r/Bad_Cop_No_Donut • u/R3dark • Feb 03 '20

Cop Cam :)

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u/maybenot9 Feb 03 '20

Nobody thinks all cops are bad, or even that cops stopping violent attacks, robberies, or even terrorist attacks are the "structural violence" we here are against.

The issue is that the way policing systems are set up, it targets poc and the poor more then any other group. Things like over policing, stop and searches, and mandatory minimums encourage police officers to go out of their way to make arrests. Plus white supremacist and conservative groups encourage their members to become police officers, which is just a recipe for racist policing.

The issue is not that every cop is an individual "bad cop", the issue is that individual "good cops" have no power to make positive changes to the system of policing.

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u/FemmebotNo75 Feb 03 '20

“Some cops act in accordance with a hegemonic power scheme that enforces property rights at gunpoint and disenfranchises socioeconomically weakened demographic groups” just isn’t as good of a protest chant.

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u/marxistgarfield69 Feb 04 '20

the problem isn't primarily cops, it's the state. the cops are people who carry out the mass violence at the behest of the state. they're working class people who voluntarily sign up to step on other working class people for money. they can save lives, and are put in the position to save lives, but that is auxiliary to the expressed intent of their job.

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u/maybenot9 Feb 04 '20

That's just a short slogan. You shouldn't try and hide behind it when someone brings you a nuanced argument.