• billwashere@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    My son is a cop and I’m completely for this. He’s an intelligent empathetic man that would definitely speak truth to power if called upon to do so. And I would say he agrees that the job attracts ignorant belligerent bully types that love pushing people around. And this behavior needs to stop for sure.

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      11 months ago

      It was about 10 years ago, but someone had interviewed a panel of police officers of different ranks from the counties in the bay area of California. When asked how many cops shouldn’t be cops, one officer responded 75%. The others agreed with that figure.

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      11 months ago

      How long until he’s out for doing the right thing?

      The thin blue line won’t tolerate him forever.

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        11 months ago

        You might be right.

        …there are more than 12,200 local police departments nationwide…

        Nearly half of all local police departments have fewer than 10 officers.

        The guy could work with five or ten other normal people.

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      11 months ago

      I commented once that “ACAB” is discouraging to those of the 800,000 officers in the US who are good. It wasn’t well received. Would you agree?

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        11 months ago

        No. If you’re a good person who chooses to work for a corrupt organization, you are also choosing to shoulder some of the responsibility for the actions of that group. I would also like to know where you got the idea that there are 800,000 good officers in the US, because that feels like a made up number.