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Originally Posted by Bent Wookie
Oh the irony. Between you and OMG!WTF!, sometimes I just think you guys just paint yourself into a corner and don't bother to really think about what you post.
We all have opinions coloured by our experiences. I don't think anyone is saying others experiences are illegitimate. People are simply trying to point out that judging an entire group based on a small number of negative interactions does everyone a disservice. Man, it seems so simple.
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But it's not a small group....at all. 36% of women in the force have experienced sexual harassment. From two days ago....
http://www.660news.com/2017/07/26/ca...al-harassment/
That's horrific. It's stunning. And there's still not much changing because "changes aren't always as rapid as people want".
So now you've got an inordinate amount of good ole boys heading out to deal with the public and you actually believe things are going to go totally differently for the public?
I don't think complaints are a good way to measure police performance but they are up 45% in 2016 with contacts up only 8%. It's not getting better.
I'm not forgetting the hundreds of thousands of good police encounters every year. But I'm also not giving a pass on the "small number" you think is so insignificant especially when not much is changing. And your "small number" is not so small when they involve the same minority groups over and over.