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that's a different take and better explained. we can honestly dispute how rampant the problem is in good faith.
but my cousin did experience this and he was blackballed in other major cities based on the lying and corrupt police force who slandered him. you are naive about how widespread the problem is man and it seems NOTHING could ever convince you because you dont want to know.
you know me well on here..... you know i am not lying to win a freaking argument man. this happened and it is way more common than you know and something needs to be done about it. i didn't even share (but have before on here) that he finally got on the force in las vegas (a number of states away) but quit because those cops were no better there in terms of abuse and drug dealing.
i guess he just lucked out and found the only two massively corrupt police forces in the states........ and i suppose that is possible but my bullshit meter goes off when people suggest it.
if a cop doesn't know this is happening he or she is likely complicit, naive, in denial, or lying. but the thing is man... there is just no will within the police forces themselves to stop it or see it or care about it. the culture discourages it in fact. i think generally speaking cops are just immature types of people.... the type to run with the crowd and put fitting in above right and wrong. policing needs to make better choices about who they hire. the whole thing needs to be revamped from the ground up and from the outside. no idiot liberals who dont think we need cops should be doing it either.
the only solution is nationally held standards and a totally independent organization that polices cops and fundamental change in the culture and attitude and types of people police forces hire. it would take 30 years to get there and weed them all out or let them die out while replacing them with a different breed of person with better training.
And I'm telling you I have multiple very close friends that are cops that I've known most of my life. And they don't see any of this stuff in their departments. These are guys who would absolutely come forward if they did, they've stated it unequivocally. Said they wouldn't even WANT to keep their jobs if meant working in a place that would allow it.
So no, I'm not naive. Yes, there are bad departments. No, it isn't everywhere.
Like...teachers account for by far the most cases of child molestation. Do we say "no way could they get away with it if other teachers were reporting it". Then demonize the entire profession because of that view? Of course not. Yet you think it's okay to do with cops because of your anecdotal experience.
Sorry, but nah.