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Edited by Caterina: 7/19/2016 4:37:25 AM
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Pray For The Police, PLEASE

Okay let me mini-rant for a bit. I don't normally do this but I just felt like saying something. We need to pray for the police. We need to pray for the country. We need to pray for the world. It's becoming a really horrible place and I wish we could do something but we really can't. Actually, we can. We can pray. As the daughter of a Georgia State Patrol trooper and ex SWAT, it's been very hard for me especially with all these things that have been going on lately, and I just can't help but fear that one day my dad might not come back home. That something horrible will happen to him. I know that's not saying a lot but it really is scary. I don't know why all these things are happening but they need to stop. I don't know the full story on the BLM movement and all that stuff but I can tell you this, it's not working. Your attempts to "de-arm" cops aren't working at all. My dad won't leave the house unarmed. I used to always fear July 4th and New Years because he's out late nights and there's crazy drunk people and something might happen to him. That fear has now been extended to every single day and WORSE. Sometimes I wish he'd quit his job but that's really selfish of me. He's been doing this for 13 years now and it's what he's been wanting to do his whole life. The police aren't enemies. Yeah we have a few bad apples here and there(I'm just being honest ok) but the majority are those who stand by their oath to serve and protect so please stop treating them like they're the bad guys and for the love of God stop shooting them like omg are you guys out of your minds??? I'm tired of watching the news and all I see are cops being shot left and right. Ok end rant. Hope you guys have a blessed rest of your day. [b]#PrayForThePolice[/b] Edit: yes I will admit there are racist cops. I'm not saying all cops are innocent. But that doesn't justify killing them and honestly that will only make things worse. Edit 2: Okay yes we need to take action ourselves but we can pray for the strength to carry out those actions because I don't think we'll be able to do it alone. Edit 3: I got my dad to read this thread. He says thank you for the prayers.

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  • Pray? How bout a thumbs up? Yea I'll give the police a thumbs up. At least the ones from my town anyway. In my town it's nothing but black on black. Black on blue and blue on black is rare here. We have a pretty racially diverse town which is why everyone from my city watches the news in disbelief at how -blam!-ing dumb people are and especially those BLM morons lol. Even the black people in my town think most of BLM are ignorant ass -blam!-s with nothing better to do than to bitch and compare their situation to their ancestors. And as far as police go, I have tons of friends that are on the force that have been put in tons of situations like the ones you see on the news and they always find a way out of it without discharging deadly force. My buddy said it best, 99% of police officers are awesome, the one percent that end up on the news for brutality are the ones that got bullied in high school. And that's pretty true because during my time in the military, it was the ones who were bullied or made fun of or had little man syndrome that were always quick to blow their lid and shoot first or swing first. Granted, combat and police officers have different rules and situations but it's almost pretty much the same. You can't jus shoot an afghan because he looked at you funny or didn't move when you said move, or shoot him because you think he has a grenade when he actually has an apple, well not anymore anyway. Jus like in combat, sometimes police officers jus simply get it wrong and that's something the world can live with...an anccident or hell even a lapse in judgment is sometimes forgiven. But negligence is never forgiven and that's something that must be fixed on the communities part and on the officers part as well. But anyways jus thought I'd throw some two cents in there and to reiterate that not all cops are bad. Before I leave I'll give you an example. I had a lapse in judgement one night and decided to drive home after I had had some alcoholic beverages. I made it about 20 feet from my house and another driver hit me. Didn't mess up her car and barely scuffed mine so all was good. When the officer arrived he assessed the damage and gathered our info and proceeded to hand us both tickets. I failed to yield and idk what she did but she got a ticket as well. He told her she could leave and asked me to stay put. In my head I'm thinking " -blam!- me in the ass I'm about to go to jail because he smelled alcohol on my breath and I'm royally -blam!-ed!!!" He comes back to my car and says " son I'm gonna give you one chance and one chance only, if you tell me the truth, I'll let you go since you're not to far from home, if you lie to me, I'll take your ass to jail" My reply was " I had 4 beers and a shot of tequila and im sorry and it won't happen again" He smiled and said "have a good night" I left my care right there on the side of the road and walked the 20 feet to my house. This happened 4 years ago and it was the first time I had ever driven under the influence and haven't done it since then. I see this officer occasionally out in public and he always comes up to me and asks how I'm doing and if I'm behaving. Real nice guy, really cool person to talk to and even to this day I consider myself in his debt because he could have -blam!-ed my life up if he really wanted to instead he gave me a pass so that I could learn from my mistake and I did. I'm grateful he did that for me because had he not done that, I'd be under the impression that I could always get away with it and it would have only been a matter of time before I went to jail for real for being a dumbass. I challenge all of you to find a police officer and tell them thank you. Armed forces are not the only ones that deserve a thank you. Military deploy and are out in the line of fire once every six months for 9 to 12 months depending on the deployment rotation set by your unit. Police officers put their lives on the line every day. Yea some suck but the majority are jus like you and me. I think at least a thank you is in order given the fatality rate for officers these days even if you don't like them, they are doing something most people are afraid to do or not willing to do in the first place.

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