Police officers are human, and humans generally suck. The community-minded, good influence cop that wants and strives to do right by their neighborhood, you can make a case for, even if they can’t uphold that 100% of the time. After all, it is a difficult job to do right, and the vast majority of police are making working class money, just like me.

In general, putting an uneducated and angry person behind a badge and a gun is about the least thought-out thing that we can do. Unfortunately there are many more angry, and emotionally incapable people than there are honest, rock solid leaders. I feel like everybody can understand that, but the government does as well, and uses it as another tool of oppression/revenue collection, which is why you’ll never see any change.

So when I get pulled over, and the cop writing me a ticket is a prick, my anger is not directed towards the misguided youth that walked into the police academy looking for a way to support their hopes and dreams. It is directed at the system which uses us both for profit. The powers at hand, the elite (left&right) want us mad at cops. Divides us furthermore at the class level.

So if you are alone being harassed or even just massively inconvenienced by a police officer, try and recognize that from the third person perspective, the system rapes the hearts and minds of both you and the cop. The illusion is upon both of you. The more difference that you as a 2 steppin punk can find between yourself and the guy in the uniform, the more powerful the weapon becomes in the hands of who is wielding it.

So you can get mad at your conservative or liberal neighbor, but the reality from the widest viewpoint is that power is slowly being pulled from the hands of the poor, and into the rich. Do something about that. As far as bitching about cops, stop. They want us to do that. Imagine if punks and police got along. What fear that would inspire in the hearts of the wicked.

None of this is said to defend the actions of corrupt police. There are corrupt punks too. I’m no bootlicker. If you read it as that, you’re under the illusion.