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Can't find the #3 post on FB anymore because they scrubbed it after #1 went viral.
valkrez
Honestly, fine. I'll pull over in the middle of the lane then and sit in my car while he walks around the interstate.
zylokun
He tried to MURDER. a PREGNANT woman. Hang him.
BobbieNell
Seriously, there was a concrete barrier on the right side. That cop would have been in danger. Her vehicle would have been in danger. 1/
BobbieNell
Its hard to give a shit about officer safety when one pulls this BS after someone was trying to find a safe place to pull over. 2/2
semioticmadness
Didn’t see a link, so here: https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.usatoday.com/amp/7645474002
Nikolai5
He immediately tried to shift all blame on her as well... Not just an idiot, but an absolute cunt.
TCGView
Goes to show even if you do the right thing and EXACTLY what they ask you to do, the cops will still fuck your day up.
WinchesterTavern
It’s weird. I thought the police acadamy movies was set over a whole year. Guess it was just 4 weeks.
Mewmus
14 weeks
WinchesterTavern
It somehow don’t make it better.
Mewmus
the police academy movies or this story ?
xcopperx
How the fuck did he not get in trouble for this??? Why are we still acting like this is ok and not doing anything about it?
J0765
What are you doing about it?
isaypoopythingabecausemostofyouannoyme
Next time just stop in the middle of the road
Tigersterne
No that's stupid. Middle of the road *and* turned perpendicular to traffic.
CyanideBreathMint
Then they'll just shoot yr ass.
LokiShade
That's how you get a pistol shoved in your face and we all know how the wants THAT scenario to end.
gtollie
I did that once when I was very young. The cop got on his speaker and told me to keep driving and when to pull over. It was on a city road.
PeterNormal
Its not just "advice" either, it is in the Arkansas Driver's handbook. Page 3 :
PeterNormal
https://static.ark.org/eeuploads/asp/ARKANSAS_DRIVER_LICENSE_manual_revision_(Corrected).pdf
czpek
NightfallEverdark
I am a cop. My department does not do PIT, but I have had the training. To try it at that speed is fucking stupid.
justsomeguyyoudontknow
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QueTeValga
Not a trap, real question: how does it feel to see these type of stories all the time?
IndianTechSupport41
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NightfallEverdark
It upsets me. I am very lucky to work for a fairly progressive police department. We have body cameras, limited vehicle pursuits, communit
NightfallEverdark
ity outreach, and more. I have seen firsthand how effective the reform policies can be.
dogestyle
not a cop, but I'm pretty sure it's demoralizing
NightfallEverdark
It is. And it is in part because officers LIKE this are out there, but also b/c people think we are all the same. Like every one of us wou
NightfallEverdark
ld leap at the chance to hurt someone. There are agencies I would NEVER work for, and I am lucky to work where I do.
iSellTeenyTinyFrogGreenBabyCoffins
Fuck it’s demoralizing as a citizen
beezzarro
Waiting for the day when those fisher price toy farm wheel thingies say "the pig says:'PULL OVER"
ratilda
Not accurate, when asked about his crimes, the pig usually says "I felt threatened!"
iSellTeenyTinyFrogGreenBabyCoffins
The pig says: stop resisting
DonkeyBottomBiters
In the Netherlands, the police have a led sign on the back of their cars saying: Police, Follow. That way they will find a safe spot to stop
Trigonix
In germany too, it’s just better
MattyMattFFS
ACAB
toomanydrinkswithmom
Pulls someone over for speeding to in theory to prevent an accident. Causes one instead
DukePhelan
Might as well just get in a gun fight if the cops stop you, since they seem to want to kill you even if you do everything right. /s but wtf
ChrishCat
Fuck the bitch ass cops
BaphoMettbroetchen
Cops being assholes is really an international problem. The SWAT equivalent (SEK) here was just disbanded because they were fucking neoNazis
majorcovert
Worst of all the Woman was pregnant. And if you watch the video the shoulder is very narrow due to construction in the area.
omgzwtfs
Worth noting the cop isn't being charged and the state police colonel doubled-down saying it was her fault. AK police have done over 300 -
DrewK98
They've done twice as many statewide as the year before. I'd like to know what changed.
