I think you’re being a little dense here. Of course the insults were directed at her. Despite her skin color she’s still hispanic. Whatever disgusting, racist thing they said was directed against her, her family and any member of her community.

Ok I retract you sounding naive because you sound more ignorant than anything. Funny how all the tough guys like yourself live on the internet. You can’t imagine how ‘Average’ that makes you. And while you’re getting hypothetically knifed or shot at, don’t forget to not call the police for help.

The job is risky. Dealing with the public is risky. Dealing with the public who might be committing criminal activities is riskier . Dealing with possibly armed public is even riskier. There’s no 10 step manual that’s going to cover every possible human behavior. You sound incredibly naive.

I agree that police officers are paranoid. But any mental health profession will tell you that that paranoia is what keeps them alive. Their job is not less dangerous than driving a garbage truck. A police officer stops strangers in their cars not knowing whether that person is a nice normal person or someone ready to…

Don’t be an idiot. I’m not saying Sanitation workers and electricians or any other job has risks. I’m saying that when you’re dealing with the public and when you’re dealing with criminals, the fact that you come out alive is not proof that your job is easier. The sanitation worker does not have to get between a…

Yoou’ve proven nothing except rattled off a bunch of statistics. How many of those occupations have someone shooting at them, and missing? How many of those occupations have someone going into domestic fights? Your stats are meaningless. It doesn’t account for how many times police officers defend themselves…

You don’t judge the risk of a job by the mortality rate. The fact that a cop doesn’t die everyday does not mean that the job is not risky, it means they’ve trained to minim to minimize their risk. That’s part of the job. Every time a cop stops someone to question them they’re in danger because they never know if that…