Ryan talks about how officers, who leave their families every day to face danger, should

[applegrove]

know they are appreciated. THEN *****ING PAY THEM more than $44,000 a year the Dallas police were being paid to start.

[Hoyt]

1. Not saying it compensates, but police make a good amount of money after hours. But it helps.

[applegrove]

2. The GOP war on unions, taxes and battle to stop keynesian spending during

the recession so wages would fall and the rich could be even richer is the root cause of why there are bad, untrained people who should never have been cops on the streets too. Multiple ways in which being republican is anti-police.

[rurallib]

3. thoughts and prayers

there that ought to do it

[rug]

4. Law enforcement is not the most dangerous job.

http://time.com/4326676/dangerous-jobs-america/

It's #15.

[uponit7771]

9. They have to put up with more crap though than just having dangerous jobs

[mcar]

5. Yes!

If you expect people to put their lives on the line and be professional: vet them, train them and pay them!

Our little bitty city police force ( which merged with the county Sheriff's dept several years ago) was paying their 8-10 cops minimum wage!

[840high]

6. .+1

[applegrove]

7. That is just sick.

[uponit7771]

8. THIS !!! I would not put up with people like me for 44k a year.. fuck that. I also thought that migh

... might be an exageration, maybe a starting salary or some shit.

[applegrove]

10. I said "to start".

[JI7]

11. there are more dangerous jobs