DrKriegersClone
If that's the organization's position as articulated by leadership .. No, I'm NOT 'thankful' your boy was only slightly injured in the crash
NKato
Not a colonel anymore. He's the chief of the State Police.
user7618
AR* AK is Alaska.
omgzwtfs
That's embarrassing, thanks for the correction. I've probably been making that mistake for years not realizing I look like a dummy
Natdictit
It happens all the time, that and People think AR is Arizona AZ
iSellTeenyTinyFrogGreenBabyCoffins
It’s okay, I bet the people from Arkansas never noticed
OriginalgamerX
They would be so mad, if they could read...
omgzwtfs
PIT maneuvers in the last 2 years and have killed 30 people in the process. Rodney Dunn started lecturing the woman after almost killing her
LittleDickTheBugFusker
Fuck that asshole. People like that don't deserve to walk free among us, much less lord over our lives.
omgzwtfs
saying "we call that a PIT maneuver. When people flee from us that's what happens" BUT charged her with failure to yield rather than fleeing
HaloArchitect
Failure to yield what?
omgzwtfs
To an emergency vehicle. My bad trying to condense too much, sources were Fox and Newsweek because I'm out of free articles on other outlets
LordHosk
His authority as a man with a badge. Men with badges are clearly superior to any woman or minority, and a little better than most men. -S
aDodecahedron
PITs have caused 30 deaths in the US since 2016. https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/investigations/pit-maneuver-police-deaths/
aDodecahedron
3 in AR last yr: https://www.kark.com/news/working4you/working-4-you-woman-files-lawsuit-hoping-for-policy-change-surrounding-pit-maneuvers/
omgzwtfs
Damn I'm stupid, obv I skimmed and didn't bother trying to verify it. Just added that in a reply, hopefully no one repeats my ignorant ass.
omgzwtfs
Correction: the PIT stat covers the entire US since 2016, not Arkansas. Thanks to @aDodecahedron and sorry for spreading misinformation
TheBlueMuppet
So they kill 1 out of every 10 times they PIT. Pretty great, lets keep doing that all the time and never consider alternatives ever.
omgzwtfs
I messed that up bad, PITs have caused 30 deaths since 2016. Please check @aDodecahedron 's comments for sources and the correct info
TheBlueMuppet
Nope, i heard you say it, now im gonna go get on FB and tell everyone and start groups and make signs and shit. (Ty, lol)
TheBlueMuppet
At least its less bad, but still bad.
rudejohn
It's an excellent technique but should only be used in extreme chase scenarios where innocent bystander lives are in jeopardy.
TheBlueMuppet
Definitely, there was 0 need for it here.
sakasiru
I can't picture a scenario where bystanders are safer if you start flipping cars next to them though.
rudejohn
One such scenario is when someone is on a nearly-empty highway and about to exit the highway and go into a populated area.
CptBronson
Its really a maneuver that is designed for someone on a GTA style rampage.
awesomecat42
The logic is that PIT maneuvers are for when not stopping a vehicle would be more dangerous. 100% chance of danger vs 10%.
BlueDsc
So if a cop comes up to me with his lights on I just slam the breaks immediately yeah?
TheScaryDoor
Also, just to note, she was going 84 in a 75. Should never attempt a pit maneuver on a busy highway for that. Could've killed many.
NKato
She slowed down to 60. Still too fast for a PIT. The cop should've been fired. WHERE THE FUCK IS THE DOJ?!
TheScaryDoor
the 84 was WHY he pulled her over, hardly speeding on the highway. the point being, it was a nothing offense and he risked so many lives.
NKato
And on such groundless conduct, it could be argued he deprived her of her civil rights.
bojim1965
Why am I not surprised this is Arkansas?
Tjitso
Even if she was fleeing, just follow at a safe distance, check licenceplate. Many ways to avoid accident. Why was she pulled over anyway?
