What do we do about these motherfucking cops in this country?

[sibelian]

113. Echoing an above poster -

Treat the profession seriously, the professionals who undertake it seriously, and it and they will start taking themselves seriously.

There is no way you can expect policemen to ditch the "us and them" when People Who Are Not Policemen(TM) don't bother to close that deal.

I used to work on the reception desk of an emergency room. It is amazing how a little responsibility can wake you up. I would love everyone in the world to have an experience along the lines of "here is a fucking serious problem in your lap, buddy, you're solving it, ONLY you are solving it, THERE'S NO-ONE ELSE. It's your job."

The main reason your society is throwing up so many very public and high profile cases of police brutality is because your society is HUGE and very well interconnected in terms of video distribution. I think it extremely likely that the appearance of an increase in police brutality comes about primarily through the 21st century's increased capacity to produce the appearances of things by getting cameras into everything everywhere on phones and street corners. I wouldn't be at all surprised if all that's really happening is that a veil is being lifted.

Also, your country has too many laws. "Jaywalking" for fuck's sake... pppbtthhtphhh... Too may situations that potentially involve the police. Too much work for them that has no real meaning. Not enough opportunities to ACTUALLY serve and ACTUALLY protect...