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In reply to the discussion: My wife wasn't fond of cops before this past year now she has no respect for them. [View all]branford
(4,462 posts)65. I'm unsure about your ultimate point.
Assuming, arguendo, that you are correct about police more easily being able to shield one another from crimes (which is most certainly not given), are you then stating that's it's acceptable to infer that all of the nearly one millions American police officers are malfeasants or have or will shield other officers who commit crimes?
If so, as I stated before, such broad generalizations will then inevitably be used by Republicans and other opponents of police reform to similarly paint minority youth with broad stokes, using very clear but still incomplete and misleading data, and justifying many of the racist beliefs and actions of this statistically tiny number of officers.
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My wife wasn't fond of cops before this past year now she has no respect for them. [View all]
diabeticman
Dec 2014
OP
I'd rather live in a world without cops, but that's just me. Like you I have had good and
MillennialDem
Dec 2014
#47
I'm not a bro. And I just said the argument is usually phrased in a stupid way - ie
MillennialDem
Dec 2014
#53
So, if all police had Public Cameras we can ALL "see policing from their perspective"
Sunlei
Dec 2014
#74
how about we just record the police at work 24/7 and watch those public recordings.
Sunlei
Dec 2014
#64
We Americans have a Right to observe our Gov. at work. From the Federal level to the local police.
Sunlei
Dec 2014
#71
I think I understand what Oden meant. Not all police are even "decent at reading human disabilities
Sunlei
Dec 2014
#82
I think you're being a tad overly optimistic here. And I'll just leave it at that. n/t
nomorenomore08
Dec 2014
#101
"SC Autistic Man Assaulted and Tasered for Walking Down the Street While Black"
Comrade Grumpy
Dec 2014
#87
With all due respect, you and your wife really need to meet many more police officers.
branford
Dec 2014
#14
The difference is not 'they purportedly alone commit heinous crimes'.
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
Dec 2014
#63
Too many shitty cops, agreed..But does she want a society with NO police at all?
whathehell
Dec 2014
#30
I think you missed the part where in recent matters like Michael Brown and Eric Garnder,
branford
Dec 2014
#36
Not even close, and before using false dichotomies to misinterpret my post completely,
whathehell
Dec 2014
#37
Yet they nevertheless are very disproportionately involved in violent, often armed, crime.
branford
Dec 2014
#94
I would argue that the problem is larger than a "tiny minority" of police, but otherwise I see what
nomorenomore08
Jan 2015
#118
In that it allowed me to know a good cop, yes, but far BETTER for the people she served
whathehell
Dec 2014
#110
If you knew what the phrase meant, you'd know it doesn't equate to belligerence.
whathehell
Jan 2015
#120