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The police are prejudiced against those without power. They’re merely bullies, enabled by those in power.

That’s why governments don’t enforce stricter hiring practices for police. Last thing they want is a smart police force that might turn on them when the people inevitably do.

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No they are not “merely bullies enabled by those in power.” Only people who have criminal mentalities see police as “bullies.” Yes of course you’re going to hate the police if they keep pulling you over for speeding or doing other dangerous activities. God forbid we have any force around that polices people, because obviously people are so fucking saintly and never ever try to do anything criminal. Jesus you people deserve to live in a world where criminals run rampant if that’s what you so obviously prefer.

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I know! So many Americans are cucked into hating the police and being turds about people who are better raised with ethics and morals. I agree with you on that point totally.

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Robert Dziecanski was not a criminal, nor did anything illegal. He fell through the cracks at YVR and was stuck inside the secure area. Security guards called the police, thinking they’d come in, calm him down and get an interpreter and sort it out.

He was confronted by the officers, given conflicting orders about what to do, and then was murdered by four RCMP officers via tazer overuse and extended knee-to-the-neck for daring to interrupt their (extended) break at a Tim Hortons(shit coffee and donuts shop).

After which they conspired to confiscate all bystander cellphone footage of the event and then created a false narrative about him “picking up a weapon”. The “weapon” was a stapler on a table that one of the officers literally pointed at, and in a lack of language, he picked up.

It only came to light because a judge listened to the people whose phone was taken and forced the police to release the phones and the footage.

For the record I’ve never even been ticketed for anything. Only time I was ever stopped was because I slowed down to ensure I wasn’t interfering with a cop walking down the middle of a sidestreet, because I was wondering why a cop was slowly walking down the middle of a street. I’m not against cops, just against cops that have no oversight and resist getting adequate oversight.

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Me either, I’m nearly 70 and I’ve never had so much as a traffic citation or even pulled over for anything. I know it’s quite possible and feels great to live a crime-free life and that the police do a fantastic and very necessary job. Of course there are people in every profession that are “bad actors,” and those are the ones who make the news headlines, but it doesn’t mean the whole profession is
wrong for existing.

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Only people who have criminal mentalities see police as “bullies.”

Source: tygerprints’ asshole

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Oh I’m so deeply wounded by your comment. Your bigoted hate only makes me more sure of how right I am about people like you. And at least my opinions come from a place cleaner that your mom’s butthole, where yours come from - you scumbag.

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