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CaptYossarian

(6,448 posts)
7. Everything you say is true.
Tue Oct 13, 2020, 10:58 AM
Oct 2020

My example of a rogue deputy (in a good way) was an extreme one. The complicit officers are probably in fear for their lives too, while they are part of a system that was established generations ago. Yes, they can change jobs, but then we lose the good ones that aren't murdering people of color.

My guess is that the 95% who are complicit are morally flexible. If and when the system gets reformed, including the wrist-slapping in the courts, those will conform to a more just and equitable system that sees people and not just skin color. As I originally said, shooting them will not help.

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