RateMyCop: Not Just for Negativity

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Mark 'Rizzn' Hopkins
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RateMyCop: Not Just for Negativity
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No, he was caught being courteous, helpful, non-confrontational, and downright nice in the performance of his duties during an anti-War protest in Los Angelos.

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Officer Guillary exemplified how law enforcement should conduct itself with respect to American citizens lawfully conducting a protest and exercising their first amendment rights. He is a credit to his department.

Perhaps it is a bit of cultural cynicism that we are so surprised by policemen who actually protect and serve in the spirit with which their mandate was created, or maybe we have a systemic problem with our nation's police that makes them all want to behave like the 'hero' they saw on last night's COPS re-run where they tackle all citizens like they're mullet-wearing, wife-beating hoodlums.

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