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No one expects any of you to fist-fight people at work every day - so why do you all think the cops should have to? Who told you that wrestling people and being punched or kicked is part of their job? They aren't Ultimate Fighters and they don't need to be - they are just another kind of city employee, in the same category as the meter readers and file clerks and the mayor.

I think that's the root cause of the anger and confusion, here. You've got unreasonable expectations of what cops should put up with. I've never met anyone who would agree to spend a whole career doing what you're all asking, for only a cop's salary, and obviously none of YOU have chosen to do so, either. So where do those expectations come from? What are they based on? Why do you think a cop should expect to be hit during his shift?

I'm guessing that none of you think a barista should put up with being punched and kicked, or a teacher, or a musician, or the guy at kinkos. So why cops?
Posted by Reymont]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:00:09 -0800 Portland Mercury Posted by Ali Reingold]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:55:10 -0800 Portland Mercury Posted by chomp]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:52:42 -0800 Portland Mercury Posted by Demondog]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:48:45 -0800 Portland Mercury Posted by Marpin]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:41:45 -0800 Portland Mercury Posted by Marpin]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:40:35 -0800 Portland Mercury Posted by Graham]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:37:06 -0800 Portland Mercury
Maybe it's for the best that everyone just decides it's not going to happen and move to other projects.
Posted by Jinx]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:34:49 -0800 Portland Mercury Posted by Ali Reingold]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:30:56 -0800 Portland Mercury
Have you all seen 12 year old kids these days? Not many are "kids" in the way kids were kids 30 years ago. Most are angry, depressed, drug taking (prescription & not), hormone filled, self serving and unappreciative of the very difficult job that present day law enforcement has to do. Come to think about it... that description probably fits a lot of the posters on here too.
Posted by jptt]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:28:39 -0800 Portland Mercury Posted by peejay]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:27:15 -0800 Portland Mercury Posted by atomic]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:25:08 -0800 Portland Mercury Posted by chomp]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:24:04 -0800 Portland Mercury Posted by D]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:22:55 -0800 Portland Mercury
She's excluded from Tri-Met for a prior purse snatch. She's known enough to the officer that he recognized her on sight, which means she's a regular problem. He tried to take her into custody (like they had done with the other young man, without incident, because he complied) when he was attacked violently and unexpectedly. He was more injured than she was, and they had to pick his badge up out of the street because she tore his shirt open and tore the badge off the shirt.

Ever wonder why the recruiting age for gangs has dropped down to middle school and sometimes lower?

The reaction to this supports that gang strategy. It also send the message that the buses and trains are owned by anyone willing to be bold enough, defiant enough, and violent enough because the expectation of the police commissioner is that officers will back down and not take action.

Good luck, passengers.
Posted by Nick Angel]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:17:27 -0800 Portland Mercury Can I eat?
Posted by Jeffrey Daniel Rubard]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:16:13 -0800 Portland Mercury Posted by Demondog]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:15:33 -0800 Portland Mercury Adorable.
Posted by Jeffrey Daniel Rubard]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:15:08 -0800 Portland Mercury Posted by Matthew D]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:08:54 -0800 Portland Mercury
I reserved judgment until I saw the video.


Posted by Nick Angel]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:57:17 -0800 Portland Mercury Posted by Beer Batter]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:54:23 -0800 Portland Mercury Posted by martin]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:51:25 -0800 Portland Mercury Posted by Dale Hardway]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:37:37 -0800 Portland Mercury Posted by Alison Hallett]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:33:25 -0800 Portland Mercury Posted by ralf]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:24:47 -0800 Portland Mercury