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Some, agreed. Most? How are you quantifying that; feelings and anecdotes from your own experience or some hard data?
by andrew_ 4y ago
Some, agreed. Most? How are you quantifying that; feelings and anecdotes from your own experience or some hard data?
- John23832 4y agoI literally said "most". Where did you see "all"?
- s1artibartfast 4y agoI can see both sides. Anyone with a basic understanding of History should know that police abuses of power are nothing new. Bad cops have always existed and are well documented. Just think of some cops beating up hippies and beats in the proposed golden age of neighborhood policing. On the flip side, there's been a definite trend in the militarization of the police forces and other public facing groups. The first big wave of this I personally saw came from Iraq and Afghanistan veterans joining the public service. Is not unreasonable to think that individuals with a background occupying a country with a hostile population transferred norms from that into their new job.
- flandish 4y agoIf you’re a “good cop” on a force with a single “bad cop” and do nothing about it, in this day and age, you are also a bad cop.
- andrew_ 4y agotelling that no one has dropped any hard data in rebuttal to show that "most" officers are losers lusting after power.