Baton Rouge is a particularly violent area in the US. I would not want to be a police officer in this area, before the BLM movement, during or after.
The violence, crime and lack of respect for all life in this region by criminals before, during and after the BLM movement would mean as an officer you are putting your life in your hands every shift you work. Which in turn causes an officer to be over vigilant propagating the deadly circle.
This is what lies behind the us and them mentality that the police have and the people have in return. It's scary to see just how different things are in these states than where we have the good fortune to live.
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