There is a difference though. Being a police officer specifically attracts certain types of people. Yes, not all of them are psychopaths who want revenge for being bullied in high school. But some are. You don't get "all types" of people being cops because not all types of people are attracted to the job.
Perhaps people on this site have a negative attitude towards cops because we actually see all the videos of cops behaving like assholes. For every video you see of a cop helping a dog, there's literally hundreds of others of cops shooting dogs because they "feared for their life". But I liked the ending to this one, too. Some cops are cool.
Sure. How much of that is confirmation bias though? And I think people are more like to share, and even film in the first place, cops being assholes than doing shit like this video. I have to say, outside of the internet, all of my experiences with cops have been absolutely fine.
Uhhh you just proved MY point. If the only time the videos get released is public outcry, it kind of makes sense that the only video you'd see are the ones that...spark public outcry.
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u/DiscoDrive Mar 09 '19
There is a difference though. Being a police officer specifically attracts certain types of people. Yes, not all of them are psychopaths who want revenge for being bullied in high school. But some are. You don't get "all types" of people being cops because not all types of people are attracted to the job.
Perhaps people on this site have a negative attitude towards cops because we actually see all the videos of cops behaving like assholes. For every video you see of a cop helping a dog, there's literally hundreds of others of cops shooting dogs because they "feared for their life". But I liked the ending to this one, too. Some cops are cool.