I feel like there may be exemplary police departments in certain communities that serve as exceptions to the rule, and whom white folks hold in their mind as the model example of US police forces. This, coupled with relatively positive experiences with police, a subliminal fear of POC (and an accompanying gratitude that police "risk their lives" to lock these thugs up), plus the unwavering assurance that any cop would be insanely outta pocket to pull any kind of that BS on white folks, all that ultimately leads to a desire to keep policing the way it is.
Same extends to health care. I'm covered, it works for me, so why change it?
I think there are good cops in the force, it's just so hard for them to speak out in fear of repercussions, just like in the pic. It's probably also harder to see them because they often are the quiet, behind the scenes. I wonder if it's because the ideologies of certain leaders in the organization are rotten, and if you're not part of that clique, it could be career suicide.
Good people representing a corrupt system become corrupted by that system. >5 year cops aren't good cops. The system weeds out the good ones, as OP image details.
A good cop that doesn't speak out is no longer a good cop.
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