| ▲ | cj 4 hours ago | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Such a negative attitude is incredibly counterproductive. You want police to have a positive presence in the community. Innocent engagement with a banana car helps with that, doesn't hurt. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | AngryData 27 minutes ago | parent | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
If cops want to be a positive presence in the community then they shouldn't regularly extort and abuse citizens and protect their violent and murderous coworkers. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | ssl-3 an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
That sounds nice. Over here in reality, when a man with a badge and a gun pulls people over for a bit of fun: Refusing to play along with whatever game it is that they have in mind is a criminal offense. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | ceejayoz 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
> You want police to have a positive presence in the community. Can they not pull up alongside and wave? Give a thumbs-up? Roll down the window? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | BoorishBears 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
If being a positive presence in the community isn't enough incentive to be that, you don't deserve to be police. And if that sounds hackneyed and like a ridiculous standard, you're damn right it is: we let them have outsized influence in our existence as otherwise free people. Their standard has to be a double standard. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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