Mewmus
speeding
dcostanza1
"That's not what you're supposed to do" says the cop, who just finished something he wasn't supposed to do
rudejohn
84 in a 70.
dcostanza1
"execute her" -this cop, apparently
rudejohn
"How dare you commit a minor infraction. I'll ignore my training and PIT someone above 35 mph. Even though she's doing 60mph."
Gingerbreadman18
The cop did the pit maneuver on a vehicle that wasn't even fleeing? Jesus Christ, why does it seem like so many cops have power complexes
SomeDetroitGuy
He did a PIT on a vehicle that was moving too fast for a PIT to be safely executed.
NKato
Precisely. PIT policy has changed to focus on vehicles below 35MPH, because pitting an SUV makes it liable to roll over.
ABillionDucks
Because they do? The police orgs in america didnt start out to protect poor citizens.
Youhavinagiraffe
(Ignore your charged words) = I'm removing the context they were pregnant because it makes me feel bad about searching for ways to blame her
tfmechanic
more like "the cop had ZERO ways to know that about the driver, therefore it is unfair framing to bring it up"
Kargathia
Absolutely. For all he knew there were three more kids in the back. We shouldn't understate just how reckless his actions were.
Youhavinagiraffe
Exactly, the fact they were pregnant highlights the cop had ZERO knowledge about the driver and unreasonably leapt the most extreme response
Cephalyx
If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.
fearlessfloyd
I don't believe ACAB, at all, but I've met enough cops that think they're "the wolf" and they get people hurt and killed. Reform needed now.
ShaunDreclin
Good cops quit or are pushed out. Good cops become bad cops by protecting bad cops. Thus, there are no good cops left, thus, ACAB.
B3N15
For what it's worth ACAB isn't about individual officers, but the system. We have a lot of systematic problems when it comes to policing...
B3N15
...and, oftentimes, that system forces cops to act in a certain way or support certain things (read: be a bastard). So, ACAB because to...
B3N15
...work in/support the system means you are a bastard.
valkrez
ACAB
Wyndynwyre
"Good cops" still perpetuate a corrupt and deadly system. They either become complicit or they are expelled. Hence, no good cops.
Themanwiththegoldenpun
100%. It's clear now that the position gives often undeserving and ALWAYS undertrained people unchecked power. show me how that's good lol
Mec26
Wolves prey on others, literally. No idea why people want to be wolves.
Pimparoo3
They are supposed to be the sheepdog, and keep the wolves at bay. I guess they missed the memo.
iAlwaysUpvoteMN
ACAB
HedonistBeard
Not all cops are bastards, but they're all fine with the bastards being bastards. Those that aren't get fired. No such thing as a good cop.
Soggybathroomsock
I think they need more instruction from Dave Grossman in Killology /s
QuiteADapperAsshole
Do you believe the system of policing is inherently corrupt and gives all cops unjust powers even if they don't use them to abuse?
Youhavinagiraffe
Most people who say ACAB don't believe all cops are bad people. They're saying the way the job works makes the all do more harm than good
Bristlecone42
The way the system works REQUIRES them to become bastards. It’s a bastard factory.
IOnlyNeedOneBall
They don't gatekeep even though every cop knows a guy who shouldn't be one and did nothing to stop it.
minuteye
1/2 A kind, empathetic person I knew started working a cop-adjacent job. They started making concerning comments about certain groups (esp.
minuteye
2/2 the severely mentally ill). It came from a place of stress, and they left the job quickly, but jeez, their views shifted pretty quickly.
Youhavinagiraffe
That's another thing about the whole reform or defund the police movement. Done properly, it would be of huge benefit to cops as well...
Youhavinagiraffe
...they wouldn't be dealing with lots of stuff they aren't suited for or end up demonising others to excuse what they're required to do
MaadMaanMaatt
A good cop that don’t flip on a bad cop, is a bad cop. Change my mind.
Mewmus
a culture that preaches "snitches get stitches" gets mad that good cops don't rat out bad cops ?
keyblader1985
Who preaches that?
Mewmus
everyone in the high school i went to
AuntieCoddswaddle
Ah yes, high school. Where no one talks out their ass with emotional, binary distinctions.
