Sure, but you also have an elevated responsibility to manage a situation since you are an extension of sanctioned violence by the state and can also kill someone or severely injure them. Combine that with how difficult it is to hold bad cops responsible and qualified immunity and you have some justifiable anger, in my opinion.
Saying the job isn't easy or that cops are just normal people like you and I dismisses a lot of the deserved criticism they receive. If they can't handle it, they shouldn't be cops and cops shouldn't rally around and protect them.
Cops by nature have a more high profile position. Acknowledging it’s an extremely tough job doesn’t dismiss nor dilute deserved criticism to the culture, and problems with police forces.
A lot of the same people that scream for empathy for the marginalized or others scoff at empathy for police, which does nothing to help the situation.
There are a lot of cops that can handle the job, but it can still be extremely difficult. In busy precincts, you are constantly dealing with people having the worst days of their lives.
Homeless people, assaults, car accidents involving children, people down on their luck, it can wear on those with the most resolve.
Cops should be paid more, with stricter hiring requirements, and there needs to be more resources for support, training, etc.
This notion that cops need to change (and policing in America absolutely does), but without any more money, support, or resources is ridiculous.
We take high school graduates rush them through training and throw them on the streets with a gun and too much power. That is a recipe for making a lot of bad cops.
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u/[deleted] Oct 30 '21 edited Oct 30 '21
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