Do you think it'd be better without the cops though.
Yes.
"But what about-"
No, it's still not justified, it still won't be better. It's a lie sold to you that you need the police. The reality is that the police are incredibly inept. Violent and non-petty crime still goes on every single day, but their priorities are shit like parking violations and speeding tickets. They exist to create revenue and an illusion of safety.
Lmao they already do. I literally was taught by a guy that makes policy decisions for my states cops. He's huge on accountability. Do you expect police officers to preemptively virtue signal when 99.99% of interactions are normal? Do you expect every single one to immediately take to Twitter and decry obviously bad behavior? Just perpetual shame for sharing a profession?
While you are right, I do expect there to be actual accountability when someone does make an extremely bad mistake that costs someone dearly in either value or their life. As brought up above, the Daniel Shaver case, in which the police officer was clearly in the wrong (if not criminally, for fucking up bad professionally enough to kill an innocent man) he was granted an extremely cushy retirement package.
If the reaction to most police fuckups wasn't "circle the wagons, protect our own above all" from the police themselves, there wouldn't be nearly as many issues with them from the side who wants to support them.
You know, the same process nearly every other job has. But I guess its more than just a "profession" to them, so they are more equal than other professions and deserves special protection from basic expectations.
Less than 1% of interactions daily with United States Police Officers end in any form of violence.
No all cops are not bad, but you give a High School C-student a badge and qualified immunity you will run into problems. Dickhead cops have been a stereotype since the 60's. Just because it can and has happened does not make it blanket statement applicable.
Where I was at the time (Central California) they were VERY anti lock-down and went above and beyond to not enforce federal mandates. In other locations they were very pro lockdown.
Not really. Even Texas had bullshit Covid mandates. It started in Dallas county, mandated by a fucking commie judge, and spread through the entire state through fear porn and lemming mentality. Even when it became obvious that the federal government, the WHO, the CDC, and the mainstream media were all lying, it took a long while to rescind the mandates, because the neocons (like Abbot) in office are a bunch of weak willed and/or controlled op pieces of shit. All of those mandates were enforced by the police.
When government becomes corrupt and the law becomes antagonistic against the people, so too do the police. At that point, the "good" police officers either don't say anything, for fear of their pay check, "just follow orders", or they leave. Ultimately, this means that the police, as an organization itself, becomes irredeemable, just like the government they uphold and protect. It becomes an inversion of truth, where government and the police are supposed to be there to protect the people and uphold their views, and invert to protecting the corrupt government against the people, enforcing the will of the evil people within government against the people.
My city and county PD did nothing to enforce the lockdowns, in spite of orders from the state government, and all their actions were entirely toothless to pretend like they were.
There is no other way to prevent civil discourse other than threat of force.The difference being that the majority of society approves of said measures in proportion to said crime.
Threat of financial turmoil does not apply to the whole populace.
These cops are bastards. Stop this generalized anarchy porn bullshit.
All cops uphold unjust laws through threat of violence. That's literally their role. Compliancy doesn't change that reality.
Yeah.
Do you think it'd be better without the cops though.
Yes.
"But what about-"
No, it's still not justified, it still won't be better. It's a lie sold to you that you need the police. The reality is that the police are incredibly inept. Violent and non-petty crime still goes on every single day, but their priorities are shit like parking violations and speeding tickets. They exist to create revenue and an illusion of safety.
And if the "good" cops don't call out this bullshit, guess what? ACAB
Lmao they already do. I literally was taught by a guy that makes policy decisions for my states cops. He's huge on accountability. Do you expect police officers to preemptively virtue signal when 99.99% of interactions are normal? Do you expect every single one to immediately take to Twitter and decry obviously bad behavior? Just perpetual shame for sharing a profession?
I expect them to do something towards a solution, like end qualified immunity. Thats not happening, though, is it
While you are right, I do expect there to be actual accountability when someone does make an extremely bad mistake that costs someone dearly in either value or their life. As brought up above, the Daniel Shaver case, in which the police officer was clearly in the wrong (if not criminally, for fucking up bad professionally enough to kill an innocent man) he was granted an extremely cushy retirement package.
If the reaction to most police fuckups wasn't "circle the wagons, protect our own above all" from the police themselves, there wouldn't be nearly as many issues with them from the side who wants to support them.
You know, the same process nearly every other job has. But I guess its more than just a "profession" to them, so they are more equal than other professions and deserves special protection from basic expectations.
Less than 1% of interactions daily with United States Police Officers end in any form of violence.
No all cops are not bad, but you give a High School C-student a badge and qualified immunity you will run into problems. Dickhead cops have been a stereotype since the 60's. Just because it can and has happened does not make it blanket statement applicable.
Depends on your region.
Where I was at the time (Central California) they were VERY anti lock-down and went above and beyond to not enforce federal mandates. In other locations they were very pro lockdown.
Not really. Even Texas had bullshit Covid mandates. It started in Dallas county, mandated by a fucking commie judge, and spread through the entire state through fear porn and lemming mentality. Even when it became obvious that the federal government, the WHO, the CDC, and the mainstream media were all lying, it took a long while to rescind the mandates, because the neocons (like Abbot) in office are a bunch of weak willed and/or controlled op pieces of shit. All of those mandates were enforced by the police.
When government becomes corrupt and the law becomes antagonistic against the people, so too do the police. At that point, the "good" police officers either don't say anything, for fear of their pay check, "just follow orders", or they leave. Ultimately, this means that the police, as an organization itself, becomes irredeemable, just like the government they uphold and protect. It becomes an inversion of truth, where government and the police are supposed to be there to protect the people and uphold their views, and invert to protecting the corrupt government against the people, enforcing the will of the evil people within government against the people.
My city and county PD did nothing to enforce the lockdowns, in spite of orders from the state government, and all their actions were entirely toothless to pretend like they were.
Compliancy doesn't change the fact that all laws the police enforce are done through the implicit threat of force.
There is no other way to prevent civil discourse other than threat of force.The difference being that the majority of society approves of said measures in proportion to said crime.
Threat of financial turmoil does not apply to the whole populace.
AKA The Ends Justify The Means.
Dickhead cops has been a meme for hundreds of years, but just a few decades.