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Originally Posted by Bent Wookie
Why isn't that people do it with cops. With little or no background knowledge of policing- training, policies, etc., people judge, criticize and generally ize the professional like no other. This board is getting really bad for it.
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Police officers are public employees with guns and the mandate to fine, arrest and incarcerate citizens. That's a lot of trust and responsibility.
Is it wrong to question their actions or motives when we suspect they might have done something to betray that trust?
I don't know the real story that started this specific thread, but I don't think it's outside the realm of possibility that a transit cop might have been wrong, or that some sort of personal bias might have motivated him to put a jaywalker in the klink for 13 hours.
What kind of training do these people have?
Like I mentioned in a previous thread, I saw a crew of transit cops "at work" last weekend and it was like something out of a sit-com.