>> police are not the enemy

You are on the wrong website buddy. The group think here doesn't like statements like these.

jmward01 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Most police aren't the enemy. Unfortunately it only takes a few that are or one that is having a bad day. Black and white distinctions 'they are all good' or 'they are all bad', are a core problem. Recognizing that we need to hold police accountable and limit their authority and actions isn't saying police are bad, it is proper and necessary oversight and is what is best for citizens and police.

	▲	AdamJacobMuller 28 minutes ago \| parent \| next [-]
		I have long said, and I will stand behind, that by and large the % of police which are assholes is about the same as the % of the overall population who are assholes. The only difference is that a random asshole on the street can't really do anything to me, I can just walk away. A random asshole cop has a crazy amount of discretionary power over me, even without him stepping outside departmental procedures or the law.
	▲	NetMageSCW an hour ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		I would only agree with this if supposedly good cops were willing to throw their fellow bad officers under the bus, but that practically never happends, so they are essentially all bad.

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toomuchtodo an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

Help yourself to the long list of "people with a monopoly on force and who cannot be trusted."

https://www.prisonpolicy.org/blog/2026/01/26/police_miscondu...

https://www.prisonpolicy.org/blog/2020/06/05/policekillings/

https://www.policedatainitiative.org/datasets/

https://policecrime.bgsu.edu/Home/Crimes

https://ij.org/the-ij-database-of-alpr-abuse/

https://ndi.iadlest.org/home

"And some, I assume, are good people."