I posit that officers are generally "trying to help" when they screw up too. My analogies are spot on, that you don't agree with them doesn't change that. Lazy doctors who don't follow procedures during operations, sew up instruments inside people are trying to help the person but end up hurting or killing them. Nurses often take short cuts that end peoples lives, not counting the psycho's in nurses uniforms that kill people on purpose to put them out of their misery. Firemen doing piss poor inspections on buildings can result in dozens of people dying in fires. The point is, I can find an example in ANY profession of someone doing something bad and then state "See THIS is why I hate _____" as 3333 did...
Yes, and that's called deflection.
It's your typical 4 year old attempt to say look, 'they're bad too'.
The issue at hand is cowardice and it's more than comical when I brought this issue up in the police state thread, you claimed it hard to believe as officers are thoroughly vetted, lol.
Yet, somehow, magically, 7 cowards all just happened to come together at an exact moment in time.
Now, before you jump to your other 4 year old argument of going to the extreme - not all cops are cowards and I wouldn't say there is an epidemic or whatever stupid extreme you want to bring up.
But, cowardice is clearly more than just a minute issue. It's clearly something that needs to be addressed, it's clearly problematic within the field, and something clearly needs to be done about it.
If wanna wear a badge, you damn well better be able to refrain from unloading on a car out of fear before you check on who the occupants are. You don't (or rather 'should not') be able to shoot first and ask questions later. You should not cower in a subway car while an innocent civilian fights a knife weilding serial killer (and if you watch the video, the State is trying to make the argument that the cops action was ok).
All of that is repugnant. Pointing to other professions or claiming 'yea, it's wrong
BUT....', is nonsensical justification that accomplishes nothing to resolve the issue within your profession.