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Old 2012-07-27, 03:50 PM   [Ignore Me] #2
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Re: Police Brutality and Misconduct


Pretty big deal but not unexpected. Cops are just regular people with typically a low level of education and otherwise no remarkable characteristics. Their job isn't particularly dangerous, they get paid relatively well, and they have the added perk of being able to do illegal things with a very low chance of being prosecuted for it. So it's really the perfect place for people who want to brutalize people to go.

But getting anything done about it is basically impossible. There are enough people who respect cops simply because society tells them they need to respect cops that there's never a shortage of people who'll take the side of the police regardless of circumstances. Beyond that, there are folks who'll look at the catalyst for the Anaheim incident, where an unarmed guy was murdered for the crime of running away, and shrug the shoulders and say "Well if he didn't run from the cops that never would have happened!" And corruption and brutality are so ingrained into the mindset of most police forces that you'd never be able to fix the situation unless you fired everyone and started totally anew.

So yeah, just do your best to avoid ever interacting with the fuckers and give them no reason to beat/kill you and you'll be okay. But Odin help you if you ever want to take to the streets in protest these days.

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