Well I think it varies in different locations. Areas with deep poverty have a lot more violence than other places.

But otherwise PTSD doesn't come from drawing your gun out of its holster.

It doesn't even come necessarily from violence happening to you.

It comes from being in situations where you fear for your life.

Cops who work very poor and violent neighborhoods are experiencing that everyday.

Trust me, I've lived in neighborhoods where gunshots were a daily occurrence, and even automatic rifles could be heard occasionally. It scared me just to hear it, and I'm not even the one getting the phone call to go check it out every time it happens. That's what cops have to do.

As usual I'm going to get downvoted for daring to suggest that maybe cops could use some empathy.

Unfortunately, the only way to improve human beings is to first empathize and understand what's actually on their plate.

The idea that cops are just this special breed of bad human beings, is stupid. And as long as that is the predominant belief system, nothing will ever change. There will just be this feud that never ends and hurts all of us.

It seems like it's pretty common for people that do horrible things when they're in wartime conditions for a long time.

I suspect that a lot of police officers in the United States have a similar thing going on; a kind of PTSD from dealing with violent people regularly.

Do you have any thoughts about that? I'd be curious for your opinion since you have actual experience of this and I don't.

Everything goes better with ranch.

Can you imagine being the inventor of such a popular food?

Just imagine how many other undiscovered flavors are out there, that could make you a multi-millionaire.

There is plenty of fair trade, sustainably grown, organic chocolate out there these days.

But back in the day it was a little more scarce.