what really grinds my gears

June 16, 2008 at 5:07 pm · Filed under Media, Police and tagged: family guy, NJ, north jersey, Police

Why is it that the media must paint a negative headline on police involved news events.… From Houston, Texas: Police tank rams into house – it was not an accident. What they didn’t tell you in the headline was Woman shoots up Neighborhood – Barricades herself in House. Never did they mention how the officers risked their lives to take this woman into custody…. From New York City: Gallery Owner handcuffed to chair while fingerprinted and photographed for serving wine. The woman’s attorney was given ample time on the newscast to state how it’s a violation of the Constitution,  galleries have always served wine, and how he’s going to fight it all the way to the Supreme Court.  Then they barely stated that it was a crackdown by ABC. 

These were back to back news reports I heard while waiting for Family Guy to come on. It got me thinking.  Do people develop their ill-will of police from encounters with the boys in blue, from stories heard from other people, or from the evening news?  I guess the saying is true that we’re never really appreciated until we’re needed in some sort of emergency.

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