Cops Beat Their Wives & Girlfriends At Double The National Rate, Still Receive Promotions

[KamaAina]

http://thefreethoughtproject.com/cops-beat-wives-girlfriends-double-national-rate-receive-promotions/

Law Enforcement officers beat their significant other at nearly double the national average. Several studies, according to Diane Wetendorf, author of Police Domestic Violence: Handbook for Victims, indicate that women suffer domestic abuse in at least 40 percent of police officer families. For American women overall, the figure is 25 percent, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

According to The Advocates for Human Rights Organization, studies indicate that police families are 2-4 times more likely than the general population to experience domestic violence, making the potential for disparities in protective success particularly troubling.

Historian John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton, has a famous quote, Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely. This rings true through all levels of government ‘power,’ however it is particular prevalent among police officers.

Sociopaths are attracted to positions in which they are able to assert authority over others, so it should come as no surprise that there are higher concentrations of sociopaths within law enforcement.

Indeed.

[Freelancer]

1. There's no excuse for domestic violence, but we should understand, and adapt

Cops and soldiers (often the same) have, essentially, spent years making themselves into a bipedal weapons platforms -- and we celebrate them for it! Should we be surprised when they act out physically in arguments? If we are surprised, then we are being ignoramuses. Every police department in the country should see the truth of this, and have rapid response strategies in place to intervene in the domestic disputes of their own officers. If we stop bad things from happening proactively, then there will be no tendency to 'sweep things under the rug' later on.

[frylock]

2. taking their work home with them

[KamaAina]

3. Oh no you di'int!

[lpbk2713]

4. PTB often see this type behavior as assertive and aggressive.

And they see it as a good thing.

They're all full of shit.