What has happened to our police?

[JPK]

They all have shaved heads and more often than not have arms and necks with tattoo's. They have the facial features with the scowl of Mussolini. Physically, look like if they ran more than 30 feet they would collapse from lack of oxygen. No wonder they shoot first. They no longer wear standard blue uniforms but wear black or camouflage military BDU's. What happened to the friendly beat cop?

[FuzzyRabbit]

1. Steroids

Professional athlete steroid use pales in comparison to police steroid use.

http://www.policechiefmagazine.org/magazine/index.cfm?fuseaction=display_arch&article_id=1512&issue_id=62008

[ZombieHorde]

2. "What happened to the friendly beat cop?"

Camera phones exposed them for what they are.

[NickB79]

3. The old ones are fat as fuck; the new ones look roided up

I actually have a coworker who's training to be a cop. Nice enough guy at work, but he looks like he practically lives in the gym.

[Rex]

4. 9/11 changed everything...it was not a joke.

They meant it.

[FiveGoodMen]

8. That's what it was for!

[TheKentuckian]

5. Same pigs as always now roided up, inflated and over empowered by the stupid and failed drug war

and loaded up like overly spoiled children with the gear of occupation.

[Warpy]

6. What happened to the beat cop? Sprawl.

You can still find a few of them in some congested, mostly east coast cities.

Here they got the downtown cops out of the cars and onto bicycles and those cops are buff. There would be no way to outrun them.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

7. police are agents of the state, and with rising inequality they treat a lot of poor people

like the enemy. combine that with the racism in the criminal justice system overall, and it really fucks with the life of black people, especially young black men.

[Lint Head]

9. And the majority of them have shitty attitudes. The few photos and videos of police being friendly

with people are nothing more that PR attempts so people will say, "See. There are good policemen." They wouldn't need those photos if they were actually "good". I'm just an average looking guy. But every time I've ever spoken to a police officer, just to say hello or have small talk, while they're standing around during an event or just hanging on the corner they always, and I mean "always", have a power trip attitude and a holier than thou vibe surrounding every molecule of their being. They will joke with each other but to have a private citizen look at them to say hello, joke or be friendly they look like they're looking you over as if you're a suspicious bank robber type or drug dealer. I'm not a paranoid person and have no feelings like that with anyone else but police. I've never been arrested, in jail or trouble. But damn they sure make me feel like I've done something wrong.

They have done heroic things and died in the line of duty but dammit not everyone is a damn criminal.

[FiveGoodMen]

10. "not everyone is a damn criminal"

Remember that this country is under the influence of Christianity, which blatantly states that everyone is so guilty that they should be tortured forever.

Everyone.

No exceptions.

It views 'salvation' as a special favor that God does for those he likes even though they still deserve eternal punishment. But if you've got friends in high places you get out of it!

Does that sound anything like our current government and law enforcement?

It should.

[Lint Head]

11. +10