Yes, I grew out of my "fuck the police" phase by the time I got out of high school like most normal functioning adults.
I did too. Then I learned how many were trigger happy, unqualified of the power and/or corrupt. It would be different if we heard about these things happening like once twice a year. Bit it's just too damn often. And these are just the ones that get caught. With them getting off so easy it doesn't really motivate the others to try to do better either.
"Heard about" is the active phrase. There are only about 900-1,000 police killings per year, in the U.S., total. This year is on track to be the lowest in 5 years so far.
ITP we pretend that the only disgusting abuses cops are perpetrating are actual killings
If you say so.
This sounds like a withdrawal if I've ever heard one. You heard about that recent cop that had set up and arrested over 120 people just cause he felt like it. 6 or 7 of them were in prison at the moment he was caught and got released. How many other cops had he rode with during doing these things that just turned a blind eye? None of that goes in your statistic and look how long he got away with it before getting caught. Im sure you'd like to believe he's the only one tho.
Then theres that detective (who has a history of sexual assault in the first place) that was supposed to be protecting a 15 year old rape victim that ended up raping her after she had reported him to his superiors about him making inappropriate comments. He was and still is well protected by his peers. But yep, a few bad apples totally dont spoil the bunch, Cops are exempt from the rest of that full phrase. And bootlicker complacency will ensure it continues on forever. ---