{"id":6854,"date":"2014-10-24T18:50:37","date_gmt":"2014-10-25T01:50:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=6854"},"modified":"2014-10-24T19:09:24","modified_gmt":"2014-10-25T02:09:24","slug":"hard-keep-caring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=6854","title":{"rendered":"It’s Hard to Keep Caring"},"content":{"rendered":"

Recent article in American Police Beat by Lt.\u00a0Daniel Furseth<\/strong> <\/a>who is an officer with the DeForest, Wisconsin Police Department:\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

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Officer Daniel Furseth<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Today, I stopped\u00a0caring about my\u00a0fellow man. I\u00a0stopped caring\u00a0about my\u00a0community, my\u00a0neighbors, and\u00a0those I serve. I\u00a0stopped caring\u00a0today because a\u00a0once noble\u00a0profession has\u00a0become despised,\u00a0hated, distrusted,\u00a0and mostly unwanted.<\/p>\n

I stopped caring today because parents refuse to teach their kids right from wrong and blame us\u00a0when they are caught breaking the law. I stopped caring today because parents tell their little kids\u00a0to be good or \u201cthe police will take you away\u201d embedding a fear from year one. Moms hate us in\u00a0their schools because we frighten them and remind them of the evil that lurks in the world.<\/p>\n

They would rather we stay unseen, but close by if needed, but readily available to \u201cfix their kid.\u201d I stopped caring today because we work to keep our streets safe from mayhem in the form of reckless, drunk, high, or speeding drivers, only to be hated for it, yet hated even more because we didn\u2019t catch the drunk before he killed someone they may know.<\/p>\n

Nevertheless, we are just another tool used by government to generate \u201crevenue.\u201d I stopped caring today because Liberals hate the \"DeForest<\/a>police as we carry guns, scare kids, and take away their drugs. We always kill innocent people with unjust violence. We are called bullies for using a Taser during a fight, but are condemned further for not first tasing the guy who pulls a gun on us.<\/p>\n

And if we do have to shoot, we are asked \u201cwhy didn\u2019t you just shoot the gun out of their hand?\u201d And when one of us is killed by the countless attacks that do happen (but are rarely reported in the mainstream media) the haters say, \u201cIts just part of the job.\u201d<\/p>\n

I stopped caring today because Conservatives hate us as we are \u201cthe Government.\u201d We try to take away their guns, freedoms, and liberty at every turn.<\/p>\n

We represent a \u201cPolice State\u201d where \u201cjackbooted badge-wearing thugs\u201d randomly attack innocent people without cause or concern for constitutional rights.<\/p>\n

We are Waco, Ruby Ridge, and Rodney King all rolled into one lone police officer stopping to help change an old lady\u2019s tire. I stopped caring today as no one wants us around, but instantly demands answers, results, arrests, when a crime takes place.<\/p>\n

If a crime isn\u2019t solved within the allocated 60 minutes it takes CSI on television, we are inept, incompetent, or covering something up. If we do get \u201clucky\u201d it was just that and everyone with a Facebook account can post wonderful comments of how \u201cthey\u201d would solve the case and how \u201cwe\u201d are not nearly as clever.<\/p>\n

I stopped caring today because a video of a cop six states away, from a department that you never heard of, screws up and forgets his oath of honor, thus firing up an internet lynch-mob of cop haters even though 99% of us work twice as hard not to end up in the news and to still be \u201cthe good guys.\u201d<\/p>\n

We are \u201cmilitarized\u201d because we wear body armor and kevlar helmets when shots are fired or rocks thrown at us and carry scary looking rifles even though everyone knows that they are easier to shoot and are more accurate than a handgun or a shotgun.<\/p>\n

I stopped caring today because the culture of today\u2019s instantly connected youth is only there to take and never give back. To never accept responsibility for ones actions, but to blame everyone else instead of themselves. To ask \u201cwhat is in it for me?\u201d versus \u201cwhat can I do for you?\u201d<\/p>\n

To idolize gangsters, thugs, sexually promiscuous behavior, and criminals over hard work, dedication, and achievement. To argue that getting stoned should be a right, yet getting a job or an education is a hassle.<\/p>\n

To steal verus earn. To hate versus help. Yes, I stopped caring today. But tomorrow, I will put my uniform back on and I will care again.<\/p>\n

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