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In reply to the discussion: Cop pulls over black teen, notices he is terrified [View all]procon
(15,805 posts)It's the cops, mister police officer. It starts with the cops, and they don't even have to be "bad" cops, maybe they're poorly trained, dumb, or its the prevailing attitude, or they're just as scared as that poor kid... but for different reasons.
Look, if cops weren't behaving badly the media wouldn't be broadcasting their misdeeds, and a vigilant public wouldn't be posting all those extrajudicial snuff videos online. Keep in mind that the protesting doesn't begin until after the previous events. Its the accumulated events of a lifetime that produces the ingrained fear in victims of injustice.
Don't wait for somebody else to "fix" the problem. Take a stand and help clean out your own department if you want people to see police in a better light.
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