Tough Day To Be In Law Enforcement

[fishonjazz]

I can't think of any other profession so morally corrupt that they always, and I mean always, defend their own as the first reaction. It doesn't matter what happens, the first instinct of the police seems to be to lie and rally around each other. It's ridiculous. These imbeciles saw bystanders filming, knew damn well what had happened, knew the evidence would come out so quickly, and still the first statement made by the police said that Floyd "physically resisted" arrest. And it infuriates me because I know, and we know, and everybody knows that the police department was aware of that being a lie. They knowingly and willingly put a lie out there for the sole reason of protecting their murderous colleagues. How is it possible not only for this kind of culture to exist in law enforcement, but to absolutely dominate it?

When I was ****ing 17 years old one of the cops that patrolled my high school slammed me up against a wall which cause my head to bleed. This is while my hands were behind my back and I was cooperating with him 100%. Why was I being cuffed? For mooning a classmate in a mostly empty hallway. I deserved punishment but it wasn't necessary for him to slam me into a wall while I was cooperating with my hands behind my back. He just wanted to be a tough guy.
Oh and he left me cuffed in the principal's office with my pants still down while he went to get the principal. I asked if I could pull my pants up while he was taking me down the hall and he said no. (I was able to get them up after he left the room even though I was still cuffed). Luckily my underwear were pulled up at least lol.

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[Deleted member 365]

Good to see this. My concern is that if this interaction hadn't been recorded, would the officer(s) have been arrested? Officers need to hold each other accountable, and the legal system needs to stop taking it easy on police officers who break the law.

It barely happened with video evidence. And at least for now, justice has yet to be served. We still have a long ways to go.

 

[Deleted member 365]

When I was ****ing 17 years old one of the cops that patrolled my high school slammed me up against a wall which cause my head to bleed. This is while my hands were behind my back and I was cooperating with him 100%. Why was I being cuffed? For mooning a classmate in a mostly empty hallway. I deserved punishment but it wasn't necessary for him to slam me into a wall while I was cooperating with my hands behind my back. He just wanted to be a tough guy.
Oh and he left me cuffed in the principal's office with my pants still down while he went to get the principal. I asked if I could pull my pants up while he was taking me down the hall and he said no. (I was able to get them up after he left the room even though I was still cuffed). Luckily my underwear were pulled up at least lol.

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This has been my overwhelming experience as well. I've had a few experiences with cops being really awesome and working to de-escalate the situation. But when they do, it's rare and it's surprising. Usually they swat flies with bazookas. I think it starts with who they're hiring (bullies who can't get jobs anywhere else), training (funding), and accountability (what recourse would you have had?)

 

[NAOS]

Failed Country/World

Let’s just hope the next big climate shock (of the sort that would really impact food supplies or displace millions of people) doesn’t happen this year or next. We all need some significant recovery time with some sagely leadership.

 

[fishonjazz]

Failed Country/World

One of the biggest reasons I am so anti trump is because I don't like people to behave like assholes/douchebags/bullies/etc and be rewarded for that behavior. And I don't want people to emulate that behavior. The president SHOULD be someone who the country CAN look to for how to behave imo. Trump behaves worse than most of us and I think it has an effect on the rest of the country.

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[Beer]

One of the biggest reasons I am so anti trump is because I don't like people to behave like assholes/douchebags/bullies/etc and be rewarded for that behavior. And I don't want people to emulate that behavior. The president SHOULD be someone who the country CAN look to for how to behave imo. Trump behaves worse than most of us and I think it has an effect on the rest of the country.

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Well said. I completely agree.

 

[One Brow]

TI think it starts with who they're hiring (bullies who can't get jobs anywhere else), training (funding), and accountability (what recourse would you have had?)

Funding is not the issue with training, choices are. I've seen far too many videos of trainers who encourage a treating other civilians as if they were the enemy.

As upset as I get at police procedures and tactics, it's hard to blame the individuals who are trained to be bullies.

 

[Deleted member 365]

One of the biggest reasons I am so anti trump is because I don't like people to behave like assholes/douchebags/bullies/etc and be rewarded for that behavior. And I don't want people to emulate that behavior. The president SHOULD be someone who the country CAN look to for how to behave imo. Trump behaves worse than most of us and I think it has an effect on the rest of the country.

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Very good point.

 

[Deleted member 365]

Funding is not the issue with training, choices are. I've seen far too many videos of trainers who encourage a treating other civilians as if they were the enemy.

As upset as I get at police procedures and tactics, it's hard to blame the individuals who are trained to be bullies.

I'd be interested to know what kind of money is devoted to researching the same tactics from around the world on how policing? How much training annually do police officers get? I think the content obviously needs to be updated if police are watching videos of trainers training them to treat civilians as the enemy.

 

[Deleted member 365]

I agree and I don't know what should be done. I just don't think setting **** on fire and looting target is the answer.
I don't know what the answer is though.

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One one hand I agree with you. But on the other, I think this helps bring attention to the issue. I think it typically backfires on protesters. However, given blatant murder, the climate of the country (so tired of racism and police brutality), and Trump calling for law enforcement to shoot protesters, I think this might have a chance to actually force change.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

When I was ****ing 17 years old one of the cops that patrolled my high school slammed me up against a wall which cause my head to bleed. This is while my hands were behind my back and I was cooperating with him 100%. Why was I being cuffed? For mooning a classmate in a mostly empty hallway. I deserved punishment but it wasn't necessary for him to slam me into a wall while I was cooperating with my hands behind my back. He just wanted to be a tough guy.
Oh and he left me cuffed in the principal's office with my pants still down while he went to get the principal. I asked if I could pull my pants up while he was taking me down the hall and he said no. (I was able to get them up after he left the room even though I was still cuffed). Luckily my underwear were pulled up at least lol.

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my thing is I’ve always had positive experiences. Got pulled over in high school for going 35 in a 25 headed back from lunch. Officer asked us a few questions... then said “look we all make mistakes... you and everyone in your car are wearing seat belts... don’t be such a dumbass in a hurry that you go too fast and keep wearing your seatbelts...” then he let us go without a warning.

Another experience being pulled behind my buddy’s car from a rope on a skateboard... was residential and no traffic... but cop sees us and stops us... just looks at us like man you guys are dumb... says he’s never arrested/ticketed anyone for this and tells us to stop and laughs and let’s us go our way.

Naive me thinks all cops are like this... serving the public and not bullying people... now I think... well I was also a clean cut white kid... what if I had been black?

 

[Archie Moses]

It’s a peaceful protest.

Are protests and riots the same thing?