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52. Not bashing to be honest

Reply to flamin lib (Reply #4)

Sun May 31, 2020, 02:29 PM

May 2020

There are just too many bad cops. They tarnish the badge. Cast a shadow on the good ones.

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Can we stop saying all police officers are horrible? [View all] imanamerican63 May 2020 OP

Who is saying that? StarfishSaver May 2020 #1

Reading some threads here on DU, Facebook & watching the news and imanamerican63 May 2020 #2

I haven't seen or heard ANYONE say that all police are bad StarfishSaver May 2020 #23

Oh, I don't know. I just blew past a poster's take on the way Hortensis May 2020 #55

The policing system is flawed MoonlitKnight May 2020 #57

Agree to all but the last. Neither need nor profits Hortensis May 2020 #63

I vote despite not valuing this country's "principles" or the systems of justice built on them... Blasphemer May 2020 #69

How do you get "all police are bad" out of that? StarfishSaver May 2020 #68

None of them enforce the law, all enforce white supremacy? Hortensis May 2020 #70

I have seen some posters make that claim. nt Blue_true May 2020 #75

Not me.I didn't say it and I don't believe it. efhmc May 2020 #3

There are some here saying that all cops are no good. Blue_true May 2020 #74

Posted this late last night . . . flamin lib May 2020 #4

Not bashing to be honest Generic Other May 2020 #52

Now take what you said..... Sukee May 2020 #5

I would imagine that ALL are not bad, but the police culture is... UncleTomsEvilBrother May 2020 #21

Truth!!!! Sukee May 2020 #67

Why aren't the good ones doing something about the bad ones? ibegurpard May 2020 #6

Good point & I don't know. imanamerican63 May 2020 #9

exactly gopiscrap May 2020 #14

There is a code. I worked as an officer many years ago and AJT May 2020 #26

Sounds like a lot of my high school students. Igel May 2020 #34

If they turn a blind eye when their colleagues commit crimes Mariana May 2020 #36

Guess I should refresh more often! snort May 2020 #40

That would be the definition of snort May 2020 #39

Many of the "bad ones" don't appear bad with more context. Igel May 2020 #31

Are you suggesting that it was acceptable for this cop Mariana May 2020 #42

Did we see the same video? Bettie May 2020 #59

I saw that video and he tripped on nothing. kacekwl May 2020 #61

Good cops very seldom make the 6pm Newscasts, very, very seldom. Blue_true May 2020 #77

Ask Frank Serpico. Archae May 2020 #38

Same reason good Republicans don't stop the bad ones? Generic Brad May 2020 #41

Yup tishaLA May 2020 #56

Because for a beat cop and even supervising officers, it is not that simple. Blue_true May 2020 #76

Way to argue a red herring Hav May 2020 #7

+1. Police unions are a big problem - they are the thugs who enforce the code of silence dalton99a May 2020 #19

I'm union to the core, 3rd generation union member. But all Police Unions need to be dismantled krawhitham May 2020 #29

+1. Police unions give a bad name to unions dalton99a May 2020 #32

When Police Begin Policing Their Own, Sir, Complaints On That Line Will Cease The Magistrate May 2020 #8

Bingo. dalton99a May 2020 #20

+1000. nt ecstatic May 2020 #51

Perhaps the good cops could step up and stop the bad cops... Marrah_Goodman May 2020 #10

Agree. It's like saying all the protesters are violent. Just not true. However, Hoyt May 2020 #11

Absolutely! imanamerican63 May 2020 #13

FWIW. One cop did say something chowder66 May 2020 #54

NO WE CAN'T gopiscrap May 2020 #12

Strawman noted uponit7771 May 2020 #15

All? No. qazplm135 May 2020 #16

did a cop write this WhiskeyGrinder May 2020 #17

And they still arresting with extreme deadly force mshasta May 2020 #18

Saying they're all horrible is wrong, but so is Ron Green May 2020 #22

The Blue Wall of Silence culture is horrible. marmar May 2020 #24

Yes. That sits at the very base of the problem. Blue_true May 2020 #78

Every cop that giggles when fellow officer throws up a white power hand sign, every cop that stays LizBeth May 2020 #25

You're the one not seeing the obvious. Not being able to actually absorb what the OP said. LAS14 May 2020 #35

The OP is wrong. That is not saying ALL cops are bad. But way too many to reduce it to just a few. LizBeth May 2020 #46

+1, and knocks over elderly men with canes uponit7771 May 2020 #60

+1 LizBeth May 2020 #62

IMO, occupations that have authority over others, CrispyQ May 2020 #27

Refusing to take a stand and turn in the bad apples spoils the whole barrel krawhitham May 2020 #28

They aren't. Corgigal May 2020 #30

He was a involved in the drug unit. Corgigal May 2020 #43

Totally agree! nt LAS14 May 2020 #33

Hyperbole won't be working very well for either side from here on out. Arthur_Frain May 2020 #37

My experience with cops has largely been limited to traffic violations captain queeg May 2020 #44

There are a lot of horrible cops. Voltaire2 May 2020 #45

Well until we have a way to get rid of the bad ones...all of them are subject to this... Demsrule86 May 2020 #47

Of course not All police are brutal thugs MyMission May 2020 #48

Can we say police across this country.. stillcool May 2020 #49

They are complicit Bettie May 2020 #50

That is a really good term, because I believe that it summarizes the core problem. nt Blue_true May 2020 #79

By all means. If you've been saying that, stop. nt. Mariana May 2020 #53

According to reports, there was a good cop at the George Floyd murder tishaLA May 2020 #58

Could you please stop murdering him? Voltaire2 May 2020 #66

I think it's clear from what I typed tishaLA May 2020 #72

MOST ARE BAD JI7 May 2020 #64

Like someone posted, the work seems to attract "authoritative" and "reactionary" types. Blue_true May 2020 #80

They're just a few bad apples... Hong Kong Cavalier May 2020 #65

If you look at some of the past and recent incidents, Blue_true May 2020 #81

... Celerity May 2020 #71

There are a lot of ethical, good cops out there. Blue_true May 2020 #73

I'll never say all cops are bad because SharonClark May 2020 #82

It depends on the police department JonLP24 Jun 2020 #83