>Knowing people with family in law enforcement has kind of
>changed my opinion from general FTP to really understanding
>the problems in the judicial system and how the badge and
>uniform pits the police as employees against the general
>public by design.

I understand this mindset, but the basic job description is (or at least should be);

Apprehend suspects and bring them to justice", not "work out your psychological issues on the bodies of suspects at your leisure".

If you can't do that, find another line of work. You are getting paid to keep your cool in high stress situations. I can't get behind stuff like this in any fashion. My uncle and a couple of my friends that are law enforcement (police and prison guards) all tell me that "you don't know what we go through, you gotta let it out", and I tell them to do something else for a living. I hear the "the establishment sets us up to fail" and "the public hates us until they need us" stuff, but... F*CK THAT.