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> I genuinely don't think that any police officer, or at least any significant number of them, sees themselves as having placed the well-being of every citizen-
by eropple 8y ago
> I genuinely don't think that any police officer, or at least any significant number of them, sees themselves as having placed the well-being of every citizen-including-"perps" over their own.
I agree with this depiction of the current state of affairs.
I am saying that it is bonkers and wrong, because it is bonkers and wrong.
You can't have a free society that fears its police.
- throwaway080383 8y agoI can simultaneously be okay with the police shooting a man coming at them aggressively with a pipe and not fear the police, because I have no intention of going after the police with a pipe.
- orf 8y agoOr aggressively pulling his trousers up whilst lying in a hallway begging for his life. Warning, this is terrible: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBUUx0jUKxc&has_verified=1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBUUx0jUKxc&has_verified=1
- throwaway080383 8y agoDidn't even have to click the link. I still generally don't fear the police because I do think that video was an exception, but yeah... that man was murdered.