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In reply to the discussion: Let's stop saying bad police officers are rare. Fact is they're plentiful from coast to coast. [View all]Moonwalk
(2,322 posts)22. Bravo! That's exactly it....
It's not about whether bad cops are rare. It's about the fact that the job of cop means that those who abuse their power = something horrible. I mean, if you've got a bad waiter at a restaurant (one abusing his/her power) you typically just have a bad experience for about an hour or so: waiting for your food, getting the wrong order, and all that. You can survive that easy. But a bad cop? You can be injured, killed, raped, end up with a life sentence in jail because they've strong-armed you into confessing, etc.
This means that the fact that cops who don't abuse their power can't outweigh the cops that do--however plentiful. Because the very fact that they are in a position of power (with little to no accountability) mean that the results of dealing with them will be nightmarish and potentially life-long if not life threatening. Permanent damage to the person who has to face even one such cop as compared to temporary inconvenience from such a person in some other position.
Rare or plentiful, the essential problem is the same: the kind of power cops have, makes law enforcement into something terrifying.
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Let's stop saying bad police officers are rare. Fact is they're plentiful from coast to coast. [View all]
damnedifIknow
May 2015
OP
Nowhere is safe, not even San Francisco. My lawyer friend could tell you stories.
randys1
May 2015
#2
IMO, there are two kinds of cops. Those who shoot to kill and those who watch and/or
libdem4life
May 2015
#8
This article explains a lot, as to the source & origins of the bad cop epidemic
99th_Monkey
May 2015
#16
There are also a lot of ex-military who patrolled the streets of Baghdad and Kabul.
Fla Dem
May 2015
#32
Yes, there are several underlying causations for Cops Murdering Black Males
99th_Monkey
May 2015
#39
I did think I was being conservative with the bad cops when I wrote my post.
A Simple Game
May 2015
#50
Make the offending LEO's pay the lion share of the settlements, bet this shit would stop overnight
uponit7771
May 2015
#26