Why Are US Police So Bad?

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[bulwinkle]

One of the police issues is that the job attracts the wrong kind of people and the recruitment process fails to weed them out.

[RustleXer]

I have a friend who worked as a police officer and he knew someone who joined the police because he ‘wanted to see some action’. How can you put your trust in a system like that?

[georgepruitt]

We had a local boy, who was a "juvenile delinquent" during his high school yrs. He spent so much time in county jail, that, they made him a "trustee". After his time/and high school was up, another county hired him as a deputy. He emptied his gun into a hand cuffed prisoner. He was fired, went over to the other side of Houston, got hired again as a deputy. I heard [no proof] that he did a prisoner again. He was fired there. He comes back home, gets hired as "Chief of police" for City of Natalia. He died of cancer.

[Eldritch_O]

So let me get this right: we have billions to spend on the police, prisons, and corporate bailouts. On top pay increases for politicians. We have trillions to spend on the military, the war on drugs.
But when it comes to funding things that will help we the commoners [housing, universal health care, education, and universal basic income], we can't seem to find the money.

[StaticInfinity-tsjk]

If you score too highly on the entrance exam, they can disqualify you. Police departments don’t actually want the best and brightest candidates. Those people might uncover corruption, or refuse to go along with misconduct.

[BraddahHuna]

I AM OVER 60 YEARS OLD, I AM WHITE, IN THE PAST 45 YEARS I HAVE NEVER FELT SAFE AROUND POLICE. I was a first responder EMT/Firefighter for MANY years, During calls I have seen the most grotesque behavior by the police, including a cop arresting a woman who was just raped, because she was crying and upset. Not only did he arrest her, he let the rapist leave and was never found. I removed the handcuffs after I found out what happened and threw them on the counter. I advised the hospital of the situation. when the cop got to the hospital he went ballistic, (The law is, you have to stay with the arrestee at all times. and since he wasn't in the ambulance with me, she's wasn't under arrest.) This is what the police are in the

[donnyramay]

My cousin was a cop for 11 years. The stories he told me of abuse of power and corruption were astounding. This is even in a small town.

[Tourist_McGee]

When i was assaulted in my front yard, i naturally called the police. When they showed up, my assaulter had already left the scene. The police officers then told me that "We didn't see anything happen, there's nothing we can do." and they left me standing in my yard, bloody and bruised. Such things critically undermine faith in law enforcement.

[nicop]

So they have the most weapons AND the least amount of training? That sounds dangerous

[violetstarsign]

"This video has been edited from its original form. Police in the US are so problematic that we struggled to get this video past YT's community guidelines and limitations."

Never has a more damning condemnation been issued.

[allwinds]

"let's get it straight people, the police are not there to create disorder, the police are there to preserve disorder" mayor Richard Daily, Chicago 1968.

[TheCrazyJakeAZ]

I’m white, but man, I have been abused by cops. My first time getting pulled over (bear in mind, I was a young man who never got pulled over before), I listened to everything he said and didn’t resist at all. I had my fucking head slammed into the hood of his car and the dude stuck his gun in my eye socket (Not a tazer, not pepper spray, his fucking gun). Guy accused me of smuggling drugs and only when I started pleading the 4th and 5th did he back off. I tried to go after him in the courts and they told me nothing could be done about it. There are some serious issues with the system, I can tell you that.

[synthdriver]

Police have one goal; protecting property and money and enforcing state hierarchies. This goal can adequately sum up all current police activity and use of force.

[LordChevonlier]

When you give people unrestricted power with little accountability and make everyone believe they can do no wrong it's a recipe for disaster

[free]

There is a very real anti-black sentiment in some law enforcement and correctional facilities. In one of my former jobs, I visited a city detention center in a neighboring city and I’ll never forget how disappointed and actually scared the detention officers looked when they realized I was black and would be getting a tour of the facility. They had not realized this when talking to me over the phone.

[chrisbenefield]

I’m white and never grew up feeling safe around police. When I was 7 I saw my mom get assaulted by an officer at a wedding. She was on a medication and didn’t realize it couldn’t be taken with a drink. So when the wedding ended and she couldn’t drive she called them to help her get to the hotel. Instead they beat the shit out of her and charged her with crimes that where later dropped after the second responding officer said she never attacked the first officer and in fact the first officer threw her purse on the ground and slammed her into the wall when she went to pick it up. Eventually that officer was fired and my mom called the chief of police every now and again to make sure she wasn’t working there. But even the chief said just because she’s not working here doesn’t mean she’s not working a town or two over.

[OneTheBlue]

I find that I get much less pushback when I criticize the police these days. Back in the 90s, I found that condemning any police activity would cause people to view me with suspicion. As though only a criminal would have a problem with cops.

[andyjacobs]

I noticed that as you talked about what police learn in their academies, there was no mention of learning the United States constitution, which they all swear an oath to protect and uphold. If you ask any random police officer to tell you the 5 elements of the First Amendment, many of them can't tell you because they don't know it. That's sad and very troubling!

[blackout]

Having immigrated to the US, what I have noticed is many people feel zero social accountability, but want to participate in *service*. Folks join the police because they want to participate in a history of prestige and protect what they cherish... But are terrified of what it takes to actually serve. Couple that with the awareness of how militarized the country is (i.e., anyone could get violent quickly), and you end up with people that carry a badge and a gun but are really just civilians who can act with impunity.

[robertsandberg]

As a white man in America, I have had MANY horrible experiences with Police. I came within seconds of very likely getting killed once. The last straw was when I ran over a spike strip in the Commercial Truck I drive for a living in April, 2022.

I have decided to NEVER call them for ANY reason. They are just as bad as the criminals they are SUPPOSED to protect us from.