Current Events > Comedian comes to bat for police (2017) How do Anti-Cop people respond?

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mI4qPlYaf9k

"They're under pressure, underpaid, and unappreciated. And yet, when there's an attack, while we run away, they run towards it."

Just saw this and thought "Oh boy, it's like he's laying down the gauntlet for CE."
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If his tongue were made of sandpaper, the entire police force would desperately need colorectal surgery.

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I've said over and over again the prpblem with policing is a lack of training. They should be paid more, trained better, with stricter requirements to become a cop. Until that happens, until cops are no longer insecure bullies, until they are held accountable for their actions - they deserve to be criticized harshly.

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UnfairRepresent posted...

"They're under pressure, underpaid, and unappreciated. And yet, when there's an attack, while we run away, they run towards it."

[School police officer] Scot Peterson, 56, stood outside building 1200 on the campus of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School for 48 minutes as rifle shots rang out from within during the 14 February 2018 massacre.

The attack claimed the lives of 17 people and left 17 more injured.

For his apparent inaction, and for warning other responding officers not to approach, Mr Peterson was widely vilified by parents of victims, law enforcement officials and President Donald Trump who claimed that he "doesn't love the children".

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-48503823

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UnfairRepresent posted...

underpaid

Is this sarcasm?

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ChocoboMogALT posted...

I've said over and over again the prpblem with policing is a lack of training. They should be paid more, trained better, with stricter requirements to become a cop. Until that happens, until cops are no longer insecure bullies, until they are held accountable for their actions - they deserve to be criticized harshly.

Even with training, that won't magically eliminate the problems you have with police.
Not to mention, training in a controlled environment where the risk of you dying is completely different from real life situations.

Also, police departments already have problem finding recruits. Yet the brilliant solution is to make it harder for folks to join. Wondering if your real agenda is to make the police better, rather than to make it easier for criminals to roam free.

LostForest posted...

Is this sarcasm?

Nope

Cops earn less than the average salary in the UK. Managers at supermarkets earn more than (most) cops.

And the government is cutting back billions of their funding.
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TheGleamEyes posted...

Even with training, that won't magically eliminate the problems you have with police.
Not to mention, training in a controlled environment where the risk of you dying is completely different from real life situations.

Also, police departments already have problem finding recruits. Yet the brilliant solution is to make it harder for folks to join. Wondering if your real agenda is to make the police better, rather than to make it easier for criminals to roam free.

Taking on shitty ones is what leads to all these problems and distrust of the police though.

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Isn't he referring to police in the UK?

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Sphyx posted...

Isn't he referring to police in the UK?

Yes
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Sphyx posted...

Isn't he referring to police in the UK?

So has nothing to do what most people bitch about when theyre talking about the police (aka American cops).

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Funkydog posted...

Taking on s***ty ones is what leads to all these problems and distrust of the police though.

That won't be solved unless you start drafting "good people" (to your standards) into the police.

Meanwhile, response times will be longer because shortages.

a conversation can't progress when people keep going over talking points already addressed to the fullest. multiple times.

people struggle to accept the answers they receive, so they go back to square one with the original argument hoping for results that cater to more favorable narratives.

fuck that and fuck them FOR that, tbh.
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RickyTheBAWSE posted...

a conversation can't progress when people keep going over talking points already addressed to the fullest. multiple times.

people struggle to accept the answers they receive, so they go back to square one with the original argument hoping for results that cater to more favorable narratives.

https://youtu.be/BCJyGy6AFJo?t=9
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sktgamer_13dude posted...

So has nothing to do what most people bitch about when theyre talking about the police (aka American cops).

This
They're confiscating screwdrivers and arresting folks for mean internet messages. It's not exactly the same type of problem.

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Remember, there is no difference between the UK and US.

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UnfairRepresent posted...

RickyTheBAWSE posted...

a conversation can't progress when people keep going over talking points already addressed to the fullest. multiple times.

people struggle to accept the answers they receive, so they go back to square one with the original argument hoping for results that cater to more favorable narratives.

https://youtu.be/BCJyGy6AFJo?t=9

lmao, yup.

stuck on a loop.
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I stand by what I said.

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IShall_Run_Amok posted...

I stand by what I said.

You haven't said anything
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UnfairRepresent posted...

You haven't said anything

I was post number 2.

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