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BumRushDaShow

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12. Maybe by some but not the majority
Mon May 25, 2015, 10:41 AM
May 2015

And certainly, the FOPs have a powerful presence in most cities and cities hold very elaborate ceremonies to honor fallen officers (where other officers nationwide come to pay respects and friends/neighbors of the officer also attend). We had one poignant event here in Philly just a couple months ago - http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/Funeral-for-Officer-Robert-Wilson-III-Medal-of-Valor-Ramsey-Gamestop-Shooting-Death-296328271.html

Criminals are criminals and would kill their own families (and often do) for whatever reason that is often only known by them. The difference is that when non-criminals are profiled, hunted, targeted, followed, stopped, harassed, threatened, beaten, and sometimes killed by cops because they "fit the description", then that should not go unchallenged.

What is bad, IMHO, is assuming that because the individual has a "badge" then they cannot be considered a "criminal", as that reasoning is just ludicrous.

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