Now there's some *quality policing.

Boosting this quality contribution up in the Hot Listing - declared quality by newtboy.

@_@ ...a very childish description..

Oh well.. it's a start.

*smh*

This is all fine and dandy, and kudos to people who take time to help others, but in my experiences......cops can still go fuck themselves. Not to worry though lantern53, I've never dealt with you in uniform, as far as I know. I bet you're the bee's knees. I can't judge you there. Maybe I'll even polish up your badge for ya one day. Press your uniform. Tune up the ol' squad car. I just hope someone makes a video of it, and it's posted here. So we can all hold hands and sing kumbaya, while the siftbot joyfully sheds a single unifying tear.

the common misconception by our lantern is that because we become outraged and incensed over the actions of bad cops being..well..bad,we do not have the capacity to understand that there are far more GOOD cops performing their duties with honor and conviction.

this is not only insulting and offensive....it is dishonest.

while i can understand lanterns desire to defend his chosen profession,being motivated by his own,personal understandings.i cannot understand his almost knee-jerk reactions to criticisms when they are warranted and that somehow all of us harbor this incredibly small and narrow view of police officers.that we do not have the capacity to realize that not all cops are bad,violent,thuggish brutes.

what lantern fails to realize,possibly because he is so close to the situation,is WHY we become so outraged.
police wield immense power over ordinary citizens.they hold in their pocket the power and authority of the state.most cops are aware of this and act accordingly,with honor and integrity,the statistics bear this out.

so when a cop over-reaches said authority,or performs acts of violence against an unarmed citizen,or lies about his actions to avoid the consequences (be they malicious or accidental).

it really pisses us off.

the argument is still:power vs powerlessness.
or in many cases with police over-reach:power vs the vulnerable.

think about it this way lantern:
if a grown man abuses or molests a child,that man is vilified and condemned by society.hell,they KILL men like that in prison!

why?

because it is a total abuse of power and authority,perpetrated upon the innocent and vulnerable.this act is viewed by society as to be so venal and grotesque as to warrant the most harshest of punishments.

that young child trusted the adult to protect them.to keep them from harm.that adult betrayed that trust.

we even,in this society,blame the other adults in the situation for not interceding,because we view the protection of the vulnerable as everyones duty,and to abdicate that duty makes you complicit and henceforth....guilty.

now i am not saying that police are child molesters.
what i AM saying is that to abuse the power and authority of your station upon the innocent and vulnerable is the exact same betrayal of trust.

which is why we become outraged.

you also seem to miss why we become outraged at the supposed good cops looking the other way when bad cops break the law.basically you are the complicit housewife who allowed her baby to be molested.you share in the guilt,even though you did not perpetrate the offense,you allowed it to go unpunished.

choices have consequences and standing up and taking responsibility for those choices is the cornerstone of not only being a man but a decent human being.yet time and time again we see bad cops lying,creating false evidence,even having other cops as co-conspirators in their fabrications,all to avoid the consequences of their actions.

this is NOT what men do.
this is what children do and it is up to the parent to correct this devious,weak and irresponsible behavior.a parents job is to teach their offspring accountability.that their actions will have consequences...sometimes dire..and to accept those consequences like a man.

so when we see bad cops being irresponsible and suffering zero consequences..

it pisses us off.

and when we see you defend these bad cops.trying to perform mental gymnastics to abdicate bad policing,we take you to task.

yes yes...
we all know good cops can make a mistake.
that there are mitigating circumstances and that we were not there.some cops become so distraught over a single mistake that they may leave the force,or tragically,take their own life.

we all understand this and it is not we take issue with.
we take issue with the coward who will not take responsibility.
we take issue with the lying.
we take issue with the systematic refusal of a "justice" system which allows these bad cops to abuse their authority with impunity.
we take issue with the brutish and thuggish behavior.
we take issue with the unnecessary violence.

we are full aware that there are some fantastic cops out there,but we call out the bad cops for being bad.

and you should as well.
because they besmirch the very profession you are employed in and their behavior tarnishes the reputation of the job you perform with honor and integrity.

all good cops should be calling to the carpet every cop that over-steps his authority,abuses his power,perpetrates violence for no other reason than to be violent.if you guys did that we would have far less youtube videos revealing the subtle rot in your institution.(not so subtle anymore,thank you camera phones!).

we realize that these bad cops do not represent you lantern,so do not feel the urge to defend every single cop video.those bad cops can own their actions...if they had any balls,which they do not.

stop defending these pussies.
they are performing their duties poorly.they are making your job not only harder but less safe and they leave a stain on the job you love (at least i think you love it).

so,
just stop.
and realize we totally understand and that we wont stop calling bad cops out for being bad.

