Here's the side of police officers people forget exists. I've also seen officers give water to people on hot days, I've had mostly good encounters with school resource officers (which are police officers), officers usually won't hesitate to rescue animals, officers will take care of lost kids until they find the kids' families … officers are trained to only get aggressive if you're resisting arrest. Of course, there are bad cops. But it's not the majority.
Police officers have families too. They put their lives on the line to protect their communities, not knowing if they'll make it home to their families. Officers who get unnecessarily aggressive 9 times out of 10 get fired, usually even jailed. If you don't give officers reasons to get aggressive with you, they shouldn't get aggressive with you, and if they do, they're a shit police officer and going against their training. ACAB pisses me off, and this is why. There are good officers. Not all officers are bad. Not even most officers are bad. They're trying to help, and it's sad that they could get murdered just for being a cop.
To clarify: No, I'm not pro Blue Lives Matter. But I care about and appreciate local police, like I should. Without them, it would be absolute anarchy and it would be terrifying to even leave the house. That's not a life I want to live. Law and order is incredibly important in society, and without anyone to uphold the law, we don't get that. Police officers are important, no matter what your opinion on them is. If you're tased or attacked in some other way by an officer, they view you as a threat, and they have every right to defend themselves, just like everyone else.
