@LunarLioness814@mastodon.social , on a side note, the closest I came to putting you on blast was over the "officer down" comments. To me this indicates the core problem with our police forces. That somehow that call is among the worst calls you can hear over the radio. When it should be a far worse call to hear ANYONE else is down. The core responsibility of a police force is to protect the people, not other officers. They should be the body guards we have hired to jump in front of a bullet. But instead we get Uvalde, and multiple decisions by the SCOTUS that police have no constitutional duty to protect.

I have had the call that family has died. And I have broken down on tears over the news. Emotionally, I understand the power of that "officer down" call. But I truly believe that those emotions are used to justify the dehumanization of civilians, which is apparent in most professional interactions with the police.