Have cops really become so bad that it is considered shocking when one of them actually stands up for the cons?

[impaler19120]

The first thing that you, and lots of folks like you don't seem to understand is that the "Constitution" that you like to refer to so often is really the first ten Amendements to the Constitution, commonly know as the Bill of Rights.

The Supreme Court of the United States was established pursuant to Article III of the United States Constitution in 1789 as the highest federal court in the United States. It has ultimate (and largely discretionary) appellate jurisdiction over all federal courts and over state court cases involving issues of federal law, plus original jurisdiction over a small range of cases. In the legal system of the United States, the Supreme Court is the final interpreter of federal constitutional law, although it may only act within the context of a case in which it has jurisdiction

The federal courts may hear cases only if one or more of the following conditions are met:
1.If there is diversity of citizenship (meaning, the parties are citizens of different states or countries, including foreign states), and the amount of damages exceeds $75,000.
2.If the case presents a federal question, meaning that it involves a claim or issue "arising under the Constitution, laws, or treaties of the United States", assuming that the question is not constitutionally committed to another branch of government.
3.If the United States federal government (including the Post Office) is a party in the case.

So, in addition to the language included in the Constituition and its various amedemnens, there arises a body of "case law" handed down by the federal courts that serves to explain, define and interpert the language of the Constitution.

I have supprted and defended the Constitution both in the military and as a police officer for decades before you were born. Unfortunately, you don't seem to understand that the protections granted by the Bill of Rights were designed to proetct law abidinbg citizens from unwarranted government intrusion. They were not designed to provide sanctuary for the guilty.

It is unfortunate that you and your "type" of people feel that the lawful exercise of police authority is some type attack on you or your 'freedom', because you willingly choose to violate the law. In fact, it is the same lawful exercise of police authority that protects the public (including you) from Murderers, Rapists and Thieves.

You are living in what may easily be the most free and unfettered society in the history of the world. This society asks very little of you in return. You need to obey the "rules" and that is all. No one, at any time, any where likes ALL of the "rules' or "laws", but because we choose to live within certain groups, we agree to obey the laws, even the ones we don't like, or face the consequences.