Kind of difficult to trust cops if you're a person of color though. And WAY too many of them are trigger happy. But of course we're talking about cops from the U.S. specifically. Not ones from other countries.

And the attitudes differ from station to station. I'll give an example: Newcastle, NSW. I had a mate who's gf was very abusive. Particularly to the kids. He'd reported her several times, but always backed down when cops arrived out of a sense of loyalty to her and a belief that they could work things out. As men tend to do. So, cops actually just stop showing up in those cases. Anyway, I reported her one night. Called, said she's hitting her kids. I was told they can't do anything because he has to report it. I was saying "kids are being beat" and they heard "spousal abuse". So, I went to the station the next day to report it. I got laughed out of there. I went to report that kids were being abused on a regular basis, and they taunt me and laugh in my face, suggesting that I'm his wife. Again, I say "child abuse", they hear "spousal abuse". Now, despite their cognitive deficiency, their attitude was not only unnecessary. It was unanimous. I know exactly what this woman is capable of, and it's nothing to be laughed at. But, a man attempts to help kids who are being regularly beaten by their mother, and 99% of good people laugh at them. Good one, f**k wit. Pull the other one. It's a party popper, and tonight's firecracker night.

Bullshit 99%. They're out there showing their true colours every day. It's obviously not all cops, and I know my own experiences from growing up where I did, alone, won't convince the sycophant with a dependent relationship with their rose coloured glasses, but, look at it this way: "In Milgram's first set of experiments, 65 percent (26 of 40) of experiment participants administered the experiment's final massive 450-volt shock...". People are not "essentially good". People are essentially antisocial, hence why social codes exist. Give some allowances that diminish their personal accountability, and what do you expect to happen? Compound that with the fact that entry requirements include the exceptionally high standard of Year 10 maths and english and basic computer literacy, and that psychologically those who are drawn to the area of work will tend to be more in the "assertive" group and selected for willingness to take orders and lack of empathy, seems 99% is sounding more and more like absolute bullshit. Then, bring those people together, who do you think is likely to survive that environment? Very nice people? There are uncountable numbers of "good cops" who quit because they could not tolerate working with cops. Get real.

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yes they are

no

Not in the US. We use c**ts differently here. We still call them that.

https://apnews.com/article/dd91babfbc857aaabb109c0564465367 |-----| https://medford.wickedlocal.com/article/20150820/NEWS/150829543 |-----| https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2021/06/18/what-to-know-about-the-latest-developments-in-the-boston-police-overtime-pay-scandal/ |-----| Just locally and not all cases with bad cops in less than 10 mile radius. Sure to find more if we increase the range. If you are really want to see abuse of power and corruption you will find bad cops but by now I know you don’t want that. You are happy with your rose colored glasses.