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the kicker on the police abuse stats is that the study that everyone links was self-reported. 40% of active duty cops who were asked if they ever abused their p
by genewitch 4y ago
the kicker on the police abuse stats is that the study that everyone links was self-reported. 40% of active duty cops who were asked if they ever abused their partners said "yep".
I've embellished or lied to survey takers a couple times, mostly to protect my anonymity or because i forgot something. I assume they try to correct for "self-reporting" in statistics.
but 40% of active law enforcement had no problem saying "yep i beat my partner".
- eyelidlessness 4y agoI have bad news as someone who grew up with a lot of domestic abuse: lots of abusers think they’re in the right and don’t have any sense of shame. They probably feel well protected by all these people making absolutely every possible excuse for them imaginable.
- eyelidlessness 4y agoI mean fuck I just did it without meaning to. I literally just confronted my own dad for being abusive 6 months ago and he still speaks to me as if I get where his anger and overreaction comes from, even though I never have and my only remaining emotional bond with him is that I remember him being kind and tender and sincere when no one else was.