Hmuda
Tim Minchin's `Pope Song` comes to mind.
engineeringwombocombo
Honestly, I think there are actually plenty of good cops in departments everywhere, but none of them are in higher-level positions.
engineeringwombocombo
A good cop reporting a bad cop to the worse cop over both of them just gets fired. When the 10 good cops try to report the 1 worse captain >
engineeringwombocombo
To the even worse person over him... welp.
evilcarp
Then they need to speak out and get a new job. Joining a gang is risky.
10thlettersauce
Correct, if there were good cops we would have heard about them bc they would be speaking out. Alot.
iHateMyselfButIHateYouMore
If we don't actually change the laws to protect whistleblowers and punish bad cops then we are asking "good cops" to sacrifice for nothing
ThatGuyInTheMountains
We're asking cops to sacrifice to do the right thing in general. If they can't, get out.
iHateMyselfButIHateYouMore
Fuck them all, but that's the change we need to "good cops" to exist
Beezlebubble
People have posted plenty of good cops who have flipped on the bad cops and have died, been raped, etc. And nothing changes for the bad
Beezlebubble
That's why we need the change. Saying "you're all shit, even the guys who try to do good" isnt doing anything. These guys are clearly
evilcarp
There job is to take risks. Are you suggesting that they are to dishonorable to take those risks? ACABC
yournamechecksout
I get it but that could easily be argued with, don’t associate yourself with criminals and you won’t be seen as one yourself. Cop said that.
mormacil
This, not standing up to a bad cop is in itself bad behaviour. ACAB doesn't mean all cops are abusers, it means that the rest protects 1/2
thegrimtrigger
It took me a while to get this, but I have, and now I'm not turning back.
Grinch01
ACAB stand for All Cops Are Bastards as long as i can think ...
mormacil
ACAB = All Cops Are Bastards but not all bastards are abusers, some are mere enablers.
mormacil
the abusers which makes them bastards as well. You can't protect an abuser and not be a bastard yourself. 2/2
smartblondesandsarcasm
As they say, silence is violence.
ABitOfATwat
What of their silence is to protect themselves and/or others? I don't think you can automatically assume every cop who knows but doesn't1/2
ABitOfATwat
speak up is protecting the bastards. They may be protecting their families from the bastards. 2/2
mormacil
When you're aware of an atrocity and remain silent you're supporting the status quo. If you truly feel at risk when speaking out you'd 1/2
unclesporky
Why does this idea apply exclusively to cops and not every other profession or group under the sun.
Spitefultoast
The thing is, it *does*. Cops are uniquely positioned to be able to murder with dramatically fewer consequences, or *at least* harass folks.
unclesporky
However, we don't see people earnestly saying "All Best Buy Employees Are Bad" (when the good ones turn a blind eye to bad behavior etc.).
lanceconstablebluejohn
perhaps thats because the stakes aren't as high? dyathink? if a best buy employee chokes u to death, THEY'LL probably go to jail.
Spitefultoast
The thin blue line exists to protect cops from the public. The people they are *ostensibly* sworn to protect.
spacecowboyein
If a cop calls out a bad cop, then they will be ostracized and eventually fired. The system doesn't allow for good cops by your definition.
morelikeconsham
Yes... hence acab.... where's the disconnect here?
derzilly
You're *so close* to getting it! Keep going! I believe you can make it!
spacecowboyein
Yeah, no. I'm not going to a priori hate all cops because the system is fucked. This is not a practical path to sensible reform.
keyblader1985
That's common knowledge. Thing is, if you're not willing to do what's right even at personal cost, you should not be a cop. Period.
spacecowboyein
Then we won't have enough cops, or the police force will just be full of neo nazis. Solutions have to be realistic.
spacecowboyein
So yeah, reform is definitely needed. But while I'm wary of all cops, there's no need to demonize all of them outright.
gnomestress12
If your coworker beat and hurt people would you be ok working with them?
ThanatosElNyx
If your coworker beat and hurt people would you be ok with people calling you a bastard?
10thlettersauce
Yeah. There is. The fact you don't hear about 1000s of good cops calling out bad ones suggests there are very few good cops
JayEnfield
And why would you hear about it? I know police officers who bitterly hate these cunts, but they don't exactly get prime-time interviews.
