Originally posted by GovtFlu
The difference is "the law", the police have it on their side, criminals don't... "
I couldn't have said it better myself...
For most cops, however, there is the matter of ethics and morality. A sense of right and wrong, service to the public, and all that good stuff that little boys think about when they dream of becoming policemen.
For those that you described earlier, the only difference, indeed, is that the law is on their side. Otherwise they're just uniformed gangbangers who are taking their adolescent angst out on society... They serve nobody but their own egos, and deserve to be brought down to the level of what they really are--overgrown bullies with more testosterone than brains.
Frankly, I don't know why you feel this glib pride being associated with this kind of cop. They give the rest of law enforcement a bad name. They make cop-hating acceptable and in some cases, downright understandable. Tragic, really.
