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re: Has there ever been a worse time to be a cop?
Posted on 4/29/16 at 12:17 pm to ManBearTiger
Posted on 4/29/16 at 12:17 pm to ManBearTiger
quote:Police brutality and overall bad police work has always been an issue, but nowadays it is recorded on video by pedestrians so we think some cops are all of a sudden bad. Im sure it was worse back in the day honestly.
for citizens who have the misfortune of interacting with cops?
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Posted on 4/29/16 at 12:28 pm to Ryan3232
I have dealt with a lot of cops through the years. Most of them are assholes on the job, and it's always unwarranted in my case. Some are sane and good dudes who adjust to every situation. The outcome is usually the same, so why wouldn't they just be cordial in the process?
Posted on 4/29/16 at 12:30 pm to Ryan3232
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Police brutality and overall bad police work has always been an issue, but nowadays it is recorded on video by pedestrians so we think some cops are all of a sudden bad. Im sure it was worse back in the day honestly.
Never before in our history has law enforcement had the directive to aggressively involve themselves in so many people's lives on a daily basis in order to keep the Law and Order leviathan sated.
Never before have so many non-invasive, benign behaviors of citizens been deemed worthy of harassment, violence, imprisonment, extortion and/or summary execution at the hands of law enforcement, with the rubber stamp of the Judicial branch as a means of sustaining itself.
This post was edited on 4/29/16 at 1:03 pm
Posted on 4/29/16 at 12:43 pm to Ryan3232
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but nowadays it is recorded on video by pedestrians so we think some cops are all of a sudden bad. Im sure it was worse back in the day honestly.
There might have been more corruption/exploitation back in the day, but there has definitely been a shift where people went from overall trust of LE to fear/suspicion. It probably has to do with the militarized nature some departments mimic coupled with the flood of negative stories we're exposed to.
I'm a good example: I don't feel "safer" when cops are around - yet they have never personally given me a reason to fear them. So it's an irrational fear/distrust probably due to constantly being bombarded by the flow of negative information.
This post was edited on 4/29/16 at 12:44 pm
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