young people today do not respect authority or adults. period. that is the problem. was the cop out of line? sure, but the bigger issue is youth today having absolutely no respect for authority. I am a lot younger than most of you old guys here and I can say without hesitation that younger people are 100% more disrespectful to elders now than in "your day". it isnt even an argument, it is pretty much fact.
even in schools. students dont respect teachers. why? because they know the teachers cant fucking do anything about it. if you tell a teacher to fuck off, what is going to happen? suspension? detention? wow, terrifying punishments. young people do just not have respect. whether it is not being taught at home or some other reason, that is the issue. that is why these things keep happening. like others have said, and are probably right, it starts at home.
and everyone is always so quick to judge these types of situations. has anyone here been a cop that is weighing in? I would like to hear a response from a cop. everyone always has the game plan of how a cop should act and what they should do but has anyone here been in that situation? teenagers or adults, that cop, from what I saw, was by himself at least in the beginning. if that mob of teens becomes unruly, who is the one with the gun that they can wrestle away? a mob of teens can certainly overpower 1 cop if it came to that. I would think that a cop always has to think of what is the worst possible thing that could happen and react based on that, to not only protect others, but themselves.
you can argue all you want about how the cop acted, but the bottom line is it is a generational issue and it is going to keep happening. disrespectful, confrontational, lack of respect towards authority, these are the issues that need addressing and they start at home. putting body cameras and everything else on every cop in the country isnt going to fix those issues. they start at home.