ElbowdeepinElmo
Thing is, that's very human. A vast majority of people who are on the "safe" side won't wreck their and their family's life in a futile
saysomethingcool
It's becoming increasingly difficult to be on cops side these days
trigonman3
alwayswas.meme
CliffWestern
I became disillusioned in the Pittsburgh G20. I learned that day that cops are the publics enemy.
noctynight
It'd be different if they held their "bad apples" accountable. But they don't unless they can't get out of it or if it's too public.
xemian
Not every country.
emigrant22
don't be.
Skywatcher16
only in the US were more and more of them are a state sanctioned mafia rather than the law officers that actual civilized countries have
BaphoMettbroetchen
Well, here in Germany cops organized a secret Nazi cult, use unnecessary force against protests every time, but can't fight real crime...
autodidacticcortex
Honestly … how can any sane person still be pro police?
AncientSeraph
Define 'pro police'.
OatmealTheCat
Well, when you have a narrow world view, only watch fox, and don't have any empathy its surprisingly easy.
Wordsmeannothing
No one is supposed to be pro police. They work by consent and that needs to be questioned and challenged. Consistently.
Skywatcher16
by being in favor of what they are supposed to be and are in civilized nations. the concept is good. the US just ceased having any.
JimStarluck
So deep in denial that they're building pyramids and worshipping cats.
NeverConfusedForNaught
They have good intentions though, right? Right?
ABillionDucks
As good as elon musk. :)
Hevach
If you want some help, these rules were created because cops pulling women over at night and raping them used to be a bigger problem than/
yummmmm
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/08/30/nypd-detectives-accused-raping-teen-wont-get-jail-time/2166015001/
Hevach
pulling over black people and shooting them. Even without cameras everywhere, there were several hundred known incidents a month at peak.
czpek
FUCK THE POLICE
BIGSHOWTV
You forgot to say "Because I enjoy being on the receiving end, I want to.." and then your phrase. You're most welcome!
czpek
And a special, double FUCK goes to those idiots with blue lives matter badges
BIGSHOWTV
All Lives Matter :)
holymanbatbatman
American cops. Yes.
anengineerandacat
Incompetence and poor critical thinking will do that; only following orders in a role that requires more.
TheBentPianist
*an American cops side
evilcarp
The only way you are the cops side is if you are cop.
LittleDickTheBugFusker
Fuck that cop. He could have killed someone. He could have killed a family. And he could care less.
JohnVessenmeyer
Always has been.
CompletelyUniqueUsername
I think the mistake is taking sides for or against them. Pick each one as an individual case as opposed to a group characterization.
HedonistBeard
I'm 100% on the side of the police which was easy once I realized that they went extinct a long while ago and we have to start over.
DarkBusterBaron
Yup we need to overhaul them completely increase standards and training drastically retrain every cop according to the new standards 1/2
DarkBusterBaron
And if they fail fire them.
NeverConfusedForNaught
Damn. You don't pull any punches.
BroadFjord
They were a great band when they were around. But yeah, fuck cops
NeverConfusedForNaught
Ktt5000
iabsolutelyfckingabhorguns
And they wonder why they are having trouble hiring these days.
BaphoMettbroetchen
My dad was a high ranking cop and one of my best friend is one. I still have 0 respect for the force. Soooo many bad apples and racists.
LordAdamant
Fuck the blue mafia
unclefisty
It's been difficult for decades if you're paying attention.
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Devolv3
You know...2 (or more)groups/individuals can do the wrong thing and both still be wrong.
eggheadd
Also dude is comparing cops with... ethnicities? The fuck?
HamshanksCPS
Yeah I've not been on the side of cops for about 20 years, and I'm only 31
felsparicfinch
Same except I'm 24
ChevelleInMontana
Hated cops since i was abused by my local cops because they thought i was hidding a wanted person. they wouldnt get a warrent but ..
ChevelleInMontana
they harassed me for 2 months, got pulled over every day even on my bike for speeding, im fat its hard to speed on a bike....
