Police officers are too often the bad guys in news headlines, so it’s always a good thing to see a good cop story. A Richmond, VA officer pulled over an African-American woman for having her brake lights out. While this situation has ended on a sour note for some people in the past, Chy-Niece Thacker took to Facebook to write about what a blessing the cop turned out to be.
Ms. Thacker was on her way to a job interview when she saw the siren lights behind her. Officer Jenkins quickly let her know she was in no trouble – he wanted to help her fix the broken tail lights. Relieved, Thacker watched as Jenkins took care of the problem, and she was back on the road in no time.
Being a good cop coming as a surprise to the American population is a problem in itself. Society is accustomed to seeing negative news stories regarding rotten members of the police force. It’s quite unfortunate, but at least we do get a glimpse of some decent officers once in a while.
On her Facebook wall, Thacker wrote:
He could’ve easily given me a ticket, but Officer Jenkins stepped out of officer role and into a mechanic role to make sure I was straight. #HesABlessing
Her Facebook post garnered close to 100 thousand shares, nearly half a million reacts, and positive comments by the dozen. People were happy to see that cops can still be regular, every-day heroes once in a while. One of them read, “I’ve had a run-in with Officer Jenkins as well! He did the same for me when I had a tail light out. He gives Virginia cops a good name.”
After reading the comments on the Facebook post, it’s safe to say Officer Jenkins makes all cops look good. Handfuls of people told their story about how Jenkins helped them out instead of ruining their day. Jenkins truly knows what it means to respect the Protect and Serve motto.
Unfortunately, this probably won’t be enough to erase the negative view people currently have of the authorities. And rightly so. The United States is the country with the most incarcerated men and the police force killed close to one thousand civilians in 2016.
The only way this can change is by making the murderers responsible for their actions. Conviction rates for police men who kill an individual are beyond low. Thankfully there are cops like Jenkins trying to make the job be what it was meant to be – a service to the people.