Yesterday, I posted about how this guy was defending bad cops and federal grants. Today, you’ll see blatant hypocrisy.
He posted this on Facebook:
Unfortunately, the suspicious attitude toward law enforcement that has been actively promoted in this country is leading toward very foolish behavior. This individual simply walks up to a patrol car at night, flashes a light in the officer’s eyes, and demands his name and badge number. There appears to be no reason for his behavior, on the video, other the he feels entitled to have that information.
The officer does not know this person He does not know his intent, only thatthe person is being confrontational and demanding the officer’s info. The officer takes precaution to protect himself and even attempts to drive his patrol car away from the person to give himself distance and time, which gives him better options to address the matter. However, this person continues to follow, shining his light and being confrontational.
Had this scenario ended with the person injured, you can be assured the media would have painted this officer poorly and screamed abuse of power. This is the result of a nation which feels entitled to question any and all police actions, and assume the guilt of an officer before evidence is even examined. We now have people who spend their time looking for officer involved incidents so they can record them and “prove” police abuse of power. This individual placed himself in a position of risk by confronting an officer at night just to get his reaction on film.
This is why I keep asking those of you who follow me to think before you speak. Know the evidence, know whereof you speak. If you don’t, you encourage blatant mistrust of police which result in this kind of behavior.
Am I against public scrutiny? Not at all, I welcome proper examination of what we do. We must be held accountable. But this kind of mistrust is breeding more and more contempt for police which inevitably end badly.
I think it’s ridiculous for someone to shine a flashlight in someone’s eyes. We all learn that when we’re children. But if it’s wrong for citizens, it’s wrong for police.
Normal police procedure involves them going around shining flashlights in people’s eyes. Watch a few cop videos, and they routinely shine flashlights at video cameras to mess up the camera’s focus. But my bad-cop-loving friend here thinks it’s a bad idea to do that to a cop.
I agree that it’s bad to do that to a cop, especially within the last week or two when they think every moment could be their last, and it us versus them. If you shine a flashlight in a cop’s eyes, as unthinkable and criminal as it would be for citizens, they’re likely to pull their gun on you. Never mind that the first thing you learn about gun safety is that you only point your gun at what you’re willing to shoot. Cops are exempt from gun safety rules. And just like taking candy from a baby, this cop predictably, and dangerously and double standardously pulls his gun on this guy.
You can see in the reflection on the car that the citizen probably has the flash on his camera on, but who’s shining their flashlight at who? My bad-cop-defending friend is smoking some serious statism and ignoring Scripture. The Bible says at least 10 times that God is no respecter of persons. Police should be held to the same standard as everyone else.