MichaelMars
I’ve never had a major negative event happen to me that involved them, but I’m still not on their side.
MadeYouLookAgain
Yup
saysomethingcool
I used to feel that certain states they were shitty. But more and more it's all of them! Them doing right is a rarity
EscargatoireMunch
What you are saying sounds like the common sentiment that every congressman is bad except, coincidentally, the ones representing my state.
saysomethingcool
Yeah I can see that. Except all of Congress sucks too
ifonlymyusernamewasrelevant
canadian here: its not exclusive to the states. shitty cops are global.
Usernameisalreadyregisteredwasalreadyregistered
You never hear about the ones doing right because it doesn't generate clicks. Not saying this is one of those times, clearly.
FloodingWaters
I DON'T FUCKING NEED TO HEAR ABOUT THEM DOING THEIR JOBS PROPERLY. IT DOESNT MATTER HOW MUCH THEY DO IT PROPERLY. WHAT MATTERS IS HOW MUCH
FloodingWaters
THEY DO IT WRONG. FUCK OUTTA HERE WITH "doesn't generate clicks". What a dumbass take that is.
saysomethingcool
Don't get me wrong, I don't completely hate cops. But they don't have more rights than citizens, and they're running rough shod over us. Any
saysomethingcool
Objections or criticism and cops throw fits. They need serious reform and treating them all like they suck is the quickest way that I see it
ratilda
So don't be on the side of the pigs
BIGSHOWTV
It's kind of hard to NOT be on a side of your mother, she covers A LOT of ground! She has been designated her own spacial orbit, so...
zfournier16
Right the cops seem to be getting just as out of line as the people i defend them against
ABillionDucks
Theyve always have been...
Inarticulated
American cops /Swede who still respects our cops
Shargan8
You respect the Swedish police because you are not their target minority for abuse.
Inarticulated
Oh, I'm sorry.. Didn't know I was talking to a psychic. I'm born and raised in Sweden, though I look nothing like the typical Svensson.
Inarticulated
But then again, I wasn't raised in big cities.. I was raised in smaller towns with many racists. Cops have always been kind, though.
m3d1cated
Swedish cops are nazi to.
mymustachecallstheshots
Fuck the police. Organized crime sanctioned by the state.
mydogisabetterpersonthanme
American police in their current form literally grew from the Klan. They are, literally, government funded domestic terrorists.
BIGSHOWTV
I'll bet you $100 you'll call 9-1-1 the moment someone takes your family hostage or carjacks you.
mymustachecallstheshots
Nah, i live in Louisville son. Cops wouldnt do shit. Thats why i carry.
GruncleDandy
Pretty sure hostage situations are over my podunk police chiefs head but go off.
ABillionDucks
"The police have a monopoly on violence so I think its okay for them to murder me and get away with it because I'm a cuck."
BIGSHOWTV
A monopoly? Show me the statistic that supports that. Please.
mymustachecallstheshots
Um, they constantly get away with it? Military complains that they have stricter rules of engagement than cops, even when armed combatants
sandshoesman
And most likely they’ll write a report and then file it away and you’ll never get results.
BIGSHOWTV
I love how you use clichés and nothing to support it
sandshoesman
It’s sad you don’t know how it usually works. Ive been robbed, with video evidence, and they just wrote it down and that was it.
mymustachecallstheshots
Do you live in Louisville too?! Lol. You nailed it, literally thats all cops have ever do here anytime I call or someone i know calls them
bicpencil
They’ll just take down my information and kill my dog when they arrive
BIGSHOWTV
Why would they kill your mother?
mymustachecallstheshots
Its fucking sad they have dome this so many times that you arent joking.
LyraTheLycan
When will the US people start to ignore police, flee and fight them? When they've killed more minorities than the Nazis?
IdiotSavantTinker
iHateMyselfButIHateYouMore
Fuck the police and ACAB as long as the laws say they are our oppressors and masters. Change the laws and I'll bootlick "good cops"
BIGSHOWTV
Instead, you bootlick Democratic cities that defund the police, then call 9-1-1 the moment something goes wrong like at the Floyd Memorial
therealzombiejesus
Froggie243
No.
