I stopped caring at the age of 25. I was pulled over for tail lights, and informed the officer I would be starting the academy next month as instructed by my recruiter. He allowed me out of the car to look at the tail lights, as he ran my plates. I was then at gun point shoved to the ground in a mud puddle, as my kids and wife began screaming and crying. The officer told me I had a gun under my jacket, with his gun on the back of my head. After I was cuffed, he yanked my jacket over my head and found my pocket knife, in a case, on my belt. He apologized while still shaking from all the excitement, and un-cuffed me. I was not ticketed, and apologized to again as i walked back to the car to leave,family still crying . So pardon me for not given a fuck if he cares or not, his contribution to society is so great he needed an image from Boston after the bombing instead of his own. The images I have from Boston after the bombing show the parts he did not wish to point out . More of the same that the hate is all about.
As you can see I can write some clever words on this subject as well. If you wish to change peoples minds blame the problem in the mirror. The public plays a part im sure, but to blame is to look for an excuse, or justification. So now Ill post your poem as well so the true root of your issue can be seen.
This is the image he chose to pair with his words . I added it more to ask 'Why a cop from Wisconsin would choose this image of another half way across the country instead of an image of his own noble acts??"
Today, I stopped caring about my fellow man. I stopped caring about my community, my neighbors, and those I serve.
I stopped caring today because a once noble profession has become despised, hated, distrusted, and mostly unwanted.
I stopped caring today because parents refuse to teach their kids right from wrong and blame us when they are caught breaking the law. I stopped caring today because parents tell their little kids to be good or “the police will take you away” embedding a fear from year-one. Moms hate us in their schools because we frighten them and remind them of the evil that lurks in the world. They would rather we stay unseen, but close by if needed, but readily available to “fix their kid”.
I stopped caring today because we work to keep our streets safe from mayhem in the form of reckless, drunk, high, or speeding drivers, only to be hated for it, yet hated even more because we didn't catch the drunk before he killed someone they may know. Never less, we are just another tool used by government to generate "revenue".
I stopped caring today because Liberals hate the police as we carry guns, scare kids, and take away their drugs. We always kill innocent people with unjust violence. We are called bullies for using a taser during a fight, but are condemned further for not first tasing the guy who pulls a gun on us. And if we do have to shoot, we are asked “why didn’t you just shoot the gun out of their hand?” And when one of us is killed by the countless attacks that do happen (but are rarely reported in the mainstream media) the haters say, "Its just part of the job".
I stopped caring today because Conservatives hate us as we are “the Government”. We try to take away their guns, freedoms, and liberty at every turn. We represent a “Police State” where “jackbooted-badge wearing thugs” randomly attack innocent people without cause or concern for constitutional rights. We are Waco, Ruby Ridge, and Rodney King all rolled into one lone police officer stopping to help change an old lady's tire.
I stopped caring today as no one wants us around, but instantly demands answers, results, arrests, when a crime takes place. If a crime isn't solved within the allocated 60 minutes it takes CSI on television, we are inept, incompetent, or covering something up. If we do get “lucky” it was just that and everyone with a Facebook account can post wonderful comments of how “they” would solve the case and how “we” and not nearly as clever.
I stopped caring today because a video of a cop six states away, from a department that you never heard of, screws up and forgets his oath of honor, thus firing up an internet lynch-mob of cop haters because “we all do the same things” even though 99% of us work twice as hard not to end up in the news and to still be “the good guys”. We are "militarized" because we wear body armor and kevlar helmets when shots are fired or rocks thrown at us and carry scary looking rifles even though everyone knows that they are easier to shoot and are more accurate than a handgun or a shotgun.
I stopped caring today because the culture of today’s instantly connected youth is only there to take and never give back. To never accept responsibility for ones actions, but to blame everyone else instead of themselves. To ask “what is in it for me?” versus “what can I do for you?” To idolize gangsters, thugs, sexual promiscuous behavoir, and criminals over hard work, dedication, and achievement. To argue that getting stoned should be a right, yet getting a job or an education is a hassle. To steal verus earn. To hate versus help.
Yes, I stopped caring today.
But tomorrow, I will put my uniform back on,.................... and I will care again.
Lt. Daniel Furseth
DeForest Police (WI)
DeForest Police (WI)
LINK TO HIS POST
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=641876795921998&set=a.116743655101984.19226.100002990494076&type=1&theater
In closing I would also like to remind you of another victim who was not shot. Kelly Thomas was handcuffed, then beaten to death by a group of police officers. Other officers stood by with medics and watched. So tell me LT. Furseth are those the good cops you speak of?
No parent should ever have to find their child in my blogs. That clearly is on law enforcement.
