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In reply to the discussion: I was a cop – but I still don't know how to survive a police stop [View all]the_sly_pig
(746 posts)52. Shorten it to American culture.
As a 911 dispatcher I work with cops every day. I know not one has ever come into work thinking, "I'm gonna kill someone today". A quick google search shows 24.6 million traffic stops occurred in 2011.
I don't make excuses for any officer actions. Incidents will be investigated and determinations made based on the law.
Calling people 'apologists' shows a fundamental misunderstanding of the serious issues we have in this country. It's not just cop culture, it's our culture and all the idiosyncrasies that go along with it.
Respectfully,
TSP
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I was a cop – but I still don't know how to survive a police stop [View all]
babylonsister
Jul 2016
OP
And police officers are far down from the top in terms of dangerous professions.
maddiemom
Jul 2016
#42
Some years ago, locally, a well-known character who wandered around town ((white) was shot dead in
maddiemom
Jul 2016
#55
So true ... and it would only take a couple of instances of firing all 10 ...
1StrongBlackMan
Jul 2016
#7
My bigger problem is why put the onus on the public. The public doesn't need to change, the
Exilednight
Jul 2016
#46
I have had an issue on one traffic stop, pretty serious but still show respect on other stops
Thinkingabout
Jul 2016
#5
I have an intermittent license plate light short that only happens when police want to stop me
uppityperson
Jul 2016
#30
this must have been discussed at some point: given the insanely dangerous nature
Gabi Hayes
Jul 2016
#6
understood, and I probably should have mentioned that...btw, the most life-threatening job
Gabi Hayes
Jul 2016
#14
your last sentences hit the nail on the head. I don't know what sort of pysch screening
Gabi Hayes
Jul 2016
#18
NBC News: "Blacks in Blue: African-American Cops React to Violence Towards and From Police"
Night Watchman
Jul 2016
#16
Here's what I find interesting; the majority of the recent spree killers have all been wanna-be
underahedgerow
Jul 2016
#27
As actors good or bad will tell you, the costume changes and hardens the hearts and mindset.
ancianita
Jul 2016
#33