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Most of these comments aren't racist but "just" inhuman and they show how astonishingly incompetent some cops are in social situations. >“I would of pulled the trigger.” This sentence on its own does not show any racism.
"Police Post Racist and Violent Messages on Facebook, a Review Shows"
People who face little to no consequences from being violent endorse violence. Water is wet. More breaking news at 11.
When you have enough evidence one way or the other then you can begin addressing the problem properly.
Evidence lead policies are the most rational way to addresses things.
> "Two studies have found that at least 40% of police officer families experience domestic violence, in contrast to 10% of families in the general population," the National Center for Women & Policing says. "A third study of older and more experienced officers found a rate of 24%, indicating that domestic violence is 2-4 times more common among police families than American families in general." http://womenandpolici…
Personally, I would have no interest in dealing with the horrible things people do to one another, on a regular basis, as part of my job. No thanks. Reading the news is bad enough, I wouldn't want to live it.
That is, do racist assholes disproportionately gravitate towards the police force? Or does the police force disproportionately turn ordinary people into racist assholes?
People who face little to no consequences from being violent endorse violence. Water is wet. More breaking news at 11.
Most of these comments aren't racist but "just" inhuman and they show how astonishingly incompetent some cops are in social situations. >“I would of pulled the trigger.” This sentence on its own does not show any racism.
Do we have evidence around whether this is a selection effect or a transformation effect? That is, do racist assholes disproportionately gravitate towards the police force? Or does the police force disproportionately turn ordinary people into racist assholes?