YABU. Attitudes towards the police in general (as opposed to the disgusting murdering kind) have saddened me the past few days. Not as much as this tragic killing, but they have still saddened me. Not all police are racist. Shock horror, some of them are black themselves. There must be hundreds of thousands all over the world absolutely sickened by recent events, far more than those who condoned the dreadful actions.
There are kind, nice, normal police officers. They're not all racist thugs. Much like not all nurses are Angel's of death, not all firemen like burning down buildings, not all headmasters enjoy bullying small children and not all prison officers enjoy humiliating prisoners. The actions of a few does not equal all.
Yes there are bad police. Yes there are disgusting vile humans in the police force who use their power as a weapon and enjoy terrorising people. There are also many more decent police officers. For fucks sake, the decent olice kn this country risk their lives every day . They're understatfed, unsupported , underpaid. And the majority do a fucking good job. I work with the police in my role and the ones I know are some of the bravest, intelligent and decent human beings I know. They're all disgusted by recent events and they post on social media absolutely condemning it.
Who would you turn to OP if you was assaulted at work? Who would you turn to if your partner was stabbed and killed? Who would support you if you reported a sexual assault? Who would you call if your teen didnt come home one night? Who do you turn to If your bag is stolen?
There are many bad apples in the police. The Us and UK situations are so different, less racism and the police certainly have less power and control here. The majority of the people in this country (admittedly not those who have had bad experiences, but then again a nurse being aggressive towards me and denying me pain meds and inferring I'm a time waster wouldnt make me avoid the entire medical profession), turn to the police when things go tits up. They expect e police to know what to do and to basically make it go again, using very simplistic language. Again this is UK not US , where the gun culture and racism is much more overt and problematic. I very much doubt that a person walking to the shop innocently gets shot dead by the police here not least because deadly force is the most extreme and rarely used.
Killing black people is disgusting. Racism is disgusting. Painting the entire police force the world over as racist thugs simply widens the divide. It creates hostility towards the police. It creates problem estates and lawlessness. It allows thugs in suits to implement aggressive policing. Most importantly it undoes any good work thsy has been done in building community relations, creates more social problems and is s sure fire way of ensuring victims dont report crimes.