Some perspectives from a couple of black cops that just popped up on FB (the first from a repost, the other two from related links).
https://www.facebook.com/jay.stalien...11372818974402
Being a cop showed me just how racist and violent the police are. There’s only one fix. - The Washington Post
I'm a black ex-cop, and this is the real truth about race and policing - Vox
They don't necessarily agree, but reading both accounts is worthwhile.
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I realized that they refuse to believe that most cops acknowledge that there are Bad cops who should have never been given a badge & gun
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On any given day, in any police department in the nation, 15 percent of officers will do the right thing no matter what is happening. Fifteen percent of officers will abuse their authority at every opportunity. The remaining 70 percent could go either way depending on whom they are working with.
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