Review on show's front page
User "rdngmikey" wrote a review of this show. Admittedly, I just started watching it tonight. I think I'm on S1:E5 and it's pretty standard crime stuff. However, I wonder if the reviewer has EVER actually had to call the cops for anything. As the child of a Chicago cop (Army veteran), sibling of a veteran from Afghanistan and family member and friend of countless cops, with all due respect for those that wear the badge, they are depicted pretty accurately. Trust me, I love my family and friends just as much as the next person, but they are HUMAN BEINGS. They have their own agendas, office politics, back-stabbing, affairs with co-workers and mistakes. Most of them are there to collect a check and go home and don't give a hoot about anybody but their immediate family and friends.
Personally, I'm on the right side of the law and have never been arrested for anything...ever. I have had my identity stolen twice, my car broken into once, assaulted by a psychopath and met a few other psychos in college - the police NEVER helped me ONCE. Recently, some weirdo did something illegal and I called the local cops to find out my options. They told me they didn't have any answers. Really? The COPS? The people that actually are supposed to "serve and protect" could not tell me how to deal with somebody clearly breaking the law? I even looked up the statutes to make sure to tell them the actual crime being committed - no help whatsoever.
Again, I have nothing against cops, in general and I'm related to quite a few but I would NOT want to be on the wrong side of a billy club held by a cop having a bad day. I've told some of the details to friends and ALL of them have shared similar experiences. In fact, we all noticed a pattern. The class bullies that didn't do their homework and liked to pick on kids smaller than themselves usually went to the Police Academy. I would say that's pretty accurate. I KNOW the cops in my own family, personally, and I would cross the street if I saw most of them anywhere other than a family function. Yikes.
While it may be pedestrian and "hard to hear" the cops fumbling the ball is pretty standard. Unless you're Natalie Holloway...good luck getting anybody to give a hoot. No matter what side of the 2nd Amendment one is on, it's pretty fair to say most of us can't depend on the cops to keep us safe when we open our front door.
- Get busy living, or get busy dying. Andy (The Shawshank Redemption)