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Some people fully trust police officers. Do you trust them?
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S one are ok. So.e are Asshole. There are some hot ones though.
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Most of them.
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I'd trust water from Flint before I trust an officer.

Mostly, yes.
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Nope, I trust firefighters even less. They're both a half step above semi-pro hockey players though.
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what kind of fool doesn't trust the police?
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I trust my country's police, I'm not so sure about police from certain other countries.
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Rika_Furude posted...

what kind of fool doesn't trust the police?

People who live in areas with a heavily corrupt police force.
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Yes, absolutely. Comparing the ratio of how many officers respond to how many incidents annually and only the handful of bad are highlighted and brought to light, it's literally one in millions. People focus too much on the bad, and yes, absolutely, the bad is BAD. But it's not tens of thousands of incidents a month. It's a very small, tiny ratio that is exposed by the media. Again, I stress, the bad is bad. I don't deny this. I am also considering what isn't brought to the media and the corruption that will never be known. Even then, it's a small fraction of one percentage, and i'm not judging an entire nation of officers around these incidents.
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majority vote yes. Unexpected.
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I don't trust them. Most are only interested in tricking people into incriminating themselves. The others only go for low hanging fruit.
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Marmitecashews posted...

Rika_Furude posted...

what kind of fool doesn't trust the police?

People who live in areas with a heavily corrupt police force.

so like, north korea? africa? the middle east?
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How quickly opinions change. Make this topic during the time all those police shootings were a hot issue and you would get the opposite results
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Kazi1212 posted...

How quickly opinions change. Make this topic during the time all those police shootings were a hot issue and you would get the opposite results

what police shootings? michael brown? why would that change anyones opinions?
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Anyone who thinks being a cop is some trivial life choice or that police are inherenly bad need to wake up. Police choose theire profession to help the people they have seen victimized their entire lives sometimes and want to help within the legal framework. They get run down by the job nobody can understand unless you have spent time in those shoes.

Situation dependent.
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Kazi1212 posted...

How quickly opinions change. Make this topic during the time all those police shootings were a hot issue and you would get the opposite results

That's not necessarily true. There was always a vocal support for police officers and/or against the protests.
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Rika_Furude posted...

so like, north korea? africa? the middle east?

Try South America

Rika_Furude posted...

what kind of fool doesn't trust the police?

One that grew up in a city with the most notoriously corrupt police in the country, who watched his friends get harassed and profiled regularly, like me
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I have friends who got blamed for things with my confession simply cause their skin colour. I have also seen people use the race or sex they belong to to try and get out of a lot of situatiobs too .my main point is there will always be people looking to outsmart the system and any protections you put on it. You think the police are bad what do you suppose
Super drunk edition

There will always be people watching out for the unfortunate.

no.
i live in a corrupt 3rd world country, fyi.
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There is ways through science.

All the police officers I've personally encountered have been good people. With all the horror stories that have been going around about police, I must be living in Bizarro World or something.
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Ehh, I guess it depends on what you mean by trust. Im not all that trusting of the government in general, but I know its law enforcements job to respond to crimes. I trust that theyve gone through basic police training through their academy, although they are still human and vulnerable to insecurities, fears and so on. I dont commit crimes and I dont hang out with criminals, so my experience with law enforcement has been entirely neutral.
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Despite being pulled over multiple times after drinking and only ending up with a warning, I still can't trust them. This is based largely on experiences that friends have had and the media's portrayal of the officers. My own experiences haven't been that bad.
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Canadian/American cops, yes.
Thai cops, not in the fucking least bit. Well known for setting up foreigners for massive bribes or simply locking you up in a shitty prison for not paying.
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For the most part, yes.
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I trust my countries. Honestly not sure if I would trust America's though.
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Not a single fucking one.
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Not as far as I can throw them. Even good kids I used to coach turned scummy once they got that badge. All theyre good for is cleaning up the aftermath of a crime.
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Yes? Why wouldn't you?
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I trust a lot of them with my life.
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Yes
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It really depends on the department.

In areas where the government is corrupt, the police are generally corrupt and therefore less trustworthy. In Atlanta, that would be Fulton, Clayton, and to an extent DeKalb counties. Of those three departments, I would say that Clayton is the exception in terms of having one of the most corrupt governments but having the least corrupt police force of the three. In areas where the government isn't really corrupt, the police tend to be held to a higher standard, and are usually less prone to corruption, which is the root cause of bad cops...
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Yes I dont live in a third world shithole and Im not a thug/asshole so I have nothing to worry about.
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I'm white and not poor so I don't really have anything to worry about from them, but no, I absolutely do not trust them
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No, too much corruption, too much wanton disregard for the law, scotus, Constitution, and they have too much power.
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From personal experience: a resounding NO

Not to sound like a douche but too many of them are like stereotypical rednecks who think the job entitles them to harass the citizenry
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As a black person, if I call a cop for assistance in a situation, I feel reasonably assured it will end well.

I guess that means I trust officers....

Im white, of course I do.

Nope. Not in the slightest.
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Smh guys. Y'all want some hugs?
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I always look in the rearview if I pass by one
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Depends on the situation

Touya999 posted...

majority vote yes. Unexpected.

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Its all good baybebaye

My dad used to run a bar where loads of cops drank. Pretty much all of them were thick as fuck and total scum. The only time I've had to have proper contact with them over a major incident they falsified the statement I gave.

If you want to be in the police you shouldn't be allowed to be in the police. The force is a honey trap for idiot bullies.
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