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Re:How I Ended Up In Solitary After Calling 911 For Help by BlackDeath3 on Thursday February 13, 2014 @05:17PM (#7234877)
>Perception matters more than reality sometimes.

Hence, the irrationality comment. Somebody who has one pleasant experience with a cop has had a good day. Somebody who has had one friend murdered by a cop probably never trusts any police again.

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Re:How I Ended Up In Solitary After Calling 911 For Help by kelnos on Thursday February 13, 2014 @06:51PM (#7235626)
And I think that's rational. A pleasant experience with a cop should be the absolute norm and should be unremarkable. Having a friend who is murdered by a cop is so far in the negative tally column that I don't think there's any recovering from that.
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Re:How I Ended Up In Solitary After Calling 911 For Help by BlackDeath3 on Thursday February 13, 2014 @06:58PM (#7235660)
But treating all police like scumbags because of one bad encounter isn't rational. It's a response born out of fear, and while fear can be useful it isn't always rational.
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