With everything that has gone on recently, its easy to jump on the bash the cops bandwagon. Personally, Ive kept my mouth shut because the media plays these issues from as many sides as they can before they have any of the actual facts, throws out a ton of (mis)information, with little regard for whether its accurate or otherwise, in a biased manner with the intention of polarizing people... And people fall for it. Reading this article, however, made me break my silence... Regardless of what you think about the current state of law enforcement in America, or cops in general, the fact of the matter is they are humans just like you and I. Theyre prone to mistakes, errors in judgement, and incompetence - some are amazing individuals, some are just collecting a paycheck and others are absolutely horrendous... Just as many regular every day people are with regard to what they do. Where the real problem lies is in an organizational culture that teaches, promotes and even encourages the tactics chronicled in this article. You want to be up in arms? GREAT! Stop finger-pointing at individuals and get involved in local government to stop this sort of nonsense and all of the other ridiculousness we know is going on from happening. Its stories like these that blow my mind more than anything - When you see regular, every-day working class people (cops) ripping off other regular, every-day working class people because theyre programmed to... or theyre programmed to treat people in a hostile manner... or beat them... or fire on them with little regard... Im absolutely terrified of a culture that teaches other human beings that THIS IS OKAY. I mean think about it... I couldt imagine being so brain washed that I could be involved with ruining another persons life like some of the scenarios that have played out as a result of stop and seize...
Posted on: Tue, 07 Oct 2014 00:32:09 +0000
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