Think About It

Those of you who know me – and maybe some of you who don’t – realize that I am an advocate for Law Enforcement. Not only do I back the blue, I would bleed for them if necessary. However, there comes a point in time when a distinction needs to be made. When an individual who happens to wear a badge does something egregious, they are no longer operating under the “color of authority”. They may be employed by an agency, but they are not enforcing the law nor are they an officer of the peace. When this happens, they have become the adversary. You can call them a thug, an extortionist, a thief, a predator … or whatever, but they aren’t the police! We aren’t talking about someone who makes a mistake, these folks have consciously neglected their oath and have become the bad guys. While this makes me angry, it also makes me hurt for those peace officers who go out day-in-and-day-out to protect and serve. There needs to be a distinction drawn between the two types of people. As I was t