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Comrade Grumpy

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12. I'm sorry, but there is a serious problem with police culture in this country.

Reply to Lee-Lee (Reply #11)

Thu Oct 23, 2014, 12:41 PM

Oct 2014

Y'all are just getting caught more often because of the cameras these days.

Cops aren't normal citizens. They have the power of life and death. A crooked politicians may pocket your money; a bad cop takes someone's life without just cause.

And bad cops don't just cost lives; they cost taxpayers big bucks:

$428 Million in NYPD-Related Settlements in the Past Five Years

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2014/10/428-million-in-nypd-related-settlements-paid.html

That's ONE department.

Speaking of institutional bias, cops need to look in the mirror.

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Concerning the ongoing deluge of stories about police misconduct -- [View all] Nuclear Unicorn Oct 2014 OP

You hear a lot about the 'bad' ones, but clydefrand Oct 2014 #1

Police unions have made it virtually impossible to fire hifiguy Oct 2014 #14

It's in our nature to be mean to the weak: Standford Prison Experiments: LawDeeDah Oct 2014 #2

Hilarious. In our nature, because of a shitty, contrived, unscientific and incomplete role playing Bluenorthwest Oct 2014 #8

I don't know what your idea of 'standard prison life' is LawDeeDah Oct 2014 #9

I had a high ranking police officer in my family until he passed away about a decade ago Fumesucker Oct 2014 #3

I'm afraid police work attracts authoritarian bullies. Nitram Oct 2014 #4

A little of both probably but more of the latter tularetom Oct 2014 #5

Every occupation has employees who shouldn't be in that field. BKH70041 Oct 2014 #6

Bullies seek out the job rock Oct 2014 #7

Didn't Zimmerman attempt to become one? He definitely seems like a bully type to me. nt nc4bo Oct 2014 #16

I watched how cops became more aggressive on the series Cops LeftInTX Oct 2014 #10

It's mostly the media influencing you because they want sensationalism Lee-Lee Oct 2014 #11

I'm sorry, but there is a serious problem with police culture in this country. Comrade Grumpy Oct 2014 #12

I worn deny there are issues Lee-Lee Oct 2014 #13

Here in Denver too.. this is a real and serious problem. mountain grammy Oct 2014 #15