re: Cops Assaulted during street wars in Lubbock Texas

Someone kicked an ant pile..?

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or called a firetruck that wasnt doing shite and had them spray everyone with the hose

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true, they really enjoy that. look at how much fun it is!!:







SO MUCH FUN!! WEEEEEEEEEE!!!!

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thats a really dumb reason. we used to play full football games in the street all the time and nobody came in to make us stop that

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From the link in the OP:

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Police Chief Greg Stevens says during the hours of the event, officers responded to at least 58 calls for service in the Parkway neighborhood in east Lubbock. Those calls were related to reports of individuals throwing water balloons and shooting "super soaker" type water guns at each other and passing vehicles, along with reports of multiple streets blocked as a "water war" occurred throughout the neighborhood. "We received further reports of some property and businesses damaged and residents harassed during the "water fight" event, which was referred to as "the purge" on social media. "Specifically, we received at least one report of a windshield cracked and several people being unwittingly drenched as they drove or walked down the street. These calls for service were reported to police by residents and business owners who could not enjoy the peace and quiet of their neighborhood and drive freely down their streets.

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It's not like they just said to themselves lets go break up this harmless water fight because we're bored.

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Why does it seem like the East side is always the hood

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The sun sets in the West and classy people appreciate beautiful sunset views

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You don't know shite about being a cop so let's just leave it at that

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That's an ill-informed assumption.

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1. They didn't go looking for people having a water fight they were called there. Big difference

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I have no problem with this. I was just reading the situation at face value based on the information we were given in the OP. Also, I was more or less making a general point that in my experience, typically holds true.

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2. Laws are enforced wether we like them or not. We swore an oath. Sorry for following rules

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In a perfect world sure. And I would agree everywhere but the courtroom. Sometimes there are bad laws and they go unenforced by sensible cops utilizing their discretion or by defiant judges and prosecutors or, as a last line of defense, by the people themselves through jury nullification.

That's not even to mention how I and others see cops themselves breaking the laws everyday like the ones I see, that aren't even in their jurisdiction, speeding down the Causeway bridge in their Orleans, St. Charles, St. Bernard and St. James Parish Sheriff's vehicles. If you're going to tout "swearing an oath" shouldn't you at the very least set the example yourself by following the law to the letter?

Law enforcement also and rightly, often chooses not to enforce certain laws by utilizing discretion and prioritizing more important things.

Let's not act like the law, which is written by a bunch of slimy politicians, is the end-all and be-all.

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3. Respect in some areas, times, or places has to be earned through a show or force because ignorance, booze or outright lack of civility by the citizenry

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And you had me until this.

Playing head games with the public isn't the answer. The ego and the posturing need to go. There's no place for that in law enforcement. Any attempts to garner arbitrary, dynamic, undefinable and vague notions such as "respect" only shows a level of emotional involvement that's dangerous for both the officer and the public. Law enforcement officers are supposed to be faceless, soulless agents of the government enforcing the laws as written and utilizing sensible discretion when the situation warrants it.

I agree that the public shouldn't take it out on the officers if they're just doing their job. If the public disagrees with the law their vitriol should be directed towards the politicians that wrote it and the judges that interpret it. But every person that chooses voluntarily to pursue a career as a street cop knows what kind of bullshite they're going to have to put up with and if you can't handle the stress and set your ego aside then don't take the job.

It's not a job for the mentally and emotionally weak yet very few departments do what's necessary to weed out those individuals during the hiring process or through the Academy. It's not until after an otherwise seemingly good officer starts cracking that they may or may not get shite canned.

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Show some respect, follow the rules and we'll all get along.

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"Follow the rules and we'll all get along" , I can agree with.

probably called out because of a watering restriction

Then they'd be racists turning the firehoses ... Bull Connor...etc.

ETA: sorry, someone beat me to this with photographs, too.

ETA 2: If these neighborhoods went to all this trouble to organize this event, couldn't someone have thought "hmmmm, let's see about a permit, and do this right so that the police don't get called, and our neighbors not participating can know about this and avoid the area."

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agree. Next time someone throws a trash can at me, I’ll just chalk it up as peak comedy and start laughing

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If you go in certain areas of town and expect nothing to happen to you, you are blind.

never mind, late to the party