was holding his nephew....thats screwed up...
878738
All across the country huh?  Every cop is violent and aggressive over a poor little marijuan user?  Right!!!  I guess the cops are going to always be able to deal with vilolent criminals with words like please and thankyou!!!  That will work 100% of the time!!  NOT.  \n\n"Pretty please, with a freaking cherry on top, drop the gun!  OK, you can shoot me once before I shoot back, that is only fair.!!"  Is this what the cops should say?\n\n\nCriminals have no regard for the law or the people who uphold it.  Criminals don't respect the rules society has put in place, however, cry like little freaking sissys when they get caught.  They love to cry foul play and play innocent and make out like a victim.  That is because they are worthless and incapable of doing anything else with their life other than try to figure out ways to get away with crime.  The fact of the matter is cops are expected to play by the rules, and idiots, I mean criminals, don't.
660894
I think it is because power and authority corrupts some people. Police officers have a lot of power over citizens and citizens have little recourse if you have no witnesses if a cop does something wrong to you. Many other people have power and authority that abuse it. Politicians, doctors, teachers, military personnel, supervisors, managers, big company CEO's, etc. Just to name a few. That's just the way it is.\n\nThe only way we can protect ourselves, is to protect our rights. Particularly the right to keep and bear arms, the 2nd amendment, ensures that we as Americans can protect the other rights that we have.
969994
First Shut UP! Second the cops are there to stop me from Kicking you in the Face. Third your part of the problem and people like you need to follow the rules and keep your anti police racist mouth shut. Do you Understand or do I have spell it out letter for letter.
384985
Brave helper....Most police I no are awesome, I have respect for the police, they make sure all the criminals are off the streets and they keep us safe, who wouldn't want that?...there are a few that can be rude and grouchy but I just say a prayer for them and move on and be polite...God bless
228017
That depends on the cop! Some are good and some are bad. It also depends on my current behavior and what I've been getting myself into if I like or hate them. My dad used to be one, and I won't even get into what kind of cop he was!!!
1070567
i respect the good cops. my uncles a cop and i hear stories about how he's chased drug dealers. i just hate those few cops who take bribes and help gangs.
1153347
that is just sad. Hearing that often enough would teach kids the bad stuff...but then they're probably learning things that put them in conflict with y'all later. I've lived in a neighborhood like that - and those with the worst attitudes had reason to be stopped and harassed...and the officers' attitudes weren't the best either. Understandable I guess to deal with that all the time. \nOn the other hand - you doing what you do gives them a bit here and there that shows them parents aren't always right too. Maybe some day down the road that will come back in good stuff being passed along. It's not for nothing even when it sometimes seems it is.
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I know of one with a criminal record who started a "newspaper" in a town. Every time he was stopped (always with cause) he'd write something nasty. He'd publish outright lies and slanderous things as 'fact' then scream freedom of the press when criticized. \n\nI've had - quite some years ago - a couple tickets. And you know what - I deserved it. I wasn't paying attention to speed and was driving too fast. Few things are important enough that an extra 5 minutes is an issue. \nI've also seen both sides...for a while in another state had an older piece of crap car and ALWAYS got pulled over. I mean 2-3 times a month and seldom drove more than 5 miles. I know why, though no one would admit it. And it wasn't *me* - I'd drive the same way in another vehicle and wouldn't get stopped. The car wasn't illegal but was suspect. Was that the cops fault? no. \n\nI can say there were people in that city that had FAR worse attitudes than the police officers.
971543
I think it is common today what you are saying. I hear stories like this a lot, and it's not getting better. They do stick up for each other and in a way I don't blame them. They have a tough job that I know I wouldn't want. I will say there are a lot of good Cops that get a bad reputation because of the bad ones. What would help is every six months have them take Drug tests, and a polygraph test.
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In 1999, NYPD officers killed Amadou Diallo, an unarmed West African immigrant who was shot 19 times in the entry to his apartment building; the police did not identify themselves first but started shooting away. The four officers in that case were acquitted of criminal charges.\n\nIn 2003, Ousmane Zongo, 43, a native of the western African country of Burkina Faso, was killed during a police raid on a warehouse where he repaired art and musical instruments.  Zongo was shot four times, twice in the back.\n\nIt was very late when this shooting took place, and the shooting victims were shot without the so-called undercover police identifying themselves as police officers or warning them or giving orders to stop; the shooting victims may have thought they were going to be attacked or killed by street thugs; that being the case, they acted as any other person can be expected to act!\n\nThe recent shooting of 3 Black men where 23-year old Sean Bell is under investigation but even if they find the police officers in question used excessive and unwarranted force and they're prosecuted, the venue for the trial will be Upstate NY where they always find in favor of police officers regardless of the evidence (most police officers live Upstate or in the suburbs).\n\nHow can the police be justified when they failed to follow establish procedures plus did not identify themselves when they started shooting at these civilians?  It reminds me of the Black undercover police officer shot by an off-duty White police officer a few years ago... something is wrong here and it is time that the administration starts looking into the abusive, rude attitude of the police that go into neighborhoods like bullies, pushing people aside and disrespecting men, women and children with impunity.  The investigation is likely to find in favor of the police officers; to find otherwise would leave the City open to multi-million dollar lawsuits.\n\nWhether or not the three shooting victims had or have any criminal records is not an issue.  The issue is that they were not committing a crime but simply leaving an establishment in an orderly fashion and the victims were NOT the subject of the surveillance that was underway.\n\nThe shooting incident is nothing more than the result of police officers being allowed to believe that they can get away with anything, including mistreating civilians, pushing them around, verbally abusing civilians and acting like street thugs in uniforms.  How many White unarmed civilians have police officers killed in the past 10, 15 or 20 years in NYC?\n\nPolice paying for their own ammo?  HOW is that going to change their bully-mentality?  More stringent psychological examinations should be undertaken before a person is given a weapon, a uniform and a badge!\n\nImagine this: you and your friends come out of a nightclub, you go to your vehicle and you fear that you're about to get mugged, instead of fighting (one never knows that one's attackers are going to pull out... a knive or a gun...), you get the vehicle as quickly as possible... wouldn't it be natural to try to get away as quickly as possible, too?  That the club may have been under investigation or surveillance is not something the victims were or could have been aware of, or that the individuals following them were undercover police officers and not robbers... what would YOU do under these circumstances?\n\nWe hire police officers to protect us from criminals and to enforce our laws, NOT to  punish or execute those that are apprehended and who are INNOCENT before the law until a jury of their peers finds them guilty, so who protects us from trigger-happy police officers when they blatantly disrespect us or push us around or infringe on our Constitutional rights, liberties and freedoms and shoot at us without identifying themselves... HOW are we to know they're police officers and not street thugs?\n\nIt's amazing how close-knit the police departments are all