I am truly sorry for what happened to you. No one should go through having their trust betrayed, especially in the circumstances for your situation. I have no words of solace, no argument to counter. I truly wish that your soon to be ex-marriage is resolved soon and cleanly.

That said, I should clarify that I’m not…

Very well said!

I’m not saying to give them all the benefit of the doubt— and you have every right to be skeptical of any given individual who approaches you. My point is that we cannot blame them as a whole and direct prejudice toward individuals. My fear is that something like this will happen again.

Sure we need to be angry in…

That’s a good question; I would imagine that individuals working in the police force would be pariahs if they brought a righteously angry voice to the discussion. However, I do believe that they would attempt to change it from the inside so as not to antagonize their peers.

While yes, people have every right to be…

I apologize for putting that last line in there.

I do realize the distinction, but I went “that far” in my comment because it seemed to be where the other commenter was going with the extremity of police action.

Yes, some police resort to “violence, violence, violence”, but not all do. The point being that there is a…

Because I’m concerned that spreading an paranoid distrust of all police will have a negative effect on individuals who are trying to do their neighborhoods justice.

Look, I understand that you’re skeptical— being a skeptic is a good thing. But adding in a level of paranoia concerning all cops is not.

You mention that…

Very well said.

I’m not attempting to troll. I’m attempting to resolve real world problems instead of merely complain about them. I’m attempting to add reason so that people who go through these comments don’t bring a false sense of prejudice to people who are trying to make a difference.

Let me clarify here— I’m not trying to defend…

Protests are essential, sure, but unless predefined as a peaceful one they tend to work in an antagonistic fashion. Don’t mayors hold some power over the police departments? In Oakland, California, many mayors received support from well organized neighborhood groups and went on to work closely with the local police…

Point taken. I should not be this indignant. I still feel that distrusting an entire group of individuals based on the actions of a few is wrong, especially when there are individuals within said group that are trying to make things better— especially when it’s not just lip service and under his watch crime has…

All of them? Even the cops in another city across the country? I’m not trying to defend the cops in Ohio. I am defending the good cops I know in California, however.

That said, thank you for that insight. It didn’t occur to me that they might be thinking I’m trying to defend the Ohio cops. I’m just trying to make them…

Wait, so you have officers that are friends? Is your opinion based on what they tell you about their fellow officers and what they hide from the law? They might not be big on snitching— does this mean you aren’t as well?

“All I said was that it’s rational for a member of any marginalized class to distrust and dislike.”

I think that this would have made a much better comment than what you originally said. It gets your point across and is much more rational. I get what you’re saying, and I understand the point of view, but it still…

Brotherhood of secrecy? Ok then. Keep watching the X-files reruns. I’ll just back off and leave you to your basement.

By the way, I find it offensive that you’re trying to make my comment comparing profession to racism. I’m basing my comment on one group of individuals with another group of individuals. I’m not trying to bring race into this at all.

Look, let’s look at the facts, shall we?

Based on what you said, if you saw a cop…

I’m not making the correlary that the profession is the same as race— I do not understand how you can even TRY to make that assumption to devalue my comment. I’m making the point that all people are individuals, and you’re making a judgement on one group of individuals based on the actions of a few.

I’m not making that correlation with race; you are. I’m making a comparison of judging a group of individuals with the actions of a few. For every bad individual there are some working to try to build bridges (google Richmond, CA police chief).

Look, I get your mistrust— you have every right to be skeptical about any…

So you’re judging all cops by the actions of a few? Ok then.

You cannot immediately jump to conclusions when you see a cop. Otherwise, you are no better than a person who sees a minority individual and leaps to preconceived stereotypes.

I understand that it’s difficult, especially when you have to deal with someone with an inherent degree of power, but in order to work toward a…

I’ve found that it’s actually fairly bad to have every woman pregnant at the same time— mainly for the fact that they do not fight when raiders appear (they run from the room screaming). With a small population base to start with, this is bad— you easily lose a ton of resources whenever your vault gets hit.