BIGSHOWTV
Yes
CliffWestern
Its the PEOPLE in those city's who called for that dumb dumb. But ya, keep boot licking the cops and conservative media you fucking coward
BIGSHOWTV
Really? No one in Chicago called for it and crime is 400%+ from 2 years ago
CliffWestern
I doubt it but Chicago isn't my city. In my city we demanded it and its stupid outsider fucks who think they get a say in how we run ourcity
FluxSagrie
The issue is that what they SAY and are supposed to do sound good. But they are a force that targets normal people, they are a time bomb.
BIGSHOWTV
And what are the majority gun violence criminals in Chicago (black people, btw) to you? Go on, call black people a time bomb, I dare you.
FluxSagrie
They target people and scrutinize you. Even talking to them is dangerous, so it is only a matter of time that they see people as targets.
saysomethingcool
Used to be you'd tell kids to find police if they needed help. That's something I won't ever tell my kids
BIGSHOWTV
You're generalizing for the handful of cases you hear about on the news. What if we said the same about shooting assailants in Chicago?
AnAccountToPostThis
It's not just the handful of cases that are an issue. It's the fact that EVERY. SINGLE. TIME. their department jumps in to defend the >
AnAccountToPostThis
cop that OBVIOUSLY did something wrong. Hell, look at this case for a perfect example. They immediately scrubbed their fb page of a post
AnAccountToPostThis
because that post MIGHT be seen as agreeing with this asshole cop's victim. It's the entire police department that's shitty here not one guy
ProjectSatan
what if we said the same about restaurants?! if you got bad service a handful of times, are you just gonna stop going to that restaurant?
BIGSHOWTV
The majority are black, BTW
saysomethingcool
The moment black people join an organization that has zero accountability for their actions, I'll call out their shit too. Right now I'm
saysomethingcool
Beefing on the shitty organization that police departments have become. Take your beef with black people elsewhere
BIGSHOWTV
BLM... *drops mic*
TomBrokaw
So you're accusing the BLM movement of perpetrating most of the shootings in Chicago. OK, pal.
Froggie243
Lmfao as though a political movement has the same deadly strong-arm tactics as the police??? Jesus.
ShitIstoleFrom4chan
ACAB!
skellington01
It’s becoming increasingly difficult to be a us citizen w/o being hurt by cops.
BIGSHOWTV
Someone is melodramatic
Goblinshopkeeper
Someone is a bootlicker.
BIGSHOWTV
For calling you melodramatic? Mmmk.
Goblinshopkeeper
So quick to respond when someone insults you but I notice you ignore other people's comments that prove what an idiot you are. Why is that?
Goblinshopkeeper
No for downplaying the threat the police pose to American people, but you go ahead and stick your head in the sand everytime they kill.
lindydanny
Which is why so many cops retired last year.
BIGSHOWTV
No, so many retired because they were ALL being demonized for doing their jobs. Now, it's impossible to do their jobs at 50K a year.
ThanatosST
Which is why they do their jobs for 100k+ per year. And they resigned because they were going to be held accountable for their actions.
BIGSHOWTV
Really? Show me where it says Chicago cops make 100K a year lmao Please, HILARIOUSLY show me
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Goblinshopkeeper
Well he showed you. You gonna acknowledge that or just keep licking boots?
saboten13
They’re murderous thugs who join the force to compensate for all sorts of issues and take it out on the public.
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Pimparoo3
You realize people of any race can be bad right? And that cops can be criminals too?
saboten13
Lol wow, you let your racism show there bud. But skin color aside, I would call them murderous thugs regardless if they go around murdering
saboten13
And acting like thugs. That’s the issue. The police get to wrap it up in a blue ribbon or a white hood and label it as a service somehow
saboten13
But they are still just murderous thugs, who join a fucked up racist institution that sanctions their behaviour, because it’s run by racists
Semphir
I used to think it was resisting arrest and acting like an idiot that got you shot in the states. That’s what it's like where im from.
