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The Stanford prison experiment does not apply to cop to citizen relationships. The power imbalance isn't even close to comparable. Consider your anecdote about
by hueving 10y ago
The Stanford prison experiment does not apply to cop to citizen relationships. The power imbalance isn't even close to comparable.
Consider your anecdote about getting out of the way in the grocery store. If that happened in a prison the guard would just immediately punish the person. A cop can't do that.
- NoGravitas 10y agoThey can if they're on duty. You'd be charged with interfering with an officer, assaulting an officer (if they bumped into you), and resisting arrest.
- hueving 10y agoThe example was an off duty cop.
- mhuffman 10y agoI strongly disagree. I think it is more imbalanced. Police officers have life and death power of everyone they meet.
- hueving 10y agoSo does anyone carrying a gun by those standards.
- JoeAltmaier 10y agoAnyone carrying a frying pan too. Or a brick. Or a pointy object.
- mordocai 10y agoThe difference is a random citizen shooting you will go to jail if they get caught. A police officer will get paid leave with a presumption that you did something to cause it while it is "investigated" by their brothers/sisters in blue.
- hueving 10y agoAnd then they will be arrested for murder if they acted inappropriately.
- mordocai 10y agoIf their brothers/sisters in blue don't like them then they will be arrested for murder if they acted inappropriately. Otherwise the investigation will likely be half-assed or purposely sabotaged. The "blue line" is a real thing, most cops won't take down other cops unless they have to/dislike the other cop.