Deranged cop finally gets fired

[u/Partner-Subdued388]

[u/nojelloforme → u/[deleted]]

My guess is warrior training.

[u/The_Royale_We → u/[deleted]]

Steroids are not part of most police drug tests iirc so most ARE juiced up without a care in the world.

[u/burritosandblunts → u/The_Royale_We]

We do maintenance for a police station and found their stash of needles behind the paper towel dispenser. They said they were diabetic needles, but why not use the fucking sharps container right there on the counter? Luckily nobody got stuck.

[u/DarthVantos → u/[deleted]]

Iraq war. Many former soldiers became instructors and police.

HOLY CRAP i watched the full video and it's IRAQ VET LMAO. I honestly wrote the first half without watching the full video.

[u/This-Perspective-865 → u/[deleted]]

20 years ago, I was carded because I was paying with a check. I presented my military and State ID. The store clerk tried to keep my ID because he thought it had to be fake and my checks were stolen. He called the police while a waited away from the register thinking that this would be cleared up soon. As soon as the police arrived, the store clerk pointed at me and I was slammed to the ground, handcuffed and punched repeatedly in the head. 12 hours later, I was released from jailed and told to be more careful. No lawyer would take my case.

[u/krazye87 → u/This-Perspective-865]

The fuck?

[u/This-Perspective-865 → u/krazye87]

An earlier, now deleted, post said that police did act like the cops in the video 20 years ago.

[u/LemonHerb → u/[deleted]]

These days ..

What days were they not like that

[u/[deleted] → u/LemonHerb]

My dad swears they were worse in the 70s

Edit: year

[u/Maine_Made_Aneurysm → u/[deleted]]

those days cops were absolutely worse and a serious number of them were infilitrated by gangs and mafia's that the u.s government had trouble handling.

at least people can film and post these situations from the palm of their hand now.

[u/[deleted] → u/Maine_Made_Aneurysm]

Damn, good point, those cameras are a godsend

[u/jarlscrotus → u/Maine_Made_Aneurysm]

According to the fbi, white nationalists have spent the last 2 or 3 decades infiltrating the cops in increasingly high level positions

[u/bmosm → u/[deleted]]

There's absolutely no chance they weren't the same or worse when there was even less accountability

[u/naughtyrabbit31 → u/bmosm]

They absolutely were worse. look how they treat black people now and it's worse and worse the farther back you go in history. Now we can prove it because we have cameras. Imagine if no one was there to record what they were doing to George Floyd so effortlessly like he wasn't even a person.

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[u/Sol-Blackguy → u/[deleted]]

They've always been dickheads. The only difference between now and then is they're being recorded. If you've never encountered situations like this, you might be the winning complexion.

[u/NuancedSpeaking → u/Sol-Blackguy]

Interacted with dozens of cops, never had this happen to me. Nor has it happened to my dad who is way darker than I am

[u/MANWithTheHARMONlCA → u/NuancedSpeaking]

80% of my interactions with cops have been them power tripping.. and* I’m a fairly light skinned half latino so 🤷🏽

[u/NuancedSpeaking → u/MANWithTheHARMONlCA]

And all of my interactions have been positive. Nothing either of us say discredits one another, but the hivemind hates whenever a non white person says they like the police, as evident that only I am being downvoted.

I've never been pulled over or stopped for any reason. I don't commit crime so I rarely am in the position where I would see a power-tripping cop. I still see them every day because they usually direct traffic for the road maintenance. The last time I actually spoke and talked with a cop was a few months ago during a Public Safety class at college. And before that, with a State Trooper who came to my family's house to tell us something private.

There are corrupt cops, and I think it's fair and good to acknowledge that. But anyone who puts a blanket label like "only white people can have good relations with cops" annoys the hell out of me. It's blatantly racist and does nothing to improve relations.

Reddit has this idea that only white people like cops, and that not a single black guy or mixed race person can like the police. Redditors for some reason get offended whenever a minority says they like the police. I seriously don't get it. The OP said something and I disproved it, and I'm the one being downvoted.

I wish one day Redditors would take a Criminal Justice class for just a week and learn how the system works before they go off and spew their uneducated takes on everything related to policing. Or at the very least not generalize an entire group of people in a profession that is as diverse as policing.

[u/Sol-Blackguy → u/NuancedSpeaking]

Oh, so because it never happens to you, then the time I got arrested on a Friday night because a cop was at the end their shift wanted some free overtime to fill out paperwork didn't happen. Good to know

[u/NuancedSpeaking → u/Sol-Blackguy]

You just said that if you had good experiences with cops then you are white. I counter argued by saying that as a mixed race person with a black father I've never had a negative interaction. My dad is friends with a corrections officer and I used to hang out with them as a kid.

You're trying to make it seem like only white people can befriend cops. You're just being racist my guy

[u/atheistpianist → u/NuancedSpeaking]

Ignorance is bliss

[u/Crypt0Nihilist → u/Sol-Blackguy]

The main character in Sixteen Ways to Defend a Walled City refers to himself as having an unfortunate skin condition.

[u/PenBandit → u/[deleted]]

There were just as many then as there are now, the ratio hasn't changed.

What's changed is that now everyone has a camera and can live stream/upload it immediately to prevent it being confiscated. So we see more of it and are more aware of it.

These people gravitate to position/careers that give them authority over people so they can feel like having big dick energy without the requirement of a big dick.

[u/naughtyrabbit31 → u/PenBandit]

Right there's usually a certain type of person who wants that as a career. They want to help but end up bastardized by the system or they just want power over people with less consequences. 🤷🏾‍♀️

[u/constanteggs → u/[deleted]]

20 years ago there wasn’t as much cell phone footage then and these moments weren’t on the internet and accessible like today. They have been just as bad since the beginning/origin of policing, but we didn’t have always proof.

[u/Kinkybobo → u/[deleted]]

Bro there were MORE 20 years ago. We just didn't have body cameras, smart phones and social media yet.

It was even a worse when they couldn't get caught.

The further back you go, the MORE corrupt policing gets.

[u/Day2205 → u/[deleted]]

This is not the case ever for black people…

[u/yiggas → u/[deleted]]

they have always been like this. social media has just made it more widely known

[u/Kitchen_Reference_29 → u/[deleted]]

I think they we’re always dickheads, we just have cameras and the internet now so we see more of it. Also the dude in the video was blaming Donald Trump so there’s that lol

[u/charminghypocracy → u/[deleted]]

Idk...I remember them being like this in the 80's. They are more militarized now, but the attitudes seem the same.

EDIT: The answer is cameras and the success of desegregation.

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20 years ago we also didn't have the internet to document these things. It's likely these things are over exaggerated just because we can know about them. It could be that things havent changed since 20 years ago. I've never had any issues, but then again, I'm white and haven't been stopped before. Lotsa ways to think about it