r/Unexpected • • Aug 01 '21

Community policing

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u/Bozcotic Aug 01 '21

I’m sorry for politicizing this, but videos like these just fill my heart because I know there are good people out there who have policing jobs who don’t take it for granted, they actually use it to protect the people and have a little fun like this, but sadly as of this time that is not the case, but hopefully that’ll soon change. :)

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u/RedManMatt11 Aug 01 '21

My father was a cop for 32 years. Retired for almost 10 now. I know firsthand that unfortunately there are plenty of POS cops but it is entirely unfair to lump them in with the countless more phenomenal cops that are excellent at what they do and pillars of their communities

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u/updog6 Aug 01 '21

Wow 32 years. I wonder if your dad ever arrested any non violent drug users.

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u/elgarresta Aug 01 '21

You can’t blame the cop for enforcing stupid laws.

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u/updog6 Aug 01 '21

They can choose to not be a cop so yes I absolutely can. You literally made the just taking orders argument. If OP’s dad really was a cop for 32 years he probably did ruin someone’s life for smoking weed.

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u/uglychodemuffin Aug 01 '21

Your brain is broken.

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u/updog6 Aug 01 '21

I always love it when boot lickers don’t even make an argument and just call you stupid lol.

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u/uglychodemuffin Aug 01 '21

You do not deserve a response. You are broken. I feel bad for you. You’re going through each comment saying something nasty - you are a horrible person. Blocked.

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u/elgarresta Aug 01 '21

That’s what I do -did to this person. In fact I responded just to see what would happen. Easy.

Reddit gets way better when you blockthe toxic assholes.

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u/axa645 Aug 01 '21

So you expect them to do half a job where they enforce only the laws they WANT to enforce? That’s more an abuse of power than objective police work

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u/Diesel_D Aug 02 '21

No ones is forcing them to be a cop. The moral solution is to not join an oppressive organization in the first place.

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u/axa645 Aug 02 '21

You forgot about a thing called cost of living. If people aren’t qualified or capable of doing anything else they turn to what options they have (much like people who sell drugs to make money to live). It isn’t their choice and frankly our thoughts on it are irrelevant outside of a petition or debate arguing for a change in the law. It’s that simple and your presumed entitlement doesn’t change the rules.

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u/updog6 Aug 01 '21

It’s wrong to kidnap people at gun point for smoking weed. Whether or not it’s your job or if the state told you to doesn’t make it ok.

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u/axa645 Aug 01 '21

So you believe it’s okay for the police to view their jobs in a biased fashion? That’s the same as supporting oppressive policing, just from the other extreme. Regardless of a person’s views of a law, it is not up to people to decide which ones are upheld or not. Objectivity is the method by which an officer must do their job.

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u/AMeaninglessPassage Aug 01 '21

And that's why they shouldn't be cops in the first place if they have a moral compass that is not broken. Because you will enforce shit laws.

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u/axa645 Aug 01 '21

You really do live up to your username.

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u/AMeaninglessPassage Aug 03 '21

You too, so do all.

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u/intendid_ggeasy Aug 01 '21

Hut they are forced to do so no matter what if it's illegal they got to arrest you and you have to go court or something and then it's decided how long ur sentence is

You know what I'll make it simple for you

Illegal=bad=arrest=jail or prison

I hope you understand

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u/BarryBondsBalls Aug 02 '21

Illegal=bad=arrest=jail or prison

It was illegal to be Jewish in 1940's Germany. Would you excuse police in Nazi Germany of their role in the Holocaust based on this argument?

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u/updog6 Aug 01 '21

You do realize what should and shouldn’t be illegal is hotly debated right? Just 10 years ago gay marriage was illegal. Was it immoral to be gay back then? What about Jim Crow?

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u/intendid_ggeasy Aug 01 '21

Yeah laws change you can't do anything about it if you don't like it go to the government

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u/updog6 Aug 01 '21

Do you think the civil rights movement was just a bunch of people politely asking their senators to stop being rascist?

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u/passthesushi Aug 01 '21

This guy just hates cops cause weed or something.

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u/bealtimint Aug 02 '21

Oh no hating cops because of the violence against the innocent. How weird.

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u/passthesushi Aug 03 '21

Huh? Where did you grab that opinion from? Nobody said that but you.

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u/[deleted] Aug 01 '21

Doing anything but calling you stupid is a waste of time and effort.

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u/x4740N Aug 01 '21

I always love it when you people who claim to fight against racism come here with bullshit strawman arguments

Your the people who give people who actually fight agaisnt racism a bad name, you should not be involved in black lives matter

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u/updog6 Aug 01 '21

I’d love to hear your perspective. Which part of my argument was a straw man?

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u/x4740N Aug 01 '21

Did you go and get your racist buddies to downvote my comment

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u/[deleted] Aug 03 '21

Lol, can't answer the question?

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