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So many evil people in the police force (Original Post) dustyscamp Jun 2020 OP
years ago I worked as a Correctional Officer handmade34 Jun 2020 #1
And people wonder why Bettie Jun 2020 #2
The guys I knew who joined the police force just graduated from high school kimbutgar Jun 2020 #3

handmade34

(22,755 posts)
1. years ago I worked as a Correctional Officer
Wed Jun 3, 2020, 03:04 PM
Jun 2020

for a bit... a conversation with one of the more "interesting" fellow officers one day... he stated "...the difference between them and us... they got caught"

around us, there are all kinds of people and personalities

also, my daughter worked as a police officer for a number of years (Homeland Security now- I would believe she was switched at birth, but it was a home birth with no other babies being born there) and the stories from her and the people I met helped me understand that not all cops are good...

also, my partner tells stories of growing up a white kid in a predominantly Black neighborhood (Rhode Island) he has no love of cops from what he saw and experienced

also, many personal stories from my years working on the road, going into all different neighborhoods... I witnessed a lot of the everyday actions by police in "the projects" and elsewhere

Bettie

(15,995 posts)
2. And people wonder why
Wed Jun 3, 2020, 03:11 PM
Jun 2020

the cops are widely distrusted.

My level of trust for any cop (already low) is nonexistent now.

Perhaps more training and more psychological screening to weed out the violent element is necessary.

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