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I agree bronco67 is IS a tough job for SOME of them.
And a lot of it is made tougher by turning them into revenue collectors by the govt. and insurance companies.
But hell...I was once in a band with a guy whose job was to scuba dive into the nuclear power plant containers in Port St. Lucie, Fla. to maintenance them.
He wore all kinds of protective gear, but he KNEW he was gonna probably die from cancer. That was pretty stressful.
He didn't act like an asshole to everyone or kill anybody or bully anyone.
Guys working construction on high rise buildings. That has GOT to be stressful. One mistake and they are dead. Don't see them shooting people or acting like bullies to the general public every chance they get.
Teachers in public schools. Holy hell...that would have me shooting MYSELF! lol
The difference, in my opinion, is the almost UNLIMITED power cops were given to "fight" the "drug war" (And the fucked up part is...a lot of it was over pot. And it's quickly becoming legal in most places lol).
It seems like every few years the Supreme Court would grant them even MORE powers and abilities to trample the constitution.
I mean...my God, they are now jabbing needles in people's arms and taking their fucking BLOOD during traffic stops!
If that isn't the biggest invasion of privacy that you can do, I don't know what would be.
And like I said earlier: When you give a group of people that kind of power. And then you have a system where the prosecutors, judges, and cops are all on the same "team". AND you make it where it's very difficult to punish cops for illegal shit.
Then you end up with this kind of situation happening.
Is the job stressful? Yes for some of them (not all).
Is it the most stressful job a guy could have? No.
Does a stressful job make it "okay" to act in this manner? Apparently ONLY if you are a cop. Anybody else would be going to jail.
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