its well known in all 50 states. they are trained to be cowards, and then act accordingly.
police academies are also known for forcing out intelligent, caring humans in lieu of thugs.
thats how we end up with acab
In my home city, which is a few million people and is considered one with really bad crime, the number of cops killed in the line of duty since 2020 has still not exceeded those killed by Covid during the height of the pandemic.
5 cops died of Covid Jan 2020-Dec 2022.
That’s a creative and infuriating way of looking at the numbers, well done.
Hopefully someone can figure out how to turn that into a political talking point. Then again, the people who need to hear it would of course never hear it.
IIRC Covid was the leading cause of death for cops nationwide for 2020, 2021, and (less sure) 2022. One of the groups that fought hardest against wearing masks. If challenged I will dig up a link but I don’t think it should be very hard to find.
One would have thought they’d take covid at least as seriously as elderly dementia patients who confusedly started to leave with mechandise they then returned, but nah.
Damn, that says so much about them. Their one job is to protect the public, but instead they fight to make it even harder to protect themselves from a manageable risk.
I pretty firmly believe there are two types of cops: one who joins out of a genuine desire to protect the community, but those are often pushed out or silenced by the second type who joins because it’s the way for them to “legally” murder, bully, extort, exploit and/or harass whomever they want with little to no consequences. In a just society, they would be considered the criminals. Your link is a great example.
Your link is a great example.
So I have to admit - I learned something new from that link, but also it left out one of the most disgusting details I knew about.
Here’s the bit that was new to me:
The most severe revelations against Metzler relate to his handling of a bystander complaint about Hopp’s use of force at the scene of the incident. “Metzler did not take the complaint or document the concern from the citizen as directed by LPD policy,” the report noted. Further, “Metzler’s demeanor with [the bystander] was disrespectful and discourteous. Metzler failed to hear out [the bystander] and talked over him multiple times.”
According to the report, “Metzler changed the case number on his [body camera] footage, which recorded the citizen who complained about the arrest, to an unrelated incident number. This removed the footage from the Garner case file available to LPD and the District Attorney. In addition, by reclassifying the footage to an ‘incident’ rather than a case, Metzler changed the retention lifespan of the footage from 10 years to one year.”
Do you know how many times I’ve seen police claim they can’t alter anything about the body cam footage? So now we’ve learned that if they want, they can just click a checkmark (or choose a different menu option, or whatever) and now you’ve only got a year to build your case against them and submit a request for the footage. And you’ll never even know until you go asking for it 1 year and 1 month later and are told it’s gone.
WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK??!! How many times has this loophole been used?
Here’s the most disgusting part of all, which the article either didn’t mention or glossed over.
The article says this:
Garner who was 73 and suffered from Dementia and sensory aphasia—a condition that can make speaking and communication difficult—did not receive medical care for six hours after sustaining injuries that included a broken arm and dislocated shoulder.
This is what was going on during those six hours, and my understanding is that they were within earshot of her as they laughed at her and mocked her pain:
I find the simplest way is to rattle off jobs that are more dangerous that people don’t treat with the same respect. Construction is an easy one.
Delivery driver is another job that is more dangerous than cop.
John Oliver had a great bit on this police “Warrior Training”:
It’s 1/2 an hour worth watching, but if your time is limited, start here:
Another good piece of media on the topic from an ex-cop YouTuber: https://youtu.be/HZ3SSNJIQ2k?si=QBw2vtdbElmK8wvn
But who can blame them right?? A prominent police trainer said police have the “best sex … in months” after they’ve killed someone.
How a two weeks* training program makes sociopaths out of good hearted citizens… I think they already are sociopaths
Part of the process is screening for people like that:
When candidates responded that they had no experience fighting, the hiring officers expressed intense anxiety and wariness about their suitability for the job. In one interview, for example, after a 43-year-old white applicant said he had never been in a fight, the sergeant told her colleagues that she thought he would “crawl into himself and disengage” if a fight presented itself, adding, “He’s gonna have to get angry.”
the first police officers is in this country (usa) were slave catchers so what do you expect
But did you learn how to make hilarious sound effects?
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