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"This was a lame attempt to clear yourself of any wrong doing should you sit on a jury just so you can nail a cop. Your type of cure is worse than the disease itself and here's to hoping you never sit on any jury!!!!!!"

So you are suggesting that 90% of the criminal charges settled without a jury trial and based solely on the cops words are somehow less crooked than the potential of 1 member of a jury.

I have been on a jury and I looked at the facts as presented. I didn't assume any guilt and force the defendant to prove their innocense. Unlike 95% of the police attitude of arrest them all and let the courts sort it out.

"Your attitude towards cops sucks and that's why you assume they are all guilty. You are a strong reason why I want my hubby out of this profession as soon as possible. When that day comes....I will be free to tell people like you to kiss my.....that day hasn't come, but it will."

I won't deny that I have a bad attitude regarding cops. They earned it with their actions. I used to have the utmost respect for the profession, until I needed their help. After nothing was accomplished and they returned to their revenue gathering, my attitude changed. I still will treat them with courtesy, which is much better than they treat the average citizen.

I was once stopped by a cop in the dead of winter in Providence RI. The cop said we were yelling obsenities at him (the temperature was about 15 degrees and the windows were all rolled up). He tried to get me (my station wagon was not exactly in prime condition) on a number of minor violations but couldn't; finally settling on 'an improperly secured license plate' as the one he would write me up on. As I had just tightened it up that day I knew it was tight (I have to admit that it was only held by one screw and was tilted). I told him that the plate was secure. He left in a huff! As we had just passed a police station we decided to go back and make a report. I went up to the desk and asked to make a report and they asked for the name or badge number. I said I didn't ask for it since the cop was obviously already upset. I gave them the car number and the station went silent. As I was filling out the report, in walked the cop with his gold badge showing. Boy did hit the roof when he saw us!

Then there was the time I was in Georgia headed back to FL. It was almost dark and in GA the speed limit dropped to 50 at sunset. I was rounding the curve at about 70 when I saw him. I slowed and looked in my mirror. Here he came! Flashed his lights and I pulled over. He asked if I knew my taillights were out. I said no, they were working the night before (true) and I had just turned my lights on at sunset. (If he had not seen my headlights he would not have known my taillights were out). He then said there was a gas station about 5 miles down the road and he would follow me there to get a new fuse. He followed me closely to prevent anyone from rear-ending me (dark by this time) and made a U-turn and left as soon as I had pulled into the station.

Not a word about my speeding! And we Floridians were well aware that the GA cops considered FL plates a fair target for revenue.

Years ago, I had to call the sheriff about some kids raising heck near my property. He said that there was not much he could do since they were 'in the water' (the lake) and that I should be careful since one could never tell what actions the kids might take against me if I complained. I told him that his comment was out of order and that he should go tell the kids that unless they cooled it or left the area that he would start monitoring their activities and vehicles. He was taken back by my comment but he did and they did and I never had a problem with them again.

"I have been on a jury and I looked at the facts as presented. I didn't assume any guilt and force the defendant to prove their innocense."

But if that defendant were a cop....you'd hang him. You are no better than the crooked cops you claim to hate.

"Unlike 95% of the police attitude of arrest them all and let the courts sort it out."

This makes no sense at all. The cops arrest someone if they committed a crime and your upset because they leave the job of decideing who is innocent or who is guilty to the court system?

"I won't deny that I have a bad attitude regarding cops."

It's starting to affect your personality. Get over that one experience you had with a cop and move on my friend. You are not the only one to have experienced something like this. I've experienced bad cops myself, but I don't let it cloud my judgement the way its clouded yours. Go to your local police department and ask to ride along for a few hours. You'd be surprised at how your attitude will change once you've walked in their shoes for a while. People do it all of the time in my community and it not only helps them to understand the police officer's perspective, it's bridged that gap between cops and civilians.