Reading comments on a family friend Facebook page [[he is a Detroit police officer)
I notice the divisive, us against them language is already starting. Whenver there is a shooting involving police casualties, inevitably we hear phrases and terms such as "one of our own"-"one of my brothers"-"the blue wall of silence" and "its all out war" etc. and also how stressful and dangersous it is to be a police officer in the city of Detroit...so on and so forth...Isnt this a job-career choice?
Also there tends to be a rush to judgement-rage against the shooter without knowing anything about the attackers mental state. Did he/she have a history of mental illness?

To be sure, there are instances when Detroit police officers have no choice but to punch, kick and tase combative suspects who resist arrest...but if were going to have more cops with a get tough on crime mentality then lets also take very seriously citizens who complain about emotionally unbalanced officers who go ballistic while in sadistic-sarcastic mode, and insult, degrade and trump up charges and inconvenience us with unnecessary court dates. Lets not make excuses for those officers. There are soldiers who spend years in combat situations, and human beings who grow up in crushing poverty,live in stressville 24/7 and dont display the type of contempt for their fellows that some police officers display. Arent there counseling programs available to the men and women in blue and plainclothes? They can transfer-change positions-titles?

Also our friends and family members who get arrested and end up in a precinct cell should have clean drinking water and mattresses,they should be given any prescribed medications on a timely basis, with pleas for medical attention taken seriously.