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CMonster · 05-01-2002, 04:06 AM

Geotpf

- What a bunch of generalization and one-sided, unsubstantiated hear-say! I've seen those same news stories, but they only show the half of the story that will enrage the people and raise the ratings

- "corrupt to the bone"?? get real! I'm sure your opinion doesn't apply to all of the 9000 officiers who risk their lives every day -right?

I don't think any of you can grasp the magnitude of sorrow you get when standing at the rear of a patrol car that has had the rear window blown out by gunfire in an ambush that left a young father and husband dead -and then being asked to clean a half inch of coagualted blood from the front seat -!I've been there! -you can't help but cry a little as even the seasoned employees get teary-eyed.

While I fully agree that the final straw that sparked the RIOTS was an atrocity, I'm glad the term "RIOT" is being used these days, it was not "Civil Unrest," there was nothing civil about the response of the citizens in the beating of innocent people, the burning of Korean business, or the looting of stores -no their response was more akin to that of the Palestinians.

And let me tell you something, I wasn't born with some silver spoon in my mouth. When I was only 3-years old my father went to prison for bank robbery: my mother got 7-years for driving his partner across the state line after-the-fact. My father died in San Quentin State Prison in 1986 -and do I have a right to hate the police? -heck no! We have laws in our society - my parents broke them.

I am a proud former employee of the Los Angeles Police Department, where I worked with some of the best people in the world -including the uniformed officers.... I only left because another LA City department pays more money.

05-01-2002, 04:06 AM	#7 (permalink)
CMonster Registered User Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Sunny, smogy Southern California Posts: 5,350	Geotpf - What a bunch of generalization and one-sided, unsubstantiated hear-say! I've seen those same news stories, but they only show the half of the story that will enrage the people and raise the ratings - "corrupt to the bone"?? get real! I'm sure your opinion doesn't apply to all of the 9000 officiers who risk their lives every day -right? I don't think any of you can grasp the magnitude of sorrow you get when standing at the rear of a patrol car that has had the rear window blown out by gunfire in an ambush that left a young father and husband dead -and then being asked to clean a half inch of coagualted blood from the front seat -!I've been there! -you can't help but cry a little as even the seasoned employees get teary-eyed. While I fully agree that the final straw that sparked the RIOTS was an atrocity, I'm glad the term "RIOT" is being used these days, it was not "Civil Unrest," there was nothing civil about the response of the citizens in the beating of innocent people, the burning of Korean business, or the looting of stores -no their response was more akin to that of the Palestinians. And let me tell you something, I wasn't born with some silver spoon in my mouth. When I was only 3-years old my father went to prison for bank robbery: my mother got 7-years for driving his partner across the state line after-the-fact. My father died in San Quentin State Prison in 1986 -and do I have a right to hate the police? -heck no! We have laws in our society - my parents broke them. I am a proud former employee of the Los Angeles Police Department, where I worked with some of the best people in the world -including the uniformed officers.... I only left because another LA City department pays more money. Last edited by CMonster : 05-01-2002 at 01:18 PM.