I don't want them thrown to the ground. The alligator at the door lately is the indictment of two officers for the death of black suspect Roger Owensby on Nov. 7. Chief Streicher did not defend or accuse the cops. The Owensby grand jury testimony is secret, even to him. But he wishes people would take a walk in beat shoes and imagine how it feels to all the other cops.
Nobody wants to know what cops know.
They see the underbelly, the very bowels of society, the ugly, underhanded, vile, slimiest things people do. Everyone just wants cops to go out and deal with it, but don't tell us about it. Every one of us has rolled in the street. Twenty-three cops created 100 percent of the serious discipline problems. That's just 2.3 percent of the force.