• brygphilomena@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    If our system didn’t turn every action with police into one that will literally ruin lives even if your innocent, have the potential to be extra judicially murdered, and have to deal with a police force who has no patience and will remarkably quickly escalate to violence themselves maybe the populace wouldn’t resist cops so much

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      4 months ago

      And even with this antagonistic system, police officer isn’t in the top 10 professions to die on the job.

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      4 months ago

      Probably.

      I’m not saying it’s right. And it’s definitely not preferred. There is a distinct and dire need to reform policing.

      OC asked why, and the Too Angry; Didn’t Read is that cops are scared. They cuff you up when they don’t feel safe. They might also justify it as preventing escape or something. But mostly they’re scared.

      And there is some justification for that not a lot. It’s far less common than they’ll imply. But there is some.

      They’re scared little shits who’ve been selectively hired to be too dumb to find other solutions or have empathy.