And thats the actual problem. Its basically a gang, you dont bad talk members, and snitching isnt done.

He was likely part of the 94% of cops who don’t do this stuff. The real question is whether he would have covered for the ones who do.

I think there has been a huge change in our police force in the last 15-20 years. Budgetary constraints have lowered training quality and officer pay and the police have come to rely on things like civil forfeiture and DHS/Military cast-offs for their equipment (including military-looking uniforms and armor/helmets,…

Well, what I mean is that even when they see clear video of it happening, it’s not happening to people like them. That’s what I mean by a “them” problem versus a “me” problem. They see it, and they process it, and they’re sad or maybe even outraged by it, but at the end of the day, it’s not something that’s even…

I struggle with this constant stream of badness, and because I recognize my privilege as a white person, I feel as though I am not qualified to speak about it except to say that it produces a seemingly endless loop of sadness, rage, and hopelessness.

Well, part of it I think, is that when people don’t experience it, even if they see it happen or believe it to have happened, then it just doesn’t register as something to be worried about. It’s a ‘them’ problem, not a ‘me’ problem if that makes sense.

Becoming even a cop of the lowest rank requires three years of training and the equivalent of an associate’s degree in my country. Consequently, American cops kill 38 times the amount of citizens per capita each year than our cops do.

My way: no bullets. You don’t get a firearm until you’re on the job for one year or 2500 hours. You can have a taser and your more seasoned partner can have a firearm. Rookies don’t get/need guns until they’ve proven themselves and have experience.

People can make themselves believe in anything. 20 % of Americans believe that angels are real. Many Germans made themselves believe that their Jewish neighbors were “resettled” in Eastern Europe when the brownshirts came for them, nevermind that Germany was riddled with hundreds of concentration and labor camps.…

I also want to point out that it’s not just racist white cops. Asian cops, Hispanic cops, and other Black cops have the same mentality: Black people are more dangerous than other people, and should be treated callously. That is what policing is, and the race of the officer only changes that attitude sometimes, or just…

The cop stat is eerily similar to one I saw about a decade earlier concerning medical malpractice complaints against doctors: roughly 84% of them are brought against 6% of the doctors (or at least were at that time).

I’m a white lady and I get anxious every time a cop is driving behind me. I don’t know how POC handle it, because they are infinitely more likely to be harassed, abused, murdered, for doing nothing. It’s really scary out there :(

I honestly wonder if the cop is afraid the victim will live long enough to testify. There is no other reason, with the resources available to them, that they never seem to call for immediate medical care.

I wish I could give you 1000 stars. You’ve nailed the reason that the “bad apple” defense is bullshit. The “good” apples virtually always circle the wagons around their own, no matter how fucking blatant and horrific the offense. The entire police culture is rotten from the bottom up, and is protected by district…

Black Women less at risk of murder by white cops, more at risk of rape and sexual assault by their hands, though. That’s not better.

I believe that whole heartedly, but it happens everywhere. Look at the Catholic Church same exact thing. Stop protecting people who don't deserve your protection

I remember seeing a stat mot long after Tamir Rice’s murder that 83% of police brutality complaints were filed against 6% of the cops.

“In cases where innocent individuals are shot by police officers”

I used to tell myself, “They just don’t know how bad it is. When people know, things will be different.” I can’t tell myself that lie anymore, and the truth that it reveals—that there is a substantial group of white people in this country that just don’t really care about black people—is heartbreaking. I’m so sorry…

Thank you Kara for giving words to this sheer sense of anger, sadness and frustration.