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Xaphanos@lemmy.world 6 days agoBy removing the cultural respect they have. If they are routinely seen as the bad guys, the attraction to the profession is diminished. We begin to make a career in law enforcement similar to used car salesman and telemarketers. People will routinely disrespect them. Power hungry morons will think twice before going into those jobs.
I think this is a fair argument. I’m not sure if I see “being mean to them” as necessarily playing out this way, or being the best way to achieve that end (one can have no respect without being insulted/verbally attacked. Creating a stronger “is vs them” has explicit risks to our communities), but I can see the point you’re making
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oddspinnaker9295@lemmy.world 6 days ago
This is 100% why for me.
As someone who has been verbally abused and called names by an aggressive cop… most people in the U.S. think all cops are good, and anyone who was on their bad side did something wrong.
They also think cops deserve to be shitty because of “what they put up with,” while we have to be on our best behavior or risk death.
What does one bad apple do? It spoils the whole bunch. Police are a spoiled bunch. Fuck cops forever.