Easy targets
I say this all the time.. (though I have a respect for a police force.. more so for the Sheriff Dept. because he's an elected official), it seems to me that many just want to get through the day so they go for the easy target. Case in point:
Rapers and such when interviewed were asked why they picked such a target. In response the reply was mostly always the same "they were unarmed" ie easy target. Criminals do NOT want an armed populace ie CC (Conceal Carry). You may ask "WTF does this have to do with cops?" Well they are human too. When it comes to material on the ban list, BB's are easy targets because they will usually go peacefully as MOST BB's have a carreer, the luxuries of life, no police record, never bother others, except for using banned substances... a real upstanding Citizen of the Community, they have much to live for.
Now throw the other drug users in the mix. These are people labeled by the Dept of Justice and elected Officials as 'Violent drug users'. Not violent because they are ON drugs but they will USE violence to get them! and since they are such a burn out from the use of said drugs, they don't make much of a living and use violence to support themselves (violence includes taking other people's shit and selling it). These and the trafficers of "Violent Drugs" provides for a big market in the >>>FREE<<< world. These are the dangerous people. Less to live for and more reason to fight back. Whether it be to get their next fix or to protect their product. Cops fear these people, hence, they gravitate to the easier target to get their status/rank at work.
For now... I live in a violent area...for now. Nothing pisses me off more than, when my license expired on my truck, I walked out to go to work and saw a sticker on my truck. With all the vehicles in the parking lot.. I mean loads of them, a cop found the time/energy to go through EVERY DAMN part of the complex to check to make sure everybody's plates were up to date. OMfreakingG! Because I was preparing to move to an area 'unincorporated' making plates cheaper, I got a temp. That cop came back the next night, obviously saw the temp and was back the day it expired to put another warning sticker on my window. My plates in this area are more than $500.00 so you can see why I was trying to wait.
Anyway...I think you get my drift. Easy target
STORM SHADOW out