I work as an interpreter, and sometimes I have to work with the US/UK police. They aren’t as evil as people make it seem.
Yes, there are some assholes and idiots, but most of the time they’re trying to be nice and helpful.
The problem is that the organizations themselves are corrupt and these “nice and helpful” cops will side with said corrupt organization and the piece of shit criminal cops they protect 99 times out of 100.
News items are news because they are rare. The US amplifies it’s negatives in search of eyeballs and in search of fixing problems. The average officer is average, not the extreme you see on the news.
Yeah but whenever multiple cops show up to a scene, there’s almost always one bad cop there. Then the “average” cops don’t do a thing to stop the bad one, and you end up with a bunch of bad cops.
Since at least 1976, [RCMP] police have picked up Indigenous men, women, and boys, then left them miles outside the city on sub-zero winter nights, leading to what’s known as the Saskatoon freezing deaths.
What I believe Wildbus8979 is implying is trying to get the person they responded to to understand is “if cops are this bad outside the US, and US cops are worse, then yes US cops can be that bad.” Could they have clarified or spelled that out more? Sure. Could you have thought out your understanding of their words a little more than your initial reaction that they weren’t discussing the US? Sure.
Cops in the US are in the news with ICE kidnapping people and sending them to countries they’ve never been to right now so I’d say cops in the US are pretty bad.
In Greece, last year, a woman asked the police to accompany her to her house because she was suspecting her ex was following her and was gonna hurt her and they told her “the patrol car is not a taxi”.
Soon after she was stabbed to death by her ex…
Police can’t really be trusted. It is also likely that they might turn on the victim.
Even if you’re white, the police are chronically underfunded and so if you report a crime they often dont do anything at all about it other than maybe filing a report. If your car gets stolen, you’re never seeing that car again
Nah - usually stolen cars are just taken for a joyride or something, and then are left on a random street. Eventually someone will report an abandoned vehicle or a cop will pull up to give them a parking ticket, they’ll run the plates, and you’ll get a notification that they found your car.
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You had me at “offered snacks”
I work as an interpreter, and sometimes I have to work with the US/UK police. They aren’t as evil as people make it seem. Yes, there are some assholes and idiots, but most of the time they’re trying to be nice and helpful.
The problem is that the organizations themselves are corrupt and these “nice and helpful” cops will side with said corrupt organization and the piece of shit criminal cops they protect 99 times out of 100.
Well. Are you white and cis-passing?
What does this mean?
Basically “Not looking like you are transgender”.
News items are news because they are rare. The US amplifies it’s negatives in search of eyeballs and in search of fixing problems. The average officer is average, not the extreme you see on the news.
Yeah but whenever multiple cops show up to a scene, there’s almost always one bad cop there. Then the “average” cops don’t do a thing to stop the bad one, and you end up with a bunch of bad cops.
The Dark History Of Saskatoon’s ‘Starlight Tours’ In Which Police Leave Indigenous People To Freeze To Death
Saskatoon isn’t the US.
Yes that’s the point. I’m replying to one one who thinks this is only an issue in the US.
They asked if cops in the us are that bad and you responded with an article about a Canadian city.
What I believe Wildbus8979 is implying is trying to get the person they responded to to understand is “if cops are this bad outside the US, and US cops are worse, then yes US cops can be that bad.” Could they have clarified or spelled that out more? Sure. Could you have thought out your understanding of their words a little more than your initial reaction that they weren’t discussing the US? Sure.
They made an incorrect assumption that some of us are correcting.
What’s your issue exactly?
Cops in the US are in the news with ICE kidnapping people and sending them to countries they’ve never been to right now so I’d say cops in the US are pretty bad.
I’d take a RCMP over them any day.
https://thepressproject.gr/trial-begins-in-the-femicide-of-kyriaki-griva-ex-partner-in-the-dock-four-police-officers-also-face-charges/
https://thepressproject.gr/police-failures-and-ignored-warnings-the-femicide-of-kyriaki-griva/
In Greece, last year, a woman asked the police to accompany her to her house because she was suspecting her ex was following her and was gonna hurt her and they told her “the patrol car is not a taxi”.
Soon after she was stabbed to death by her ex…
Police can’t really be trusted. It is also likely that they might turn on the victim.
It depends. Location, race, social status, and luck determine what kind of experience someone gets
Even if you’re white, the police are chronically underfunded and so if you report a crime they often dont do anything at all about it other than maybe filing a report. If your car gets stolen, you’re never seeing that car again
Nah - usually stolen cars are just taken for a joyride or something, and then are left on a random street. Eventually someone will report an abandoned vehicle or a cop will pull up to give them a parking ticket, they’ll run the plates, and you’ll get a notification that they found your car.
Not all, but yes. And since it’s impossible to know if the one cop you talk to is that bad, or covers for someone who is, best to assume they all are.