Current Events > 'i became a cop to protect people'

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Also heard others say that like 30 or 40 yrs ago the general behavior of most cops was better or maybe much better, not sure if that could be true or not.

I find that hard to believe. If anything it was probably worse, due to more racism and less scrutiny.

I have a friend who still holds to that after several years on the force.

Probably helps that he's a British cop rather than an American one

You're English ?, as a whole or on avg would you say British cops are better or much better than American cops in this area?

The irony of that being that cops have zero legal obligation to actually protect non rich people lol

Have heard many others on this board say many cops were former bullies during their school days. Also heard others say that like 30 or 40 yrs ago the general behavior of most cops was better or maybe much better, not sure if that could be true or not.

It's kind of an open secret that lots of optimistic people become cops with the idea that they're going to be helping their community and after a year or two of seeing how corrupt the system is, it either changes them or they get fired for trying to fight against it.

I think a comedian said "Cops arn't getting worse they are getting recorded."

Thats basically true for everything. People always act like [bad thing] is a new trend, or gotten worse in recent times. When the truth is [bad thing] has always existed, you just didnt know about it before, because no smartphones or social media.

There are a lot of bad cops out there but the ACAB mentality has broken some peoples brains.

Yep cops in Martin Luthor's time where most certainly not interested in protecting.

That's true, but a lot of people don't really understand what it means.

There are a lot of bad cops out there but the ACAB mentality has broken some peoples brains.

40% of police officer families experience domestic violence, in contrast to 10% of families in the general.

The entire institution is corrupt to its very core. "A lot of bad cops" doesn't even scratch the surface of properly describing it. ACAB is correct.

Maybe in the US. I wouldnt say its the case globally though.

Careful, the globe is a pretty big place.

. Im aware of that. Ive been to quite a lot of it.

Also, thats part of the reason why my statement would be correct. What point are you trying to make?

I don't think the "not all cops" attitude is very credible, for one. And one would have to be a fool to think that out of all the different countries on all the different parts of this planet, the US is the only one with bad cops. I was not born yesterday.

Nowhere did I suggest that there arent other bad cops outside the US. There certainly are.

Maybe in the US. I wouldnt say its the case globally though.

Right, you didn't suggest it. You explicitly said it.

Is English not your first language or something?

What do you think?

I think youve got a pretty poor grasp of it, so it seems a distinct possibility. Youve clearly not understood what Ive said despite it being fairly straightforward.

Uh huh.

We had a cop on this board didnt we? I recall he would always defend every topic of police brutality and would make topics about cops being wronged to counteract them.

The folks that become cops tend to believe that the I want power to bully and harass others without power mindset is equivalent to protecting the people. They also have an intensely anti-social mindset, very much an us cops vs. the criminal civilians from my own experiences.

Not the brightest or most ethical folks, I would say.