What is the difference between a violent felon and a violent cop?

Question

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The violent cop can legally assault you; the violent felon can not.

Answer 1

The difference is that one has a badge. There is a problem today in society, and that is there is not enough applicants for law enforcement. That being the case, standards are lowered, and people we used to call "bully's" are applying.  

Answer 2

Well, this is an interesting vocabulary question. I would say the violent felon is behind bars or in lockdown and in direct constrast the violent cop is driving down the street doing a patrol in a police car! Also, the violent felon is in a maximum security prison somewhere. My guess!

Answer 3

a badge

pepper spray

handcuffs

an exponential number of heads a radio call away

riot gear

doughnut shop patronage

cops have etensive training in violence

Answer 4

The felon is commiting crime while the cop is trying to fight crime.  Police work is like making sausage; you like the end result but you really don't want to know how they do it.

Answer 5

The cop is going home to a soft bed and hot dinner, the felon isn't.

Answer 6

When the policeman cross's the border between good and bad then becomes bad cop the cop becomes the felon .To your answer yes a cop can say he or she used enough force to stop a felon instead the cop breaks the law by assulting the person .      

Answer 7

A violent felon and cop are basically the same.

Answer 8

half an inch of metal.

Answer 9

Gee, I love the way they label Critical Mass which is an obnoxious demonstration designed to s***w up city traffic deliberately as a "Pro-bicycle rally". In case you haven't heard the Officer that body checked the cyclist was fired. I don't condone it, but I understand why it happened. I'll hold judgement because I have a sneaking suspicion that the cyclist more than likely made some smart assed remark to the Officer who was more than likely having the day from h**l dealing with cyclists and angry people delayed because of the same cyclists.

That and I'm sure the other two Officers will be facing criminal charges as well.

So ultimately, what's the difference? If a Police Officer has to use violence to control a situation it has to be justified. If it isn't, he loses his job, possibly his freedom and all his worldly belongings. As opposed to a violent felon who has nothing to lose and acts accordingly. Except that many forget that there are many good Officers that for some people, are the only thing standing between them and the violent felon.

But of course these same people think that if one Officer is found to be acting wrong, then they all must be bad. The same thinking a racist uses to justify their hatred of others. Ironic, isn't it?

Answer 10

And congratulations on all your hard research in finding these cases.  But unfortunately, the press just doesn't cover the thousand good things that  LEO's did yesterday because you would rather see that and bask in it.

I would love to know what you do for a living - let us have some fun with it - but I suspect your a coward.