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Originally Posted by blankall
No one is stating it's okay to attack a handcuffed person.
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I absolutely don't think you are. I
do think that the Police Union, implicitly, did when they elected that goon to represent them despite having that document in front of them and again when they said they wanted him as their president despite the charges.
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Originally Posted by blankall
I'm saying that the job itself plays a large role into warping good police officers into those that break the rules. We can mitigate this by screening, training, and counseling, but police officers are human. Their daily interaction with the worst of society is going to result in a significant amount of them breaking the rules, and it's not necessarily because they were bad people from the get go. Police officers are sacrificing a portion of themselves to do their jobs.
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Honestly, that sounds like a lot making excuses for them. Some people are qualified for jobs, others aren't. That goes for any industry and profession. I don't want a surgeon doing surgery if his or her hands aren't stable. It might not be his fault, but if he can't meet the requirements, tough luck.
If a police officer can't meet the requirements of his or her job, in this example stress from dealing with the worst of society, they shouldn't get any slack or excuses for breaking the rules. They should be relieved of duties and, assuming no criminal charges, forced to find a new job. Instead, the blue shield protects them and the public will say they are just human. Enough with the excuses, break the rules and the "good" police should want you out. They don't though, those same "good" police will protect their own 99% of the time. Or elect them president of the union.