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Originally Posted by Vizualizax90
Many cops have good-hearts as you said, but even they know personally that they're in a system that isn't exactly the best. If you don't think so, remember the "Blue Code" wouldn't exist if that wasn't the case.
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which "system" is exactly the best?!
I am not here to defend bad apple cops, but I want to share something regarding the topic of policing and police brutality.
consider this:
Sir Robert Peel back in 1829 created a police force because society was becoming more complex as a result of the industrial revolution but also to avoid having to use the military to deal with civil disorder. So in short, the police force purpose is to keep law and order and arrest offenders.
Let's face it, police officers are doing something other people don't want to do. When others say it is too dangerous aka too violent or when others say it is not in my job description or we’re going on strike it is the police force which is asked to intervene. In many countries in the world this has a very sinister side with police forces, many paramilitary in style, enforcing the will of a dictatorship against the majority.
I am not saying "the system" is perfect, I would even say the system is very flawed, but Policing is a disciplined service and officers and required to obey lawful orders. There has been limited room for officers to object to the methods being used or to object to what they are being asked to do. When you are dealing with a major disturbance on the street there isn’t time for a case conference about it.
I think the rise of warrior cops is very dangerous, I also believe policing in America needs some serious reform, the police need to be more transparent about what they are doing but there also needs to be the legislation to cover police doing the things the public expect them to investigate crime and deal with disorder.
Like I posted earlier, police officers shoot to KILL, they don't shoot to WOUND. This being said,
Officers are trained to assess the risk before firing,but often a situation escalates quickly.
The legal justification for deadly force by police is informed by the 1985 Supreme Court ruling in Tennessee v. Garner, in which a pair of police officers fatally shot a 15-year-old boy after he fled from a burglary. It turned out the boy had stolen a purse and just $10 from a house, and the Court ruled that a police officer may only use deadly force to prevent the escape of a violent felon.
Why Do Cops So Often Shoot To Kill?
Some law enforcement officials said the question of whether officers should shoot to wound or kill misses the point. Officers are often forced to make a split-second decision and are trained to try and deescalate the situation before firing.
Look, I am NOT here to defend warrior bad cops, No, I am not. But I do wonder,
who really create this us. vs them mentality?
Why is it justified to paint all police officers with one broad brush? especially white officers? Why is it justified to say " "pigs in a blanket, fry 'em like bacon,"
Communities rely on police departments to "protect and serve" and the police, in turn, rely on community support and cooperation, obviously the relationship is not always harmonious. I suspect racism has very little to do with the disconnection between police officers and poor minority communities.
in my humble opinion, not many really care about black Americans, they care about proving a point.
The pattern will continue and nothing will get better, until we learn that police officers are not the ones who destroy black communities.
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ALL COPS are bad, really? Get real.
