Gun violence, police, LMPD
Here's a statement that may upset folks. You can unfollow me if it bothers you.
Part 1. I am a civilian employee of the Louisville Metro Police Department. Yes, we've had some absolute idiots drag the department down into the muck over the last few years. (PLEASE DO NOT MENTION BREONNA TAYLOR'S CASE TO ME. I'VE HEARD IT ALL) But I hear & see a lot of the stories that the rest of the world doesn't. I've helped officers build a Habitat for Humanity house...
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Gun violence, police, LMPD
Part 4
There will be tears. There will also be the telling of stories of the injured officer's exploits, in the hopes of inducing laughter. We just buried an officer last week. I pray we don't have to do it again this soon.
Just remember, most people run away from active shooters. Police run toward them. They are people & not all of them are bad. They'll risk their lives to protect yours, missing holidays & family time. Thank a cop. Any cop.
@LunarLioness814 I appreciate your viewpoint, but disagree. Until police recognize that their occupation isn't even one of the top 10 most dangerous professions, and things like commercial fishermen and landscaping are far more dangerous, their fears fall on deaf ears with me. They treat civilians as the enemy. They have what, twice the instance of domestic violence than other people? And then claim immunity. Yes, there are good police officers. There are good people in any large enough group. ANY. But the way they interact with the public, violating civil rights, destroying the futures of people... building a habitat house or delivering food to the elderly just doesn't compensate. I will never again trust the police. I look at them as a credible threat, no matter what the situation. Too many bad apples.
@LunarLioness814 I feel you there. It's hard to see a guy with no history of malfeasance, and so young, catch the bad luck he did. My best hope is he rethinks his career. Before he becomes what his seniors are.
@LunarLioness814 , on a side note, the closest I came to putting you on blast was over the "officer down" comments. To me this indicates the core problem with our police forces. That somehow that call is among the worst calls you can hear over the radio. When it should be a far worse call to hear ANYONE else is down. The core responsibility of a police force is to protect the people, not other officers. They should be the body guards we have hired to jump in front of a bullet. But instead we get Uvalde, and multiple decisions by the SCOTUS that police have no constitutional duty to protect.
I have had the call that family has died. And I have broken down on tears over the news. Emotionally, I understand the power of that "officer down" call. But I truly believe that those emotions are used to justify the dehumanization of civilians, which is apparent in most professional interactions with the police.
@JonKramer Thank you for taking the time to thoughtfully state your opinion instead of just putting me on blast. Growing up in the South, I'm all too familiar with bad police. In fact, I had a fairly jaundiced view of LMPD until I wound up working there. I still do, in some regards. The critically injured officer today had been on the street all of 3 weeks, IIRC. And he's a youngster. I think that is what's bothering me the most.