Has there been a shift in support for law enforcement?

It's changed some where I live thanks to the Goon Squad.

I don't go out my way to antagonize LE and know some are damn good people.

It's also a position of power that some abuse.

And it's also part of a larger, corrupt system which does not have the freedom of citizens in mind, as was evident during Covid and even now.


So it's a mixed bag and context is important. Avoid antagonistic interactions with LE at all costs

I don’t really interact with police on even a yearly basis. I do with the general public.

They are far worse.


I can recognize being a cop can be a shite job. They aren’t pulling from the top of the chain. And they are put in situations where it really is you or the perp.


They have good cops, and shite cops. Like every profession. I don’t know a single profession that hasn’t had people abuse their position or have people frick up.

BLM completely missed the boat with how they approached this issue. If they had pushed the fact police are more and more becoming revenue generators that trample on civil rights instead of making it a race thing we'd all be better off.

Proactive policing created a rift between community and police IMO.

Even driving around town you know theyre watching, waiting for one mistake to stop you, and start nosing around.

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BLM completely missed the boat with how they approached this issue. If they had pushed the fact police are more and more becoming revenue generators that trample on civil rights instead of making it a race thing we'd all be better off.

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I agree. It’s an issue for everyone but some of them were loudly sprinkling in anti-white crap and it turned many people off. Like, the fact that openly using slurs against whites (they even made up some new ones like mayo jar and powder people lol) was accepted within the movement, along with destroying businesses of people who had nothing to do with it caused more problems than it helped.

Well there was widespread protests and rioting largely against police in several major cities back in 2020 in case you missed it. That was followed by a wave of anti police legislation and pro criminal policies. Since then crime has steadily risen in cities, imagine that.... and now people seem like they're ready for tougher policing so the cycle is coming back around.

they focus on harassing and generating revenue from law abiding citizens (get your inspection sticker, don’t let insurance lapse, pee in public while drunk and be arrested and register as a sec offender, don’t have some weed in your pocket or pay the price, etc)

meanwhile not allowed to proactively patrol and stop violent crimes, illegals can drive trucks with fake plates and no insurance and be let go with nothing, homeless people can shoot drugs and shite wherever they want and no repercussions because they won’t show up for court or have any consequences anyway

this causes such a breakdown of societal code and leads to feelings you have in the OP…we have less cops, the cops we do have are less qualified, and they have no support from either side because politicians and the media has turned minorities against them and law abiding citizens feel harassed and think it’s a double standard

we all lose and it’s a downward spiral that can’t be reversed IMO

It began with the militization of local police forces to combat the drug war in the 80’s. It really started with the LAPD creation of SWAT back in the mid 70’s. Transitioned away from neighborhood beat cops who got to know members of the local community and earned some level of trust with them.