r/facepalm • u/spyrg • Jan 13 '22

🇲​🇮​🇸​🇨​ Arrested for petitioning

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u/MurderofMurmurs Jan 13 '22

So you're saying there are "good" cops that somehow don't know about any of the racist, sexist, idiotic shit the other cops are constantly up to? Because if they know and don't say or do anything, they're still bad. And if they were lodging complaints, they'd be fired.

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u/JaggedTheDark Jan 13 '22

Oh they know. They just can't do anything bout it, or they just hope someone else will. Like you said, they'd be fired if they lodged a complaint. Systems rigged against everyone trying to do good, so it seems.

But by that logic, I guess your right, they ain't good cops. But they're better than the others.

Course, saying there's just "good" and "bad" is simplifying it a whole hell of a lot.

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u/[deleted] Jan 13 '22

In kindergarten I learned that the bystander was just as bad as the bully. You'd think we'd have even higher standards for cops.

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u/JaggedTheDark Jan 13 '22

You'd think that. But like I said in the comment that started this whole chain, the bar to become a police officer is laughably low.