/end rant

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Double-Promoting this video and sending it back into the queue for one more try; last queued Sunday, June 14th, 2015 8:18pm PDT - doublepromote requested by enoch.

Enoch pretty much covered everything I had to say. So, I'll just give you an upvote for decent cops on the video.

Mordhaus covered what I wanted to say about Enoch covering everything we both wanted to say, so I'll just give you an upvote for the decent cops on the video as well.

We know there are good cops in the world, and they outnumber the bad cops, but that doesn't mean it's wrong to extinguish the bad cops.

Toronto Police Officer? That doesn't count.

If you're going to be showing videos of Canadian officers on the job, most of them will probably be performing acts of kindness.

I don't know... Call me a pessimist, but these videos don't make me feel all warm and fuzzy. Perhaps it's because such nice acts seem too few and far between, and maybe because they're supposed to be the rule, not the exception.

It's like that Chris Rock bit, "I take care of my kids!"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0B_ekSrsEk

"You're SUPPOSED TO you dumb motherfucker!"

^One of my favorite lines ever.

Kind of how I feel about black people, right? Glad I am not alone in my way of thinking, even if it is about a different group

While the 'bad cops' may not represent Lantern, he certainly has tried to represent them here.

Enoch, Mordhaus, Artician, and Lucky pretty much covered everything else, except the idea that, if this video is intended to prove that there are MORE good cops out there than bad cops, Lantern should produce one of these videos every day for the next 6 months to even be in the same league, and even then I would point out that the 180 nice deeds will not erase or excuse one murder or abuse.

EDIT: It looks like GenjiKilpatrick was right, eh?

Top 10! OH yeah!


Look as us Libs being Fair and Balanced!

Listening to both sides of the debate!

Now can you please stop whining like a victim when bad cops do bad things?

GREAT!

If you'd like, I can go back over all the comments you people make about how all cops are a gang of murderous, racist, out of control brutes.

If you'd like to take back what you have said in the past, I suppose I can live with that.

I don't have a problem criticizing police, I do it myself. I am offended when you paint all police officers as a gang of militarized racist trigger-happy maniacs.

@GenjiKilpatrick has seemed to predict the future.
is it possible that he may be a warlock?
or witch?
genji is in league with the devil!!!!!
buuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuurn him!

way to make my point scooter.
well done.

You most certainly get fussy whenever anyone says a cop is engaging in brutality or misconduct. Don't pretend like you don't, sweetie.

If you like, I can go back thru all your comments and point out many examples.
Let's not forget the thinly veiled racism either.

Or the openly jingoist "Obama is a Foreigner" talking point you and bobknight ramble about at times.



Again, it's the pinnacle of hypocrisy to be offended by that..

While effortlessly labeling any group of black teens confronted by police as lazy, disobedient, thugs who are clearly part of "the criminal element".

Just keep that in mind before commenting.

Genji, you are truly delusional. You just make shit up.

I'm getting pretty tired of it.

You are dishonest and apparently can't read or comprehend english.

You are mistaken.

This is not just Genji, it's most people around here. You want to nail yourself to a cross and think you're being singled out because of who you are, not what you say, be my guest, but you're fooling no one. Particularly since anyone can go back through your history of posts (I pity the fool) and see for themselves...

You want the respect you believe your public service demands, then do it better than the rest and stand up against the people making you and your profession look bad. Coming here and spewing bile everytime someone posts a video about cops doing bad things doesn't make you seem fair and balanced, it makes you seem complicit...