Okay I felt bad dragging that person on my blog when I have no idea how young they are so I’ll just condense my statements here instead:

• Police work is only the 14th most dangerous job in America. Some far deadlier positions include being a garbage man, a farmer and a taxi driver.
• Only 55 police were killed by “felonious acts” (such as shootings) in all of 2018.
• They get around $30 an hour, total coverage for all health issues, 2-5 weeks paid vacation a year, one of the best retirement plans in the country, holiday bonuses, paid sick leave, and of course a great deal of them are handed a car.
• For all those cushy perks and power and intimidation they get out of the job, the vast majority of their time is spent patrolling around looking for people to ticket.
• …..Which does nothing to enforce the law among people who can afford those tickets, while outright ruining the lives of people who can’t.
• If a police officer does something wrong it can be totally cleared by an “internal investigation” and courts can just decide to go easy on them for their service.
  
• It’s been conclusively proven multiple times in multiple ways that minorities are targeted by police including  a study into literally 100,000,000 traffic stops.
  

U.S. law enforcement do not actually need any respect or sympathy. They already have more than most people could ever possibly ask for and then some.