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Originally Posted by nfotiu
I don't see it that way at all. 10 years ago, they all held the line with no exception. Somewhere around George Floyd is where there first breaks in the ranks and they were finally held accountable. Now in Tyre Nichols case, they swiftly moved to fire and charge them and with union support.
Your perspective is your perspective, but I think the actual shift has been towards accountability.
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I don't fully agree. The move was fast in this case but how about in Canada where police officers are
suspended with pay, pending investigation. Guys accused of doing some nasty things get suspended with pay, sometimes for months if not years, and even if found guilty don't have to pay that salary back. Their unions in Canada, or at least Toronto are super strong and strongarm the government.
As for the thin blue line, in recent months I've found the same people who post that every time an officer is killed or injured in the line of duty, will never post about this type of thing going on. With Officers, they tend to think they're targetted on the daily, when that's the farthest thing from the truth. How many officers die in Canada each year? Truly how bad and dangerous are the situations they're in. So many of them are power tripped a**holes. When they're paid $64/hour in OT pay to watch over manholes in Toronto, people get annoyed. There's just something so wrong with their brotherhood.