Originally posted by FORD
The LAPD hasn't learned a goddamn thing since Rodney King and OJ.
Worse yet, other police departments across the country actually hire these bastards to train their officers. Including my own supposedly "liberal" hometown, unfortunately. Since the LAPD consultants came here, I've witnessed civilians being harassed for "loitering while Black" and have also seen a couple beatings that were over the line and in one case, definitely more about revenge than necessary force (the guy had successfully dodged the cops for several hours before they finally caught up with him. He wasn't armed or threatening anybody to my knowledge, just wanted on drug charges)
These badly trained cops make me especially nervous, because while I'm a law abiding citizen who doesn't have to deal with police very often, should there be an occasion where they might pull me over or accidentally knock on the wrong door, I would most likely be estimated as a "threat" just because I'm bigger than most of the cops, and these trigger happy Daryl Gates trained psychos would pull out their tazers - or guns, if they were having a really bad day - first and ask questions later.
The LAPD hasn't learned a goddamn thing since Rodney King and OJ.
Worse yet, other police departments across the country actually hire these bastards to train their officers. Including my own supposedly "liberal" hometown, unfortunately. Since the LAPD consultants came here, I've witnessed civilians being harassed for "loitering while Black" and have also seen a couple beatings that were over the line and in one case, definitely more about revenge than necessary force (the guy had successfully dodged the cops for several hours before they finally caught up with him. He wasn't armed or threatening anybody to my knowledge, just wanted on drug charges)
These badly trained cops make me especially nervous, because while I'm a law abiding citizen who doesn't have to deal with police very often, should there be an occasion where they might pull me over or accidentally knock on the wrong door, I would most likely be estimated as a "threat" just because I'm bigger than most of the cops, and these trigger happy Daryl Gates trained psychos would pull out their tazers - or guns, if they were having a really bad day - first and ask questions later.
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