Body camera shows as deputies were attempting to escort 82-year-old Anthony Goulding’s wife out of the home, Goulding began pouring gasoline on the carpet outside of a back bedroom.
Goulding’s right arm catches fire and then he throws a gas canister at the deputy. The flames grow larger.
Goulding passed away in the house fire, along with a dog.
I guess it depends on your varying levels of bad right? In your example you are saying cops are bad because they are doing the same thing as the bad people but getting paid for it so they are the same. In my mind 1% of what they do is shit sure. Having to evict elderly people. Arresting homless people for being homeless. Using unnecessary force on mentally unwell people. For just a very short list. What about the good they do? Crime deterence, taking drunk people of the road, responding to domestic disturbances, helping people figure out what is actually legal or not, serving and enforcing restraining orders.
Regardless of what i say i think we are just on opposing sides of this with differing opinions and that’s fine, i wish you the best
Using your most extreme example, would a monkey torturer still be a bad person if he helped fight crime and enforce restraining orders? Not to mention cops are paid to do both the good and the bad things, it isn’t like they are saints doing charity work.
That being said, life isn’t black and white, and pure bad people don’t exist much. The truth probably lies somewhere around them not being a bad person, but also not being a good person either. And I’m sure a few apples do the bad things with gritted teeth, thinking it’s the only way they can continue doing the good things.
I do wish more would take a stand. I can’t help but seeing this as enabling a broken system.