• Pup Biru@aussie.zone
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    7 hours ago

    generalisations shouldn’t be applied to individuals but often hold true for groups… a non-trivial number of US police officers escalate situations if they aren’t given “respect” and compliance. that is a fact… when applied to a decent period of time, over a city full of US police officers, escalation is all but inevitable: not for any individual, but the group

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      Availability heuristic. You don’t hear about the thousands more peaceful altercations. The only ones you hear about are the violent ones which, surprise surprise, are more likely to get shown in the media

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        Well yeah but there are wayyy too many violent interactions

        Also during every violent interaction how many “good cops” just stood there and watched?

        40% of cops admit to abusing their partners lmao

        It’s basically safe to assume if someone wants to be or is a cop they’re really just an actual psychotic criminal underneath

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            Fuck the fucking pigs. Guilty until proven innocent at this point. I give game wardens and postal inspectors a pass, I guess.

            I hope most of them die in a fire and it hurts the whole time.

            I had a dear friend who was gang raped by sheriff’s deputies. I reckon that’s just an anecdote.

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              I had a dear friend who was gang raped by sheriff’s deputies.

              Unless this happened in a third world country, i reckon those cops would be in jail by now.

              Condolences to your friend

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                4 hours ago

                lol cops routinely sexually assault and murder people in America

                You are delusional and probably a nefarious actor

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                  Dude he specifically used the word “gang-raped” not “mild groping” or “gawking”. I don’t think it’s far-fetched to assume those cops are now behind bars for GANG-RAPING someone

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                    Uh cops RAPE people in America and get away with it all the time

                    Where the fuck have you been for the past however many decades you’ve been alive?