Moral of the story is...

I have a slightly more practical suggestion: require courts to treat any unsubstantiated statement by public officials as more likely to be false than not. If police can’t defend themselves against accusations by relying on the weight on their testimony alone, and if that testimony can’t be used to secure convictions,…

A comedian has a good bit about this for avoiding dangerous kid event chaperones. You don’t want the guy whose hand immediately goes up, because kids events are objectively not fun (meaning he might be a predator). You want the guy who is forced to do it by his wife, or grumblingly accepts even though he has football…

I keep hearing about how only a small percentage of cops are problems, and that on the whole, they’re no worse than the general population. This is bullshit.

I don’t think you understand the meaning of that term.

I swear I once heard that the same used to be true - early in our nation’s history - of those seeking political office. If you appeared to want it ‘too much’ it was seen as a detriment. Having a hard time finding the info online though...

Yup, and then there’s the one who types things like dumcass. Move along back to the hate rally.

I don’t think you understand white privilege 

Wow you’re dumb. Turn your brain ON!

I think that’s the point. If the driver had been black, there’s a good chance this would have ended much worse than it did.

..three police cars arriving at the scene to help Officer Tenderfeels crack the case of The Loud Noise Made Me Feel Ways About Things.

Thats kind of the definition of White Privilege.

Seriously? When has this ever been enforced? Not that I really honk, I just flash the high beams.

Is there some “thin blue line” code that prevents cops from saying, “Oops, my bad”? It seems like many of the cops-acting-poorly stories in the news could be avoided if, during training, cops were taught that it’s OK to make a small mistake now and then. I mean...they are human.

It also may be worth noting that Smith enjoyed a confidence talking so freely and contemptuously to a police officer that I suspect many other people wouldn’t expect to have, at least not without the involvement of firearms.

Mouthing off. white privilege.

I feel like the US policing problem could be solved by basically just finding anyone who really wants to be a cop and not allowing them to be a cop. It seems like an unhealthy percentage of police are just in it to lord their authority over people. Also, I realize not all cops, but sure as shit a bunch of them.

So, are we “Great Again” yet? Just in case I missed something because I dozed off there for a little while.

Get a dash cam. I have disputed a ticket with dash cam evidence and won and had a cop notice I had a cam rolling and his tune changed from you’re getting a ticket to here’s a warning, have a nice day.

I’ve seen it time and time again. If a cop really wants you to have a ticket, you are going to have a ticket. You know, to protect and serve.