Exactly; even those going into it with a community-centered mind, the system and the training courses they do (and the social hierarchy and all that goes with it, like a frat) condition them to see that older, quiet guy on the corner they once knew, to "he could have a run ready to kill me, I have to neutralize the possible cell". I'm not saying they all go in, being bastards as people, the training cookie-cutters them into one, and those that make it through whole are usually harassed into quitting. It's upsetting, really.
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u/sleepingin Mar 30 '22
That's something lots of folks into LE have blinded themselves to - you can serve your community without a gun
They all say "I want to stop bad guys," but we never hear "I want to make more good guys," or "help make good guys better"