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Purplehood wrote:I usually have issues with the politicians (both civilian and LEO) that compromise the leadership of various Law Enforcement departments, rather than the rank and file.
As a general rule, all of my encounters with rank and file LEO's have been positive.

nightmare69 wrote:

EMORY, TX (KLTV) - Emory, a city in Raines County, is considering adding new social media policies to their rule book. This comes after the city's police chief took to Facebook to voice his opinion about the termination of the Rains County deputy who shot a dog while responding to a 911 call in April.

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Seems many citizens believe that cops should not be able to defend themselves until they are dodging bullets, bleeding out from knife wound, or a dog is trying to rip your arm off. I also believe that the deputy made a split second decision that turned out to be wrong. While the media and citizens have months to pick it apart, you may only have a fraction of a second to decide to engage or retreat.

All this "cop hate" is no surprise anymore. People love to hate them until they need them. Sure there are bad cops and good cops who make bad decisions, but the vast majority are good cops who put their life on the line for someone they never met. We rarely hear about those, public only wants the dirt to further fuel their hate and paint all cops with a broad brush do to the actions of a few. Kinda sounds like the same mindset of the anti gunners saying that guns should be outlawed due to the actions of a couple of psychos. Im sure Ill make a plenty of mistakes learning the career that will rub the person Im dealing with the wrong way, oh well Im learning.

I guess this chief had enough from the public voicing their opinion so he voiced his and now the public's jimmies are rustled. A cop exercising his right to freedom of speech is now frowned upon and offensive. I read a comment that cops should not be allowed to carry guns either so they can't hurt or kill any people or animals. Really?

So tell me what you think of this police chief's comments and also why there is so much cop hate in this century.

At one point, Feagin responded to a commenter, saying, “let’s just not respond to calls. They can come to the office to make reports.”