Officer shot in the Portland neighborhood, second officer transported to hospital

Well said. Some people will never understand.

"We never know who or what may be hostile to us behind the doors."

And the rest or us do? is anyone prewarned of a car jacking, an armed robbery, a home invasion? You have the benefit of being readily armed, and trained, far better than the average citizen. It really is insulting the way you try to pretend that the clerks of the hundreds of 24 hour stores, dont go into every night shift wondering if this will be the night their lives are at the mercy of a criminal. Many times, not only are they not provided with a means of self defense, body armor, and a weapon, but are prohibited from such. Still, they do their job.

"Are we perfect? No, but we are a darn sight better than what is available throughout most of the world."

That is relatively true, though that in no way means we should 'settle' for less than the best. Nobody said being a police officer was easy, but you are not alone in that respect. There really is no guarantee that anything is easy.

"Are they perfect, no, But do you care, no. You just want to pick a fight that see from behind your computer monitor."

So, that is what you get from my posts? I think that cops should be perfect? Then you are not competent to be trying to carry on a dialogue with me. I am by far not perfect, and have no more of an excuse for my behavior than I do for yours. The difference between you and I, is that I KNOW my job does not make me any better of a person than a waitress at Denny's, the garbage man, of the kid taking my order at a restaurant. On a personal level, we all judge. Its a nasty human trait, but it happens. I am a better person than some, and a worse person than others, based upon my own definition of what 'better' means.

Funny how intolerant you ALL are of my opinions, when, many of you, or those claiming to be with you, have taken steps to threaten me, harass me outside of a website, and repeatedly intimidate me.

How many of you attached your names to derogatory comments made about the chief, or the mayor, or any of the people that have been raked over the coals on here? How many of you would have sat idly by if I was posting private information about cops, calling for physical harm to them, listing personal information, or using a political connection to harm them? You hide behind the excuse, "it wasnt me who said it", so that you can avoid taking responsibility for it. I know, that if someone got on here, and claimed to represent me, and said things I abhorred, that I would definitely take issue with them. I have integrity. You exemplify the problem with society today, it doesnt matter if its wrong, when the wrong is committed in your favor.