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Originally Posted by Ari
This thread and the news articles in it are actually in support of those heroic police officers.
On the whole most cops are decent if not good cops, and most districts are strapped for cash. Every time a district must pay for the actions of bad cops they are losing money (tax payer money) that could have otherwise gone to better equipment, more good cops on the street or hell even programs to prevent crime before it happens. Bad cops are stunting or ending the careers of future good cops.
Every time a bad cop ruffs up someone for looking at them funny and others defend him for doing it, a whole new group of people lose their trust in the police. Making the job of good cops even harder.
Every time a bad cop gets nailed or is written about in the news it provides one more incentive for the heroic cops to fix their system, help the public and make their job easier. However none of this could happen if everyone pretends the problem doesn't exist.
So while this thread may be called "FUCK THA POLICE" what we really mean is fuck the douchebag thugs that abuse their power, arresting, injuring or killing innocent people, and fuck the broken aspects of the system that allow them to legally get away with it. But that should be obvious based on the posts in this thread.
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I wholeheartedly agree with the sentiment of this post right up until the last sentence.
It simply isn't obvious, but that is as subjective a view as the one offered by LadyShea that initiated this particular tangent.
To me, the thread took on the appearance of just as much a myopic and self-righteous gangbang as those from the other board.
That even the slightest of critique, provided in a rather ambiguous way, garnered such heat and discontent should not be lost on anyone...obviously.