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Really hard for me to argue any of that.Facts
I’m gonna somewhat agree that police are needed but there needs to be a lot of changes made. I don’t know that it’s even possible to develop trust in them though. These abuses of power have been going on since policing was called slave patrolling. Of course, now, everyone has a recording device in their pocket and there’s more awareness around the abuse but it’s not new by any means. More times than not, they aren’t prosecuted when they commit crimes, they falsify police reports, they don’t police everyone the same, they frequently escalate situations, and they are willing to cover everything up to protect their own. As it is and has been, policing in this country is awful.
Like I’ve said before, they don’t wear bad apple stickers, so you never know which one will victimize you during an encounter. Just recently, there was a story where a few of them were sending text messages joking about killing black people. There was also a sheriff that was recently recorded bragging about killing black folks. These people have serious issues and are permitted to walk the streets with guns and handcuffs. It makes no sense.
I cant claim to know what the fix is. I do believe there are more good cops than bad ones but like you said you dont know who are the bad ones.
Making our police mini miltarys isnt a good thing either in my opinion.