Not the police my grandparents knew...

The police. A force of good. A force which protects America on the home front. When you think of police, you think of Andy Griffith. You think of kind men in blue uniforms that will protect you from those that will work your harm. So, the police are pretty awesome people, right? Back thirty or so years ago, that was true. Nowadays, most police no longer hold these values as important.

Police that my grandparents knew were public servants. They were respectable men. Men that, children and adults would look up to. The police were like Andy and Barney of Mayberry. Children were taught, if you are lost, look for a policeman. He will help you.

Police were seen as kind people.

The latter is no longer true. The policeman's image changed from friend, to annoyance, to enemy solider. The job of police used to be to serve, so it did not attract, well, bullies. Now, it is to control and fight the citizens, and give power. This, is more suited to the nature of people that take pleasure in bullying. There are many cases of this.

Arizona
November 5, 2011: Danny Rodriguez, 28, was fatally shot by Officer Richard Chrisman in Phoenix during a domestic disturbance at their home. Rodriguez picked up a bicycle from the living room and Chrisman then shot him twice. Chrisman also shot Rodriguez's pit bull. Chrisman was charged with second-degree murder, aggravated assault, and animal cruelty. In 2013, Chrisman was convicted of the lesser charge of manslaughter and aggravated assault, and was sentenced to 7 years of prison.

California
July 6, 2002: Video footage taken by a tourist showed 16-year-old Donovan Jackson being beaten by officers from the Inglewood Police Department. In the video, Officer Jeremy Morse is seen repeatedly punching Jackson, and then picking him up and slamming him down on the back of a police car. To date, legal settlements have cost the city of Inglewood over $3 million. Officer Morse was terminated from the force and charged with assault, but the charges against him were dropped after two trials ended with hung juries. His partner, Officer Bijan Darvish, was suspended and charged with filing a false police report, but was acquitted by a jury.

Mississippi
February 4, 2006: Jessie Lee Williams Jr. died of brain trauma after being beaten by jailer Ryan Teel during booking at Harrison County, Mississippi jail. Teel was later found "guilty of conspiring to deprive inmates' rights, using unnecessary, excessive force in Williams' fatal beating, and obstructing justice by writing a false report." In the civil lawsuit which ensued, the Williams estate obtained a settlement of $3.5 million from Harrison County.

The list goes on and on. Another case was were, Police were tipped that drug dealers were living in a certain house. Living next to the house in question was a family with an infant. The police got to the scene, and went into the wrong house. They broke into the house shooting tasers every which way. One police officer shot the infant in the face with his taser, deforming and crippling it for the rest of his life. And when the police discovered they had entered the wrong house, they did nothing. There was no punishment, no recompense, nothing. The grieving family received nothing. There was NO justice.

Because most policemen are bullies, many bad things happen. But, I am not saying all policemen are bad. I'm sure there are still Andys and Barneys out there. But, the facts remain the same. Most policemen are bullies. Take this for instance: A burglar comes up to you, points a gun at your head and demands your money. And, you are driving from place to place, shopping, and a policeman stops you because he says "You are driving erratically." so this must mean you are doing something bad. He then asks you, "Do you have anything of value with you?" "Yes." "What is it?" "Some money.". So lets say you have about 50 dollars for food. The policeman can and probably will declare it drug money, and thus take custody of the money. No trial, no hearing. And if you try to resist, he will tase you.

So, this police force, originally meant to protect and serve us, have now been turned against us.

Good job, America.

You have an occupying army.