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> This means that one cop from Kentucky has absolutely no connection to one from Boston. This premise is false. The blue wall is real. If the Boston cops woul
by kthejoker2 5y ago
> This means that one cop from Kentucky has absolutely no connection to one from Boston.
This premise is false.
The blue wall is real. If the Boston cops would stand up and say they don't support that Kentucky cop, it would make every other cop in America pause. They absolutely have power over each other with their words and actions. They could wholeheartedly support civil and criminal actions against police officers who do wrong.
But they don't; they protect each other, one and all. And that empowers every cop everywhere to act extrajudicially.
Their silence is the connection.
- dragontamer 5y ago> If the Boston cops would stand up and say they don't support that Kentucky cop, it would make every other cop in America pause It was a cop who told me about citizen review boards, my rights as a citizen, and how to legally fight cops. In particular: it was an African American cop who was very explicit about the abuses of cops in various municipalities. It was my local school department that worked with the police department to host this "community cop" discussion with school-children. Etc. etc. Its not quite as black-and-white as you're making it sound. If a cop does X-abuse, then you go to Y. You have a right to know their badge number (at least in my municipality. And in practice, a cop has the badge and the force and can probably refuse. Still, if they fail to present their badge and there's a recording of it, you might be able to get them. Don't talk to cops unnecessarily, talk to them with a lawyer, etc. etc.) These discussion points are commonly pointed out by cops who are trying to do the right thing.