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Bullshit. Police can quit anytime. If you can't keep a level head as a police officer, then you are failing to uphold the oath you swore. Full stop. Police ha

Bullshit. Police can quit anytime. If you can't keep a level head as a police officer, then you are failing to uphold the oath you swore. Full stop. Police have the unfair advantage: power. With power comes responsibility. We must hold those in power accountable for that responsibility. Every person who interacts with a police officer has to deal with the element of uncertainty you are talking about. We give police loaded firearms. We give them handcuffs. We give them dogs. We give them combat training. We all know just how wrong it can go, and just how quickly. We are not allowed to leave! People are getting murdered in the US by police, and those police are often not held to justice. There is an imbalance of both power and responsibility here that lives as a constant looming threat over many of us. It's time to change this story, and that change must begin with police.

jstarfish 3y ago
> Police have the unfair advantage: power. Yes. That is by design. Doormats don't make for a useful police force. > Every person who interacts with a police officer has to deal with the element of uncertainty you are talking about. No, actually. You're familiar with their capabilities and the rules within which they lawfully (and unlawfully) operate. Intelligence is clearly on your side. There is no "uncertainty" when it comes to police; you seem to know exactly what to expect and how to manipulate them into any particular outcome enough to be able to exploit it on camera. That is the antithesis of uncertainty. If there were uncertainty, people would be too afraid to fuck with them like this. It's certain you can safely do this. Cooperation tends to work pretty well for most people. Belligerence escalates the situation. Be the change you want to see.
- thomastjeffery 3y ago
  Tell it to Mike Brown. Tell it to George Floyd. Tell it to Breonna Taylor. Oh, that's right: you can't. The very best of police can't either. Belligerence is escalating the situation of someone recording you. Belligerence is escalating the situation of someone yelling at you. Belligerence is threatening to assault and kidnap any person who doesn't behave precisely as you command. I expect every police officer to be the change they swore an oath to be. No less.

jstarfish 3y ago

> Police have the unfair advantage: power. Yes. That is by design. Doormats don't make for a useful police force. > Every person who interacts with a police officer has to deal with the element of uncertainty you are talking about. No, actually. You're familiar with their capabilities and the rules within which they lawfully (and unlawfully) operate. Intelligence is clearly on your side. There is no "uncertainty" when it comes to police; you seem to know exactly what to expect and how to manipulate them into any particular outcome enough to be able to exploit it on camera. That is the antithesis of uncertainty. If there were uncertainty, people would be too afraid to fuck with them like this. It's certain you can safely do this. Cooperation tends to work pretty well for most people. Belligerence escalates the situation. Be the change you want to see.

thomastjeffery 3y ago
Tell it to Mike Brown. Tell it to George Floyd. Tell it to Breonna Taylor. Oh, that's right: you can't. The very best of police can't either. Belligerence is escalating the situation of someone recording you. Belligerence is escalating the situation of someone yelling at you. Belligerence is threatening to assault and kidnap any person who doesn't behave precisely as you command. I expect every police officer to be the change they swore an oath to be. No less.