Every one of those fuckers should be looking for new careers, including their COs.
this post was submitted on 31 Jul 2024
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THE POLICE PROBLEM
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The police problem is that police are policed by the police. Cops are accountable only to other cops, which is no accountability at all.
99.9999% of police brutality, corruption, and misconduct is never investigated, never punished, never makes the news, so it's not on this page.
When cops are caught breaking the law, they're investigated by other cops. Details are kept quiet, the officers' names are withheld from public knowledge, and what info is eventually released is only what police choose to release — often nothing at all.
When police are fired — which is all too rare — they leave with 'law enforcement experience' and can easily find work in another police department nearby. It's called "Wandering Cops."
When police testify under oath, they lie so frequently that cops themselves have a joking term for it: "testilying." Yet it's almost unheard of for police to be punished or prosecuted for perjury.
Cops can and do get away with lawlessness, because cops protect other cops. If they don't, they aren't cops for long.
The legal doctrine of "qualified immunity" renders police officers invulnerable to lawsuits for almost anything they do. In practice, getting past 'qualified immunity' is so unlikely, it makes headlines when it happens.
All this is a path to a police state.
In a free society, police must always be under serious and skeptical public oversight, with non-cops and non-cronies in charge, issuing genuine punishment when warranted.
Police who break the law must be prosecuted like anyone else, promptly fired if guilty, and barred from ever working in law-enforcement again.
That's the solution.
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Every one of those fuckers should be looking at a prison cell wall.
Join the Police. You can do anything!
(and get away with it)
I don't know how things work in your country, but here in AMERICA 🦅, the police have the supreme court constitutional RIGHTS. That might not mean much to you but it means a lot here.
These officers of the LAW have the most difficult job in the world and MUST be able to do their job without the fear of being punished. How do you expect them to save an armed white shooter or to stop a black 6 year old kid holding a gun pop-tart if they have to second-guess their actions?!
The THIN blue line is all that separates us from the migrant criminals that are terrorizing our cities.
Just be glad you live in a country where your borders are secure from all of the migrants!
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What the actual fuck?
That's the workplace culture they nurtured, mirroring the way they treat their clients.
Honestly it looks like some lives may have been saved, one less cop is good for everyone.
It wasn't a hazing ritual, they just didn't want a black man on the force.
How was he recruited in the first place if he has a medical condition that prevents him from doing high intensity exercise?
There's only one thing police love more than beating unarmed citizens, and it's NOT doing their actual job to the highest possible degree.
Have you seen cops recently? They're day asses. If they followed all the health guidelines they'd never get recruits
I'm actually all for it. There should be an elite squad of officers that's only called out to armed attacks of the public. Everything else, Officer Paul Blart or Carl Winslow is just fine. Walking around at 300 pounds, no weapon, and with psychology training. You don't need to be fit to write a parking ticket, or tell some skate boarders to move along.
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"Moses told them he had the sickle cell trait, which puts him at an increased risk of medical complications from high-intensity exercise."
Pretty smart to become a cop, they dont need to know that stuff anyway anymore. Prolly speaks pig Latin, aced his marksman test, and loves donuts already too
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