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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce
I'm not saying the shouldn't wear helmets but for christ's sake look at them. The boys in blue have become the storm troopers in black.
And in the case of a knucklehead, (or provocateur), the police have surveillance equipment that enables them to pick one person out of a crowd of thousands by his/her nose hair whorls.
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Well, the gear looks like that for protection's sake, not to look scary and intimidating. Its form follows their function. Their purpose isn't to look inviting or friendly or sexy. They just happen to look scary too, thanks to presentation in movies and TV. Besides, the only time we ever really see crown-to-sole protective gear on cops is when they're in a position to be easily portrayed (and often are) as The Bad Guys in a situation. The riot gear is rarely ever associated with the cops being heroes. They're billed as heroes when they're killed while on duty, but not when they're dressed to protect themselves from the potential of riot damage.
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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce
The whole mentality of serve and protect, has morphed to what's written on the helmet in the original post... two examples of that attitude:
1 ~ Remember the retired Philly cop that protested in NY while wearing his uniform? Well the FOP in Philly is trying to kick him out and take away his FOP benefits.
2 ~ A Denver cop convicted of driving 143mph on a 2 lane, no shoulder, 55mph road, at night, with a passenger, while drunk, gets 5 days in jail... and his job back.
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Not disagreeing with this at all. At the same time, there are guys in the force who hate that this is how some people see the police force as a whole. They have their own knuckleheads, just like the peaceful march often has a few idiots who break windows or damage cars on the way. In their case, unfortunately, a lot of the knuckleheads are the ones in charge or in decision-making positions.