ok, I posted that before I read the whole thread. So first, as far as kids who dislike the cops for no real reason- I was 16 when this happened. I didn't even start smoking until after this. As far as being arrested or beaten and arrested, the only place I went to was the hospital. It wouldn't be any fun arresting a little blonde girl who you had already crippled. And for the equating pigs with our troops: most people in the milliary have hornor. Thats why they do something they may not agree with. I'm not saying that what they do is right or wrong, but its not for their own personal gain.
For people that rape and murder and things like that of course there needs to be something to stop them and prevent this from happening, but we need a system where you never hear "fuck its the cops" and "thank god its the cops" (I don't remember who said that either). We are the ones that need to stop givng power to those in control right now. We are the ones that are allowing this to continue by saying thats how it works, or he must have desirved it. I'm not talking about cops taking your weed or busting you for drinking underage. That sucks, but you can't blame them for that (obviously this is excluding them demanding or accepting sexual favors or other things of that nature to get off a charge). I don't blame some people for respecting cops. It all depends on what you;ve see for yourself, but it is very important to know that no mater what you think, we havn't seen it all, nor can we even try to guess at what else is going on behind the image of a protector. This goes for both good things and bad. I guess saying I hate cops isn't what I really mean. I don't trust cops. No one should. It doesnt matter what side of the law you're on.