It's hard for me to be sympathetic at all toward police, it's a known bias of mine. I grew up very poor in bad neighborhoods and it felt very much like living

It's hard for me to be sympathetic at all toward police, it's a known bias of mine. I grew up very poor in bad neighborhoods and it felt very much like living in a police state. Once, as a kid (maybe 11 or 12 years old) I was taken in for questioning for drawing with chalk in my own driveway. I have many other anecdotes about being discriminated against, witnessing brutality, etc... Growing up, I learned not to even bother going to the police when you needed them, they were unhelpful and usually treated us as suspects without cause (Maybe their own prejudices, given they may be based on their own personal experiences). But after getting a CS degree, making money and moving to better parts of town it's like I live in an entirely different country where police treat people like human beings. It isn't surprising those environments produce more criminals, it's a vicious cycle, something has to change. Given my background, my candid, unfiltered thoughts after reading your comment were, "Fuck them [the police], I'm glad he wasted their resources to help expose some of their bullshit so they can't be as busy making other people's lives miserable." Obviously posting that candid response would've been unhelpful for discourse but thought it was worth sharing if I provided a backdrop for my thoughts.