I've been handcuffed, albeit only once in my life, and aside from the cop being exceedingly efficient (I didn't really see it coming until the cuffs were already on), he was actually entirely polite and professional about the whole thing.

I've no doubt that there are bad cops out there. Probably more than a few. But I don't think it's helpful to portray the entire profession that way, even if they do bring a lot of the bad PR on themselves by how they handle the situations where a cop does behave badly.

Maybe it's because I've lived in Chicago my whole life, but I've only ever dealt with cops who could be generously described as evil. The cops at my high school sat in the lobby all day harassing students, one of them was fired for starting a relationship with a student. The union contested and got his job back after he was elected president of their union. I've never had a government employee other than cops tell me to "fuck off" or "shut the fuck up". In fact, I can count on you hand the number of times anyone other than a close friend has said that to me, yet it seems like everyone I meet has been verbally abused by cops.

Chicago is bad. I've suffered bad abuse in Chicagoland by the police. I just did 8 years in the county jail due to the police violating the law and violating my rights.

Don’t you mean 8 months? In Illinois you can only be sentenced to less than a year in county jail unless you are awaiting trial in which case 8 years seems a bit much.

No, I mean 8 years. Over 8 years. I'm still in custody now.

There are others in the jail for almost 12 years.. here are the stats: https://www.cookcountysheriff.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09...

I wouldn’t post that, if I’m correct you’ve just doxed yourself since your nickname corresponds with the name of a gentleman who has been there for over 8 years awaiting a murder trial.

That guy was 19 in 2013, and elsewhere our allegedly felonious friend here mentions being a web developer in the 90s, so it's not the same person.

Different person, although I did a double-take when I saw that name on the list a week ago when I found it. I'm King Charles, he is Charles King.

> if I’m correct you’ve just doxxed yourself

The parent commenter was probably referring to this: https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=doxxing

Some people may enjoy having their real world identities be separate from their online presence, depending on personal preferences and how security conscious they are about that particular account.

Some communities may or may not also have additional rules about exposing your own identity, or the identities of others, which should be taken into account.