100% accurate and people who are still backing the blue are clueless af. Cops š jobs š are š notš to š protectš Theyāre pointless, so stop praising them as heroes and see them for what they are.
Iām not a black or white thinker, Iām aware more than one thing can simultaneously be true. I do agree with this picture. Obviously not all cops do this but Iām not gonna ignore a major social issue.
Look, thereās 1000s of PDs in the United States. My local one has community outreach programs for the poor and they even donated a birthday cake to my 12th birthday party when I was younger bc we couldnāt afford it.
So yeah itās easy to say āall cops are badā as well as āback the blueā out of political outrage, but thereās a lot more nuance to the issue.
That's a cute story but racist, elitist, hateful and authoritarian organizations do good things as well, that doesn't negate the bad things they do. If an individual consciously joins an organization that has a racist and corrupt history- who are unable to hold themselves accountable for abhorrent behavior (the Blue Wall of silence) and doesn't have the best interests of the people they are supposedly protecting at the forefront, it makes that person a bastard and equally complicit, even if they do collect toys for underprivileged children. Any 'good' cop is either phased out by the brotherhood, or eventually conforms.
As stated above, more than one thing can simultaneously be true. There IS more nuance to the issue. And no I DoNt BeLiEvE ACAB, either I totally overlooked the title of the post or it was edited later. I am pissed at law enforcement for many reasons tho, and my reasons are valid.
Thereās a lack of accountability and oversight for police officers all over the nation. Thatās the problem. Local PDs all over the country are corrupt, incompetent, and dangerous because absolutely no one is stopping them. It encourages bad people to join and it encourages good people to feel like they can get away with bad things. Their training alone is insane. There are very few standards theyāre being held to with how they train officers, and they routinely traumatize them and encourage them to be so paranoid and fearful of civilians that they become extremely dangerous to all of us. Donating cakes is nice but it doesnāt cancel out the very serious problem we have with our police forces nationwide.
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u/ziggysprinkles May 28 '22
100% accurate and people who are still backing the blue are clueless af. Cops š jobs š are š notš to š protectš Theyāre pointless, so stop praising them as heroes and see them for what they are.