What police should know about cophateists

Cophateists are people who, at their best, create difficulties for law enforcement and, at their worst, pose a deadly threat to officers in this country


I would like to create a word to describe a type of person I saw throughout my career that still exists today in cities, towns and villages across the nation. That word is cophateist. This is a category of people who, at their best, create difficulties for law enforcement and, at their worst, pose a deadly threat to officers in this country.

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