That’s the problem, the cops have the same mind set.
“So what if I did something wrong, take it to court”
Then they hide behind qualified immunity. So you’re out time and money because the ass hats can’t do their jobs correctly.
Imagine having a job where you can slap around your customers. Then when they complain to the boss, the boss says you did nothing wrong. So you make to a complaint to the regulating agency. And to make the complaint you have to pay another guy to go complain for you. The after all that, the regulating agency says fuck you we trust the guy who beat you, you’re just a dumb citizen. So now pay for the regulating agencies time and the time of the guy that helped you complain.
That's a good point. It's a difficult situation. I tend to lean toward law and order philosophically so, naturally, that tends to make me partial. Still, we can't ignore what looks like an intentional militarization of police combined with recruiting practices that are nothing short of building an ignorant and often multiracial army against the native pop.
Like always, the answer to the problem goes higher than street level.
I agree with you. I used to support them generally. But I’ve also watched a bunch of the audit videos. Some of the auditors are total dicks and deserve to have the police to react the way they do. However, some of them are just standing on a sidewalk filming quietly, not saying a word. Then the cops want to ID them and harass them for no damn reason. Then they will arrest them for what is supposed to be a secondary offense.
Most of the cops like to bullshit their way through saying “you’re suspicious”. It’s horseshit and shouldn’t hold up in court because the Supreme Court has ruled they need to suspect you of a specific crime. Not just, you look funny to me.
Cops mentality has changed from peace officers protecting people from criminals to “I AM THE LAW YOU WILL DO WHAT I SAY” even if it violates clear rights like the 4th and 5th amendment.
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