Three police officers were recently gunned down in Louisiana. These were the same police officers that were in the same police force as the man that was caught brutally killing an African American male on camera. While this death was gruesome, there has been a retaliation against police officers since this incident.

However, this video of the police officer is a bad representation of the officers in our country. They protect us, and the retaliation against them is frankly unnecessary and a profile against cops. While we should propose laws about the responsibility of a police officer behind a weapon, causing a massive divide between officer and citizen will only divide us as a country. We tend to still up against racist profiling cases against Hispanics, Blacks, and Muslims, but I truly believe that officers need to be added to the list. Because just like this group of people, they were badly represented on media and as a result, they have this injustice every day.

This image of a "bad cop" was originally brought up in urban areas, where the incarceration of black males occurred often. These police officers chose to go against the citizens of these areas instead of our protectors. And it was just recently that this image of a cop was brought to light.

Cops in these areas should predominately be their protectors from crime and unsafe plots. Laws should be enforced about how cops use their power behind a weapon, but I also believe that they should not be retaliated against for these stories. They protect us, that is their job and their duty.