Faith partially restored.

[jdcole]

Every now and then I'll find something that reminds me that there are one or two decent cops left out there. Here's to hoping that they grow a spine and oust corruption and help bring and end to the police state.

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/201...aying-ball-has-sent-the-dash-cam-video-viral/

 

[Occam's Banana]

LOL ... wait ... wut? Not sure if serious ...

 

[Scrapmo]

Get back to me when they are held accountable for the crimes they perpetrate.

 

[Mani]

Every now and then I'll find something that reminds me that there are one or two decent cops left out there. Here's to hoping that they grow a spine and oust corruption and help bring and end to the police state.

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/201...aying-ball-has-sent-the-dash-cam-video-viral/

Officer does something nice. SHOCKING.


Imagine if the war on drugs was over, the kinds of good community things Cops could actually do. The war on drugs isn't the ONLY thing that makes cops running around and causing violence and being armed to the teeth and what not, but is probably the primary EXCUSE to be armed and full of SWAT teams and in attack mode every day.

If there was no war on drugs, and so cops had little excuse to be paramilitary, would it attract different people into the workforce? Would it be regular people who would want to help the community and maybe help kids, throw a football around with them, and be a part of the community and the people, not be a gestapo and enemy of the people?

I know it's a bit of an alternate reality but I'm dreaming a bit.

Would guys like Kelly Thomas be looked after instead of, "bashing his face to hell" by roided up cops, because there wouldn't be any need for cops like that to be walking around. Maybe they'd buy him a sandwich instead of shattering his face to death, "coz they were just following their training."

I hope the cop who spends quality time with kids is the real deal, I also hope for a day when the military cop is a thing of the ugly past.

 

[MRK]

The kid probably nearly had a heart attack when the squad car stopped in front of him.

 

[specsaregood]

Officer does something nice. SHOCKING.

Seriously, have we really set the bar so low as to get excited over a cop playing ball with a kid for a couple minutes?

 

[pcosmar]

Faith partially restored.

The Blaze is Beck's Propaganda outlet.
Don't base your faith on that.

No wonder, for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light. Therefore it is not surprising if his servants also disguise themselves as servants of righteousness, whose end will be according to their deeds.

 

[Occam's Banana]

Seriously, have we really set the bar so low as to get excited over a cop playing ball with a kid for a couple minutes?

Especially given this:

The two appear to play catch for a bit, reportedly as part of efforts by authorities to reach out [to] young people in the community.

Ah, me! There's nothing quite like a staged bit of public relations to warm the cockles of the heart, is there ... ?

 

[erowe1]

I really don't like the "no such thing as a good cop" meme here. We want to be able to reach cops, not push them away and say that there's no hope for them. Sheriff Richard Mack used to be a member here way back when. I'm sure other people who either are police in some capacity or who have family members that are still are here, but probably not very many any more.

All that said, about the OP...

It's really not a good case for a good cop. Notice this line, "reportedly as part of efforts by authorities to reach out young people in the community." So that department is making concerted efforts to build rapport with kids. This is obviously for the purpose of helping the department investigate crimes, including victimless ones. So this wasn't really some genuine act of kindness born out of a heart of virtue.

ETA: I see the banana slipped in ahead of me.

 

[cajuncocoa]

Of course there are going to be a couple of good apples left in the bunch that have not yet gone bad.