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Re:Police Are Still Citing the Homeless, Despite CDC and Cou... by tyingq on Wednesday April 15, 2020 @09:11AM (#22877261)
I'm not convinced this is true. Surely the power afforded to police attracts a disproportionate amount of recruits that want to use that power the wrong way.

Not that any individual policeman is sadistic by default, but the likelihood is higher than a random sample of people.

Domestic violence stats among police is significantly higher than the general public, for example. https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2014/09/police-...

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Re:Police Are Still Citing the Homeless, Despite CDC and Cou... by djaque on Wednesday April 15, 2020 @09:27AM (#22877422)
Agreed. All I have to do is think back to which people from my high school went on to become police officers. Somehow it's never the types of people that were looking out for others.
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