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Having called the cops in a Domestic Violence incident in CA, I will say that none of these horror stories happened to me. In fact, the Police handled the situ

Having called the cops in a Domestic Violence incident in CA, I will say that none of these horror stories happened to me. In fact, the Police handled the situation well, it was the District Attorney's office that failed to follow through with the case on a number of things. I have a number of friends who ended up becoming officers and I sympathize with a lot of their struggles. There are problems with our Law Enforcement system. There are bad officers. But let's try to not over-generalize, stereotype, and point fingers at a single point of failure. It's a complex issue with many parts. As far as LA police go, I am motorcyclist which randomly lead me to find out about "OfficerRob" who motovlogs some of his on duty experiences as a motorcycle cop in LA: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2DeutGisK66k4JdomiiUyw https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2DeutGisK66k4JdomiiUyw I personally like his motovlog...

sedachv 10y ago
> I have a number of friends who ended up becoming officers and I sympathize with a lot of their struggles. Oh yeah, I am not saying that all cops are bad or that you will get killed if you call them. Just that there are risks to doing so. I should also mention that my father worked as a cop and has given me similar advice in regards to interaction with police (don't), based presumably on his personal observations of the job and his colleagues, and it did not even occur to me to mention that in the post above. I certainly don't mean to demonize cops.
- lisivka 10y ago
  So what advice you will give to your kids? "Don't call a police at all" or "call police when dad is already dead only".
yardie 10y ago
Mistrust of the police in minority communities is over 60%. It didn't get that way from a few grainy YouTube videos. Abuse and corruption is endemic in the US justice system. The police are part of that system so, yes, they share the blame.

sedachv 10y ago

> I have a number of friends who ended up becoming officers and I sympathize with a lot of their struggles. Oh yeah, I am not saying that all cops are bad or that you will get killed if you call them. Just that there are risks to doing so. I should also mention that my father worked as a cop and has given me similar advice in regards to interaction with police (don't), based presumably on his personal observations of the job and his colleagues, and it did not even occur to me to mention that in the post above. I certainly don't mean to demonize cops.

lisivka 10y ago
So what advice you will give to your kids? "Don't call a police at all" or "call police when dad is already dead only".

yardie 10y ago

Mistrust of the police in minority communities is over 60%. It didn't get that way from a few grainy YouTube videos. Abuse and corruption is endemic in the US justice system. The police are part of that system so, yes, they share the blame.