THE POLICE PROBLEM

That’s the cop playbook because they are little administrative bitches

My son was choking to death and a police officer saved his life.

My brother died in a car accident and they caught the guy who did it.

There are many decent police officers and they serve a real function in society.

THIS DOES NOT EXCUSE THE ACTIONS OF THOSE WHO DO WRONG.

THIS DOES NOT EXCUSE THE - INACTION - OF THOSE WHO ARE TURNING A BLIND EYE TO BEHAVIOR LIKE THIS

Also, another side note. The police helped me convince my local parks and rec board to get signage for no fishing on a bike trail that was around a blind corner where people would crash their bikes all the time due to bags, coolers, poles, etc.. they advocated for this with me which I found commendable.

I try to keep an open mind while also admonishing what I see is bad. I'm hoping that someday somehow they'll remove the stigma of reporting bad apples from police departments and prioritize real oversight

The police are the wealthy’s publicly funded security.

Yes.

My little brother (17 years old) was in some danger from my mother who had kicked in his door because she was mad and is known to throw things in her anger. Fearing he would be injured from whatever caused this, I drove over and picked him up (with her blessing... She screeched he was never welcome to return). The next morning I went to the police to report the incident, and get advice on what to do next. I knew she would change her mind the next day and I wanted to be prepared.

The police officer took the time to talk to me about the relevant laws and what to do should she try to retaliate. That night she called the police on me and that officer was AWFUL. He did everything he could to escalate the situation, threatening to charge me with "a crime", yelling at me, etc. I told him his colleague had informed me of the relevant laws, and unless a judge intervened, we were allowed to wait for CPS to weigh in on the matter. He persisted with his threatening, so I asked who his Sargent was, and asked to speak with them. He said he would have him call me. Not liking his tone, I called the headquarters myself and reported the situation, and where we were with a different Sargent. His called later, but when he found out she was involved, quickly disengaged himself from everything.

She was also quite nice, and let us know the best way to safely handle the situation. Thanks to her and the first police officer, we were eventually able to make amends with everything and no future incidents occurred. My little brother was returned to my mother's care, and she never repeated the behavior. In the end, it's a good story of how it SHOULD work.

But imagine if I had never called. If I continued to feel like the aggressive cop was going to be putting my little brother into an unsafe environment, and I felt like I had to protect him. THAT cop would have loved to use force, and what would our family be like today?

I guess the moral of the story is, if you suspect an issue will arise, be proactive in finding the best solution. If you wait, there are a lot of bad solutions with the cops that will probably happen.

i grew up in the hood, cops were always late and often made the situation worse

My ex was being assaulted coming out of her car to walk inside. 5 cop cars were there in less than 60 seconds, suspect fled and they chased him down. Brought every charge against him they could find. We did NOT live in a great area.

That would be the only time.

They need water, electricity, and data coming in. All can be damaged outside of the facility.

Data centers didn't violently assault this victim. Conservatives with guns did. They need to be dealt with.

One day this cop will be dropped as part of mass layoffs, and will rage-protest until his Boston Dynamics replacement face-slams him into the floor.

That's not a good thing.

I think ICE, as a class, should be trialed and hung. Nuremberg only killed about 210 Nazis. We shouldn't make the mistake of being restrained against such monsters.

Police have the highest rates of unreported domestic violence.

Everyone knows they only hit soft targets like gun free zones. The only person more cowardly in Uvalde than the cops was the shooter.

Even if she was breaking some sort of law, I doubt the consequences was being slammed head first on tile.

Everything coming from a cop is basically their own personal punishment toward the person they don't like for exercising their rights.