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It might be worth considering these two things: a) cops deal with criminals, by and large. I've personally witnessed how their thinking changes from objective
by luckydude 11y ago
It might be worth considering these two things:
a) cops deal with criminals, by and large. I've personally witnessed how their thinking changes from objective to "they are all thugs". It's part of the job, I don't know how to fix that.
b) The more inequality we have the more criminals we will have. You can't pay people $7/hour and expect them to not turn to crime. The "recovery" has pushed a bunch of older people into minimum wage jobs - they can't survive at that level of pay.
- finid 11y ago>> a) cops deal with criminals, by and large. I've personally witnessed how their thinking changes from objective to "they are all thugs". Do they view the criminals on Wall Street the same way, or is that thinking reserved for a particular segment of society?
- luckydude 11y agoFrom what I've seen, they are just putting all the people that look like people they have arrested into the same basket. If they arrested bankers all day then they would start thinking all bankers are crooks. But they don't arrest bankers, they arrest poor people (in general). After a while, wearing a hoodie and being poor appears to be enough to make them think you are guilty. It's depressing.