The Story of Officer Joe - Police Brutality Steals His Honor or Hero Cop?

Stepping up to the late model sedan, Officer Joe laughed to himself. The car that he pulled over was exactly like the one that his wife drove, and he could not help but see the humor. He had spent the last 20 years with the department and was looking forward to retirement with that beautiful wife and mother. He also was looking forward to getting to know his kids better not to mention his grandkids. How was it possible that he had six grandkids? He was only 18 five minutes ago it seemed.

Clearing his mind, he noticed that the tags were out of date and made a mental note to warn the driver to get it updated. Walking up to the car, he knocked on the driver's side window and asked to see a license and registration.

The driver lets the window down, pulls a gun and blows Officer Joe clear into traffic.

Officer Joe dies on that sad night there on that cold highway. He is run over by a car as his lifeless body is hurled into the lanes of traffic. His wife loses a husband, his kids a Dad, and his Grandkids a hero.

I apologize for my fictional story being so brutal, but it is very tame compared to the many murders of police officers across our Country every year. I wrote it to prove a point.

Many people consider police officers to be crooked, abusive, and power hungry. I have news for those people. They are right....sometimes. Every group of people have good and bad. It makes no matter how many or how few. There are always examples of poor humanity within a demographic. So, when those chosen few come on line and say that the police are this or that, they are showing their true character. Consider the following:

Officer Joe's family comes across this drivel on the Internet and hears people making horrible comments about policemen, with no regard to their Dad, Grandfather, or Husband. How do they feel? Do they not feel exactly the same way that any other group that is generalized might feel? Of course they do. Yet people continue to bash cops with the same broad strokes as always. I am talking to you Al Sharpton, among others.