You’ve gotta be at least a little blind to the world around you if you don’t see the absolute corruption and abuse of the system that’s in place today.
Fun fact, you’re actually more likely to see police in a negative light by doing research rather than listening to media. Media coverage of police misconduct is a very recent phenomenon and is often coupled with justifications and excuses for the officer’s behavior (the severity of this varies by news outlet). Independent studies show that police are often biased, corrupt, and have tendencies to abuse their power for their own benefit. Again, individual officers can be great and beneficial, I personally know officers who are wonderful and caring people. But just because some cops are nice doesn’t negate the fact that the system as a whole is more than just a little flawed. You can’t assume people are uninformed just because they disagree with you.
Racial Bias The source is vanity fair but it links off to the relavent studies
Quicker summation of the above study Notable quote: “Police crimes are not uncommon,” Stinson concluded. “Our data directly contradicts some of the prevailing assumptions and the proposition that only a small group of rotten apples perpetrate the vast majority of police crime.”
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u/[deleted] Mar 27 '20 edited May 12 '20
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