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In Austin you will never meet a friendly cop; just angry, bitter, spiteful cops who are always packing an attitude and practically at war with the city itself.
by kerblang 4y ago
In Austin you will never meet a friendly cop; just angry, bitter, spiteful cops who are always packing an attitude and practically at war with the city itself. Arguably the city council gets a lot of blame for their own persistent & longstanding antagonism towards those police; the persistent screaming over identity politics doesn't help either. But at this point the situation is so toxic that outside help is needed. The city is incapable of running a decent police force that even cares about the citizens it was meant to protect.
- swearwolf 4y agoFor the most part, it’s the same way in Portland except that instead of anger and hostility it’s utter apathy.
- AustinDev 4y agoI've only met one cop as you have described, and he was mostly just frustrated because I wouldn't give him my surveillance footage without a subpoena. What context are you meeting police officers in where they act that way? Maybe I get treated different because my ID says 'veteran'?