srothstein wrote: ↑Sun Aug 28, 2022 8:24 pm
03Lightningrocks wrote: ↑Sun Aug 28, 2022 5:45 pmIt is funny how things have changed since this forum began. We went from thinking law enforcement where somehow worth supporting, to realizing they are all jack booted Nazi's. What changed? Them? Or did we all wake up?
If it helps, I am a retired cop and still support law enforcement in general. I cannot support a lot of what I see going on these days, and I know it would never have been acceptable when I was active (retired in 2009). So yeah, law enforcement has changed.
I have not been a big fan of the FBI since at least the mid 1980's though, so that has just become more public. It seems like they have gotten worse about taking political sides, but that was because under J. Edgar they blackmailed everyone that he thought might be useful to him. Looking at it now in hindsight, they were just as politically motivated then too. The difference seems to have been that the sides they took were so overwhelmingly supported by the US public that it did not seem like a political hit job (anti-communism and anti-civil rights jump to my mind).
I was raised to respect law enforcement but unfortunately as I age I have nothing but total contempt for them. Especially the 3 letter branches. It is funny you brought up J Edgar. You are correct. He was the most corrupt FBI leader of all time.
It is sad because the rank and file Police Officers for the most part are simply trying to do their jobs. During Covid, most restaurants were closed. There was a Mexican food place in Plano that stayed open but used every other table. There was a table with four Plano Police officers eating across the restaurant. We put their tab on our company credit card without saying a word to them. That was during the time when everyone was hating on cops. The problems seem to be coming from the top of these organizations, not the bottom. The FBI flat out needs to be cleansed of all upper management. However it is done, it must happen.
Funny thing. I hate Donald Trump. I think he is a stanky Yankee not worthy of peeing on to put out the fire. I voted for him, TWICE. Why? To turn that Washington cesspool upside down! I knew he could not be bought and paid for! I wish we could get him elected again but I feel there are too many Trump haters. It pisses me off he did not cleanse the FBI and DOJ! He should have fired every darned one of them!