This. The police where I've lived have been decent enough, but in places like LA, the really big departments, that's where the real corruption is. LAPD, Long Beach Police, a lot of LA area police departments have decades of corruption.
But a small town cop, like my cousin? He's just chasing down drunks and intervening on neighbors fighting over property lines.
He's just chasing down drunks and intervening on neighbors fighting over property lines.
In most places across the US, that's all they have time for. One call after another. They hit the street and head to Walmart for a shoplifter. After that, there's 5-10 calls on the board just for their beat. They go to all the public and domestic disturbances first and try to resolve those without having to take someone to jail. Domestics often end in arrests which takes them off the streets for 25% of their shift when you include transportation, booking and report writing. When they get back on the streets, more drunk calls, disturbances, shoplifters in custodies, maybe an armed robbery or high profile event occurs. Then don't forget about all the vehicle crashes that take a huge amount of their time.
Police are just the law enforcement of the city officials. If you are city officials in Oregon or DC, it is different than say Texas or Florida
So basically, a dog is only as good as its owner. No independence.
It's almost like all tools are that way. Advocating the removal of a tool simply because the user is bad is turbo-retard level.
Except the tool part. The tools tend to be tools.
The tool is the institution, not the particular people.
Hired thugs
Bandits with badges.
This. The police where I've lived have been decent enough, but in places like LA, the really big departments, that's where the real corruption is. LAPD, Long Beach Police, a lot of LA area police departments have decades of corruption.
But a small town cop, like my cousin? He's just chasing down drunks and intervening on neighbors fighting over property lines.
In most places across the US, that's all they have time for. One call after another. They hit the street and head to Walmart for a shoplifter. After that, there's 5-10 calls on the board just for their beat. They go to all the public and domestic disturbances first and try to resolve those without having to take someone to jail. Domestics often end in arrests which takes them off the streets for 25% of their shift when you include transportation, booking and report writing. When they get back on the streets, more drunk calls, disturbances, shoplifters in custodies, maybe an armed robbery or high profile event occurs. Then don't forget about all the vehicle crashes that take a huge amount of their time.
"Just following orders" the Nazis said
And then they added - we have families, we had to feed them. And do not care that it was bloody money for which they bought food for their children.
Those are State Troopers, not municipal cops.