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Oh, cut the cops a break! They are just following orders.

I’m not sure if you are making a joke here, but I’ll assume you are.

The Police know that the law “can” come down on them just as hard as the rest of us. “I was just following orders” was dis-proven as a legitimate defense at Nuremberg and it applies here also. Also the concept of “Ignorance of the Law” isn’t a legitimate defense either, (Even though it should be in some cases).

No what I think is happening in this instance as well as in other locations around the U.S. is that the Police are finding themselves at a mid-ground between being a “Law and Order” Peace Officer and a Para-Military type. It’s a terribly fine line between the two positions at times and crisis and stressful situations don’t really lend themselves to calm and rational thinking.

I feel for them terribly and know myself well enough that I wouldn’t be a good Police Officer. But with all of that empathy and feeling aside they really need to know that the law applies to them also and breaking it in the pursuit of their duties needs to be prosecuted and punished as necessary.

they really need to know that the law applies to them also and breaking it in the pursuit of their duties needs to be prosecuted and punished as necessary.

I'm not saying the law shouldn't affect cops. I make excuses for no man, if they truly break the law.
You're understanding of things is commendable, unlike the rest of FR. On here, while I'm trying to get my aggregated news I can't get anywhere else I have be deluged by so-called fellow patriots who, as fas as I know, would rather put a bullet in my back as much as spit on me because I am a cop.
Because of the so-called patriotism on FreeRepublic I now have to wonder if the next so-called patriot I come into contact with is going to be just as dangerous & life-threatening to me as a drugged-out gangbanger.
There is constructive criticism and deserved oversight, then there is directed hate and here on FreeRepublic there is nothing but hate and veiled threats for all law enforcement.
I'm going to keep getting my aggregated news here because it's the best spot for it, but I feel compelled to defend my brothers and sisters even if it's with facetious sarcasm.