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Originally Posted by Displaced Flames fan
As far as police forces go, I would argue that your theory holds true for all police forces, large and small and certainly doesn't hold more true for small forces.
Not sure how you can feel that way given the history of the LAPD and Chicago Police dept in particular.
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Depends on the context. I think you're right, I think police without stringent civilian oversight are a gang by any other name, and while the scummy seattle PD are probably just as likely to cover up for a dirty cop as the tuscaloosa or chicago PD, race, gender and social status probably shield you less from smaller town police forces. This is something I've experienced even here in the lower mainland, and it's what witty explained.
She feels pretty confident in a larger city. She's white, she's a woman, she doesn't feel like something negative in that capcity is going to happen to her without SOMEONE taking notice, which is reasonable.
In smaller communities, her social shields of class, gender and race don't protect her to nearly the same degree.
Sort of like how you can sign blacks up to vote in Oxford Mississippi and maybe be assaulted vs signing them up in Philadelphia Mississippi and getting murdered for it.
I know you're in the thick of things more or less there in Kansas, but I'd say what witty is describing is more prominent in the PA/Kentucky/Virginia/Carolinas than Kansas/Montana. Maybe I'm wrong though, maybe it's just a different variety.