Semphir
That’s obviously not the case. I would honestly be scared to even approach a cop in the states and ask for help/directions nowdays
Usernameisalreadyregisteredwasalreadyregistered
Then it's clear you've had no interactions with police outside of news stories.
Semphir
Well.. You shouldn't. I trust the cops where i live though. But the US? not after all the murders they've commited.
Usernameisalreadyregisteredwasalreadyregistered
We had cops come for breakfast frequently at the restaurant I worked, they were always polite and friendly. On the occasions I've gotten (1)
Usernameisalreadyregisteredwasalreadyregistered
ticketed the cops were always straightforward and professional. I'm aware enough to know that the ones I've been around aren't the same (2)
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as all the rest around the country - you should be equally aware that the news stories don't tell the whole story either.
CommanderShitFace
ACAB. The whole institution in the US has always been corrupt or down right evil. Union busting, slave hunting, drug planting, door kickers.
BIGSHOWTV
Democrats started the KKK, fyi, so the same can be said about your party...
Pimparoo3
Then the southern strategy happened and those Dixiecrats joined the republicans, funny how you left that part out.
BIGSHOWTV
The 'southern strategy' isn't real, no one decided to 'switch it up'. You're about as Qanon as it gets lmao
Pimparoo3
It is real, it's extremely well documented. But none of that matters to you, only what justifies your racism right? Your pathetic.
CommanderShitFace
Bold of you to assume that's my party. Republicans also use to be pro union and anti Monopoly but golly how times change.
BIGSHOWTV
If you're anti-cop, that's your party by default
Spitefultoast
First thing: the parties basically flipped positions entirely. The dixiecrats are not the same party as the dems of today.
CommanderShitFace
Democrats aren't anti-cop, the government as a whole is pro cop. If Dems were anti cop then things would be done. atm they are the majority.
SerenePrincess013
So, you're saying that you still live in the 1950s, before the parties switched? That you haven't evolved to the 21st century?
PonyMadness
So don't just be on "cops side". There's over 800,000 LEOs in the US and there are bad cops among them. Support the good ones, chastise the
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Pimparoo3
A few bad apples spoils the bunch. When they start to police their own I'll give them another chance.
Froggie243
Listen we've been calling for reform for 70+ years and the system protects institutionalized racism and use of force.
PonyMadness
bad ones and keep working/voting towards reform. This isn't a difficult concept.
kaarbaakimgr
Sure…if you can find an actual good cop, not just a ‘not a bad cop’ I’d like to actually see it.
rifte0201
I can't believe there are any good cops when shit heads like the one mentioned above are still a cops after pulling bullshit like that.
Youhavinagiraffe
We don't have the power to police the police but the good cops do. Either they aren't exercising that power or they're so outnumbered...
Youhavinagiraffe
...they can't make a dent. Either way it feels like the institution is broken at a very deep level
Mentok
And yet this cop will face no consequences and no other cop around him will dare speak a word. There's no bad apples, only bad bushels.
saysomethingcool
Oh... Is that how this works?
PonyMadness
Yeah. It's pretty simple. But that would mean people can't jump on bandwagons and scream acab on every post.
saysomethingcool
Seems if it were that simple it would already be done then?
tevyethemad
Support good cops by ending qualified immunity. If they're good cops they have nothing to fear.
saysomethingcool
There's too many things to even count. But that and asset forfeiture are at the damn top of the list!!
kaarbaakimgr
Convict and fire cops who don’t testify against bad cops.
HedonistBeard
I used to think there was such a thing as a good cop until I realized those that speak up against the bad cops get fired and stop being cops
Kittynomnoms
I mean I see where you're coming from, but do you really think that was an instant thing? It's all an ongoing process. We let this happen.
PonyMadness
How about all the cops who just do their job? Are they inherently bad cops? You only hear about the ones who get fired for speaking out
HedonistBeard
If they aren't arresting the bad cops they aren't doing their job.
PonyMadness
What about all the cops who marched with BLM protestors? I'm guessing they're all bad in your eyes because they don't cross jurisdiction
PonyMadness
Lines and illegally arrest the corrupt ones. Don't be dumb.