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The reason these people behave such a way is they deal with all kind of shitty people day in day out. They reach the point where there's no humanity left in them and they look at the the same way. I don't blame cops, the work itself is shitty. No matter if you put even Gandhi in police force after 3-4, years he'll become Gaddafi.
Lots of people have shitty jobs. Most of us wouldn't blow off a little steam by torturing a handcuffed person?
You're a fucking dope.
OMG! Bro most shitty jobs doesn't require you to deal with criminals.
Nurses deal with criminals, mentally ill, homeless, and people resisting their help for 12 hours a shift on weekdays, weekends, and nights. They don't go crazy on people.
You're comparing apple to oranges.
ER nurses deal with far more criminals, mentally ill people and homeless people than any single cop because all the cops drop those people off at the ER when they don't want to deal with them.
And nurses still don't act like power-hungry monsters whenever they face those people.
Maybe the problem isn't the job, maybe the problem is the sort of people who would be willing to take the job.
Oh not to mention the fact that the cops have a safer job then nurses, get paid more, get issued weapons and a car. In fact I would say the average retail worker has to deal with more criminals per shift (going on number of people interacted vs the % of criminals in the population) and have little to no tools other then de-escalation. I guess since cops hang out with each other they do deal with more assholes though....
And you are comparing assholes to normal people. The assholes being the people who torture others, cops or otherwise, and normal people being people who don't.
Which category do you fall under?
The fact that they're doubling down on this stance really says it all
Look at the actual list of "most dangerous jobs."
Police are nowhere near the top 10.
"Their job is hard sometimes, so that's why its okay for them to torture people."
Shut the fuck up.
I hope it is acceptable to you that I read that in the voice of Samuel L. Jackson.
I am not saying its okay but I know why they behave in such a way
Wow, that went past licking the boot, straight to taking it to the hilt.
I'm glad we can find ways to defend these poor officers who literally get away with murdering kids!
Break out your bingo cards everyone!
I don't think you're wrong. It doesn't make their actions excusable, but it does make me wonder if there's something we can do at the societal level to make their jobs less... dehumanizing. I'm also gonna be that guy and point out the irony that the people who are so bent on fixing systemic oppression at the societal level are the same ones who treat cops as if they're all evil individuals operating in a vacuum and wanna "defund the police." Like ok... then what. Victimization is a drug for these people.
Obviously police work is going to attract narcissists and sociopaths, and obviously there will always be an abuse of power at play. We need practical laws and regulations to keep them in check. And we definitely need to stop letting them investigate themselves lol.
It would probably be a big help if they actually bothered to train Police officers properly in the US. An average of 21 weeks of training -- especially with more focus on firearm training than deescalation -- is not enough for a job that often involves lethal force.