wow but surely this is unusual surely Upright Citizens have nothing to fear!!!!https://www.salon.com/2013/07/10/militarized_police_overreach_oh_god_i_thought_they_were_going_to_shoot_me_next%E2%80%9D/ …
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i dunno i could go on if you want go search for articles about how much cops get paid by juking pension mechanisms if you want go watch youtube videos of cops shooting pets and beating the shit out of people and try to follow up with how many were punished good night I love u
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"why dont I hear about this more" well you probably do but not quite in these terms if you're not familiar let me introduce you to the passive exculpatory tense cops love this shit and media just act as stenographers per ushehttps://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-watch/wp/2014/07/14/the-curious-grammar-of-police-shootings/ …
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Well I can't disagree with any of these problems or even how disappointingly widespread they are. All I can say is the job itself is more of a daily nightmare of constant stress than most ppl seem to take into account. Realistically, seeing as how we're just dealing with ppl
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fulfilling a job title and I lack faith in humanity, the best we can hope for is psychological intervention to help ameliorate naturally built up tensions and callousness. I'm fairly pessimistic though. Our culture seems too demanding in some ways and not enough in others.
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And it's still unfair to paint with too broad a brush. There are problems, but let's not lose sight of the individual heroes that are doing this insane job correctly.
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Yeah, totally. I mean--there exists a system that creates these outcomes quite reliably. It's not just adverse selection. That said! As the system currently exists,,,,, Basically we need to help cop's Become Good
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I agree in theory, I just have no faith in the current attempts to fix said system. I believe it's possible but ppl will continue to look in the wrong places and government is just going to go around in circles spending more money to achieve almost no result. I see no hope, robot
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Think 'pay gap statistic' and then apply that same level of analysis to fixing police policy.
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Its true
in aggregate Cop's dont actually want to become good and no one is willing to thrust goodness upon them
So uh #btfsttg
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