3 ms·

This officer watched another officer forcibly enter someone's home without probable cause or reasonable suspicion, assault an infirmed bystander and lie about i

This officer watched another officer forcibly enter someone's home without probable cause or reasonable suspicion, assault an infirmed bystander and lie about it, then saw another officer arrest that same innocent citizen based upon that lie and then assault him again. What did he do about it? He didn't stop it. He's a part of that 70%. I suspect that he feels guilty about it and that's why he wrote this piece. This sort of thing happens EVERY DAY, all across the country. For generations, this kind of abuse only happened to the black and the brown. Then, low income whites were subjected to it. Now, middle income whites are being subjected to this kind of treatment and because of that, it's entering the sphere of public debate. We need good officers to stand up and speak out when they see citizens being abused. Otherwise, it'll never stop.

quizotic 11y ago
Too dismissive. I thought the piece was excellent, told stories I hadn't heard before, and made me think about the problem differently. It's not easy to act correctly in insane situations: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milgram_experiment http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milgram_experiment. Plus other experiments show that most of us can easily be manipulated into doing horrific things. These are not necessarily rotten police officers. It may be a rotten system. One nice insight of the post was that modifying the behavior of the few at the top of the hierarchy can effect widespread change. And somehow, we've got to find a way to stop brutalizing and incarcerating so many people. The more Reddit Hudsons there are, the faster we'll get there.
coldtea 11y ago
>This officer watched another officer forcibly enter someone's home without probable cause or reasonable suspicion, assault an infirmed bystander and lie about it, then saw another officer arrest that same innocent citizen based upon that lie and then assault him again. What did he do about it? He didn't stop it. He's a part of that 70%. Yeah, so? It's not about what this officer is, it's about what happens out there.
- LordKano 11y ago
  Yeah, so? If you have to ask, I can't explain it to you.
  - erikpukinskis 11y ago
    If you can't explain you obviously haven't thought about your beliefs very deeply.
    - LordKano 11y ago
      Fair point. I reworded my reply. It's not that I can't explain it. It's that I don't believe he or should would understand the explanation. I couldn't explain the sound of a hiss to a person who was born deaf; not because I don't know what a hiss sounds like but because that deaf person doesn't have a frame of reference to understand my explanation.

quizotic 11y ago

Too dismissive. I thought the piece was excellent, told stories I hadn't heard before, and made me think about the problem differently. It's not easy to act correctly in insane situations: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milgram_experiment http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milgram_experiment. Plus other experiments show that most of us can easily be manipulated into doing horrific things. These are not necessarily rotten police officers. It may be a rotten system. One nice insight of the post was that modifying the behavior of the few at the top of the hierarchy can effect widespread change. And somehow, we've got to find a way to stop brutalizing and incarcerating so many people. The more Reddit Hudsons there are, the faster we'll get there.

coldtea 11y ago

>This officer watched another officer forcibly enter someone's home without probable cause or reasonable suspicion, assault an infirmed bystander and lie about it, then saw another officer arrest that same innocent citizen based upon that lie and then assault him again. What did he do about it? He didn't stop it. He's a part of that 70%. Yeah, so? It's not about what this officer is, it's about what happens out there.

LordKano 11y ago
Yeah, so? If you have to ask, I can't explain it to you.
- erikpukinskis 11y ago
  If you can't explain you obviously haven't thought about your beliefs very deeply.
  - LordKano 11y ago
    Fair point. I reworded my reply. It's not that I can't explain it. It's that I don't believe he or should would understand the explanation. I couldn't explain the sound of a hiss to a person who was born deaf; not because I don't know what a hiss sounds like but because that deaf person doesn't have a frame of reference to understand my explanation.