Comments by "Itinerant Patriot" (@itinerantpatriot1196) on "Dan Bongino: This is a personnel issue, not a training issue" video.

  1. I haven't seen this video but Dan is right when he says there are cops out there who have bad intentions and probably shouldn't be wearing the badge, just like not everyone who wears a military uniform is a hero. These outfits draw from the general public and in case you haven't noticed, the general public isn't populated by a bunch of saints. When I was a kid, there were anti-gang units that used to cruise our neighborhood. They were known as the big four because they drove in black cars and always traveled in a group of four. They were notorious for coming up on any group of young people, 20 and under, and getting rough with them. They came up on me and a group of my friends one night when we were just walking into a party store. They throttled one of the guys who was with us pretty bad. His father wanted to press charges and when I went down to the precinct to give my statement the cops interviewing me treated me like I was a criminal. They cursed at me, called me a liar, and reminded me that they knew where I lived. They did that in the precinct, so you can imagine what they were like on the street. I held my ground and stuck to my story but the complaint didn't go anywhere, and neither did the big four. I say all that because I do have sympathy for people who have run-ins with bad cops. But as Dan said, calling for their disbandment isn't a solution. Maybe if the same politicians who call for that kind of reaction supported policed a bit more strongly they wouldn't end up recruiting guys who just want to get off on wearing a gun and having a bit of power. Think incidents like Ferguson haven't caused good people to think twice about signing up for the job? It's only going to worse I'm afraid and the people who will suffer the most will be the people most in need of protection. Those cops in black cars in my neighborhood may have been a-holes, but there was a reason that squad was created, and it wasn't because there wasn't a gang problem in my city. I just hope justice is served as best it can be in this case. Condolences to any innocent people hurt by the actions of this particular crew.
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