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Hekate

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76. Here's 2 articles for you to read and contemplate, 1 by an ex-cop, 1 by an average citizen...

Reply to NowISeetheLight (Original post)

Fri Feb 3, 2023, 01:51 AM

Feb 2023

Both were found and posted by DUers in recent days, and both very good.

After Decades of Police Brutality, What Has Changed?
https://www.nashvillescene.com/news/pithinthewind/after-decades-of-police-brutality-what-has-changed/article_85a1be62-a000-11ed-aa83-a32c442689ac.html

Confessions of a Former Bastard Cop
https://medium.com/OfcrACab/confessions-of-a-former-bastard-cop-bb14d17bc759

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Good Cops are out there too! [View all] NowISeetheLight Feb 2023 OP

I agree and will add.. EX500rider Feb 2023 #1

Good point. Perspective. Hortensis Feb 2023 #48

Duplicate. 👍. Hortensis Feb 2023 #49

Yes, it is like plane crashes get into the news treestar Feb 2023 #80

Good cops? WmChris Feb 2023 #2

Some Are Trying NowISeetheLight Feb 2023 #7

So would good Mayors and Council members... brooklynite Feb 2023 #11

True to a serious degree, but if we Hortensis Feb 2023 #52

That is getting to be an excuse treestar Feb 2023 #81

LivePD is straight up copaganda. I encourage you to listen to the "Running from COPS" podcast. WhiskeyGrinder Feb 2023 #3

It's the Truth NowISeetheLight Feb 2023 #8

. WhiskeyGrinder Feb 2023 #15

Not Sure I Want a World with No Laws NowISeetheLight Feb 2023 #27

. WhiskeyGrinder Feb 2023 #42

"I know what keeps me safe right now, and it's not cops." OilemFirchen Feb 2023 #59

I'm Enjoying your Viewpoint NowISeetheLight Feb 2023 #63

. WhiskeyGrinder Feb 2023 #71

"white power structure", can you count on more than one hand neighborhoods that ARE mostly uponit7771 Feb 2023 #19

If the system itself upholds white supremacy, it doesn't matter who's at the levers -- it will WhiskeyGrinder Feb 2023 #26

I'll agree to a point NowISeetheLight Feb 2023 #13

Again, I encourage you to listen to the podcast I mentioned. WhiskeyGrinder Feb 2023 #16

I don't see it NowISeetheLight Feb 2023 #28

It's where I said "I encourage you to listen to the Running From COPS podcast" in reply No. 3. WhiskeyGrinder Feb 2023 #40

Found it NowISeetheLight Feb 2023 #64

Do a Google News search for good cops who spoke up Kennah Feb 2023 #4

Things need to change NowISeetheLight Feb 2023 #9

I agree, but other than the corruption being less overt, what has changed since Serpico? Kennah Feb 2023 #12

Alot has changed, MarineCombatEngineer Feb 2023 #43

Cameras are Key NowISeetheLight Feb 2023 #65

+100. nt MarineCombatEngineer Feb 2023 #66

If no one had videoed Derek Chauvin Mr.Bill Feb 2023 #73

Thank you. MarineCombatEngineer Feb 2023 #77

There are tough hippies too lame54 Feb 2023 #5

Funny Sticker NowISeetheLight Feb 2023 #10

It wasn't hippies just standing around outside that school in Uvalde though ck4829 Feb 2023 #36

Damn straight Hekate Feb 2023 #75

Thank you Tickle Feb 2023 #6

I totally agree snowybirdie Feb 2023 #14

I'd like to think NowISeetheLight Feb 2023 #29

I think that policing has changed somewhat wnylib Feb 2023 #61

🙂 Yes, 80 million mostly stable adult Democrats Hortensis Feb 2023 #70

+1 having young loved ones who are officers treestar Feb 2023 #83

"If you don't like cops, the next time you need help, call x" ruet Feb 2023 #17

Some Do... NowISeetheLight Feb 2023 #30

That phrase needs to be captioned under every picture of Uvalde and the Uvalde police ck4829 Feb 2023 #37

That brings back a memory... Tom Rinaldo Feb 2023 #41

Well I'm glad the trains are running on time but you know 48656c6c6f20 Feb 2023 #18

Being a minority Keepthesoulalive Feb 2023 #20

Bingo!! Ferrets are Cool Feb 2023 #23

+100000 Celerity Feb 2023 #38

There are good black and brown people out there too, one too many PDs should know this uponit7771 Feb 2023 #21

Good cops save baby ducks Ponietz Feb 2023 #22

LOL +1 Emile Feb 2023 #39

Copaganda. Iggo Feb 2023 #86

Makes me wonder if you would have posted this if YOUR brother, son, dad or uncle Ferrets are Cool Feb 2023 #24

I'm outraged NowISeetheLight Feb 2023 #32

Goes both ways... the point I think OP is making... Chakaconcarne Feb 2023 #46

County Sheriffs advertising for new hires on the radio say "99% of cops are outstanding citizens". usonian Feb 2023 #25

How to get there? NowISeetheLight Feb 2023 #33

Complex, but the best bet probably is to change the culture. usonian Feb 2023 #54

K&R betsuni Feb 2023 #31

Could there be any chance the good cops know who the bad cops are? Emile Feb 2023 #34

When there are more abortion bans, just remember who will be breaking down doors in the middle of ck4829 Feb 2023 #35

This. WhiskeyGrinder Feb 2023 #44

... Sky Jewels Feb 2023 #69

Thanks...we need to be reminded of this on a regular basis here on DU. Chakaconcarne Feb 2023 #45

Sometimes a few good apples fescuerescue Feb 2023 #47

Thanks for posting. A couple SF cops saved Paul Pelosi's life. I doubt he or Nancy view them as pigs jalan48 Feb 2023 #50

The good cops aren't calling out and reporting the bad cops Arazi Feb 2023 #51

Unions are Part of the Problem NowISeetheLight Feb 2023 #68

Then stop this copaganda Arazi Feb 2023 #72

I miss the unRec button n/t leftstreet Feb 2023 #53

Don't worry. DU is nothing if not, hmm how do I say this? Changeable. BlackSkimmer Feb 2023 #55

Not confusing at all. We can praise the Cap police for that day Arazi Feb 2023 #56

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This message was self-deleted by its author inthewind21 Feb 2023 #57

Sure inthewind21 Feb 2023 #58

I hear this again and again . . . peggysue2 Feb 2023 #60

The barrel is spoiled. aocommunalpunch Feb 2023 #62

But ALL cops are steeped in poison--a system designed to administer white/male supremacy. Sky Jewels Feb 2023 #67

The problem is, when the good cops are around bad cops, they do nothing ecstatic Feb 2023 #74

Here's 2 articles for you to read and contemplate, 1 by an ex-cop, 1 by an average citizen... Hekate Feb 2023 #76

Heavy sigh..., Patton French Feb 2023 #78

Good cops cover for bad cops every fucking day. Iggo Feb 2023 #82

Remember the good cop in Cleveland who killed a 12 year old Emile Feb 2023 #84

I Remember Tamar Rice NowISeetheLight Feb 2023 #87

They only think they are good. Unless they are actively trying to get rid of bad cops ZonkerHarris Feb 2023 #85