American police are out of control
American police are out of control
• Memphis police ‘regularly violate’ Black people’s rights, justice department finds
• Protesters demand answers after 18 deaths at St. Louis jail in 4 years; latest death shrouded in mystery
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• Police illegally sell restricted weapons, supplying crime
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• DOJ investigation proves that if a police department isn’t known for its constant rights violations, it’s because it hasn’t been investigated yet
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• Eighth person dies in Tarrant County Jail custody this year after feeling unwell, sheriff says
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• Rapist detective dies by presumed suicide as long-awaited criminal civil rights trial set to begin
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• Retired detective claims leadership covered up corruption and rapist cop's alleged crimes
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• Honolulu pays $175,000 to settle lawsuit over arrest of a 10-year-old girl
• Maricopa County Board of Supervisors approves $4M settlement in Phoenix man's jail death
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• El Paso County admits no liability, but pays $1,875,000 to family of man who died in jail
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• "I can’t breathe," says New Jersey man right before he dies in police custody
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• "It’s long overdue": Experts call for statewide scrutiny of local jails amid inmate deaths, suffering
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• South Jersey detective accused of stealing drugs from evidence room
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• Since Texas sheriff Bill Waybourn took office in 2017, 65 people have died while in custody at the county’s jail
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• Cop who shot black woman in the head, in her home, will be released with the "least restrictive conditions" until trial
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• Mass puppycide ends career of Tennessee deputy who probably never should have been a cop
• "Special inspections" and "enhanced enforcement" planned after 13 inmate deaths at Bexar County Jail in 2024
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• Seattle PD fires community liaison suspected of selling stolen items, timesheet fraud
• Family who blamed Klickitat County Jail for son’s suicide to get $2 million settlement
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Over and over - good people who worked as cops quickly leave.
They either recognize the rot and make a break, or they end up in a body bag.
ACAB.
I've encountered plenty of nice cops. Though I live in Europe.
So it is quite US-centric to say all of them are bad, because there are plenty of parts in the world where they don't suck and the system isn't broken.
I agree. UK police are generally great people in my experience and sincerely want to do their role well.
Nice=!good
I think "all cops are bastards" is a harmful generalization. While abuse of police power is a systemic problem, there are also many police officers who don't abuse their power. It's better to focus on the systemic issues that allow for abuse of power, rather than dismissing all cops as inherently bad.
No. Because if they were doing their job they would be pushing the bad officers out. Instead the culture is either join the bad apples or stay quiet about the bad apples.
And the rot is so bad the "good ones" have, in many cases, lost touch with what their standards should look like. When the military gives more de-escalation training than the police, there's a major problem. Instead the police are going to classes that tell them to shoot first and forgive themselves later.
It's structurally impossible to remain a police officer in the US and be a good person or good police officer.
If there are 11 people hanging out with and befriending 1 Nazi, you have a dozen Nazis. Why would it be any different for cops? Not fighting against the corruption while
working underbeing part it is the same as supporting it.
> Starts with American cops
> Generalises to all cops
US defaultism at its finest