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Originally Posted by corporatejay
Here's the thing.
Would anyone voluntary walk up to a police officer and have a conversation? Do they come across as friendly, or do you think they'd tell you to move along and #### off?
I don't understand why we live in a society where me, a law abiding citizen, loathes interacting with the police. It just doesn't make sense. They should be there to help. They should be part of the community and someone you trust. I struggle with this. If it's like that for me, a white, upper middle class, male, what is is it like for a poor indigenous person?
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It’s because even as a law abiding citizen your interactions with them consist of only negative situations.
- driving infractions
- jay walking
- open liquor in a park
- open liquor / no life jacket when floating
- them telling you there is nothing they can do for a break and enter
While the number of police officers correlated with reduced crime a law abiding citizen doesn’t see any of that and mostly law abiding citizens just see issues.
It’s why the stop and frisk policies are so terrible.