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Re:Illinois first state to tell police they can't lie to min... by antiterra on Friday July 16, 2021 @02:58PM (#27859881)
It depends on what part of the system you’re in, and much of the criminal justice system exists after an initial filter and with a particular pipeline that it’s almost impossible to avoid a bias against on a day to day basis.

If your job is to do image/video forensics on hard drives of people already arrested or served with warrants, it’s generally either unremarkable or traumatically upsetting. The latter is going to have the most impact on your perception, and would likely color your worldview on things like encryption or the overall goodness of humanity.

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Re:Illinois first state to tell police they can't lie to min... by ska on Friday July 16, 2021 @03:32PM (#27860272)
This is true, I originally had a comment about narrower roles but thought it was a a distraction. If you are looking at the justice system as a whole, the pool of people shifts a fair bit. However, you have to pick an extremely narrow role before you are anywhere close to GP's "almost everyone is shitty" characterization.

My comment was more aimed at general policing, the vast majority of which fits my characterization.

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