Why Do So Many People Hate the Police?
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It can get to be the same with the military. You never hear about anything good they do, all you hear about is the one case of friendly fire every year and you get to judging them.
Police are people. People come in all varieties. There are good people and bad people, smart people and stupid people, nice people and mean people, the list goes on. For the most part they just do their jobs and make our world safer. Occasionally, there's a misunderstanding or a run-in with one of the bad ones, and it leaves a bad taste in a person's mouth. However, these are mostly just the exceptions.
A lot of people have anecdotes about the police and use that as a reason to dislike them. Heck, I've been a suspect in a kidnapping investigation. The kidnapper was seen in the town where I was vacationing at the time and I fit his description. So I had cops hounding me. But you know what? I don't hold it against them, they were just doing their jobs.
Overall, I don't hate the police. People in most of the developed countries have no real objective reason to hate them. Individual police officers who wronged them, yes, but not the police in general.
A lot of people have anecdotes about the police and use that as a reason to dislike them. Heck, I've been a suspect in a kidnapping investigation. The kidnapper was seen in the town where I was vacationing at the time and I fit his description. So I had cops hounding me. But you know what? I don't hold it against them, they were just doing their jobs.
Overall, I don't hate the police. People in most of the developed countries have no real objective reason to hate them. Individual police officers who wronged them, yes, but not the police in general.
Why because last night in Brantford they shot a 18 yr old boy, who had a knife, multiple cops with guns VS. kid with knife.
Secondly I support the police, my uncle is a cop, and in my line of work I see the cops 3 to 4 times weekly. Cops are great, their policies suck fucking ass.
Secondly I support the police, my uncle is a cop, and in my line of work I see the cops 3 to 4 times weekly. Cops are great, their policies suck fucking ass.
In most cases the police are above the law, thats what pisses me off. They protect each other so much that if a cop commits a crime its damn near impossible for him to be convicted. Last year a cop shot a man, on the man's driveway, killed him, and got paid leave and now is back on the force. The man he shot had no weapon on him. Its bullshit like that, makes my fucking skin crawl. I can handle myself, fuck cops
I'm not sure that "bribing your way in" is a huge problem here... quite the opposite, even: nobody wants to be a cop because salary is pathetic and the work itself is as hard as you'd expect. So they have to start taking bribes, arest people for nothing in order to fill their quota, and jump off the slippery slope. And the few good cops obviously can't do much to improve the situation.Guest_Star said:
Now that's just uncalled for, even for our cops. Only bandits call them like that. "Менты" is a bit more acceptable, i'd say.
This. There are good and bad cops. Sadly the experiences with the bad are usually more common and definitely more memorable. Remember my bro telling me about getting pulled over on his way back from work (he works late), he didn't do anything and they started questioning him about why he's out (he's not underage or anything, he's 30 y.o.), started kicking a fuss about nothing and to cut the story short, for no reason and with no provocation, he drove away after the cop told him he's lucky to still be alive.lilmisspotatoes said:
That's not the only time either, he ended up with jail, again for no reason, as well as been pulled over numerous times with cops trying to get a bribe out of him to let him go - again, for doing nothing, not speeding, not DUI, they just pull ya over, start making a fuss, hint at a bribe and see if they can up their paycheck for a night.
So ya... luckily I didn't have any incidents with them myself (yet) and I always treat them with respect, like with anyone else. But on the whole, am aware there's a good bunch of jerkoffs among them.
Possibly poor recollection on my part. It was prolly more along the lines that policemen bribed their way into certain departments, like the traffic department (where the oppurtunity to make up fines on the spot and get away with pocketing them is good).Kollega said:
Well, I don't know russian. What's the difference? Something along the lines of "cops" vs "pigs"?Kollega said:
Well I have no problem with the cops in England, but when I went to the U.S.A, we were passing through Texas and we got stopped for speeding. We were going about 90 miles on a 70 mph road! But, the road was completely dead, there were no cars except ours and this fatass sherrif's. So he fined us for speeding on a BUSY road for goin 100 (yes 100!) MPH on a 70 mph road! So the fine was twice as much the fucking fat pig 
I know have much hatred for him. I know we were speeding and everything but that gives the bastard no reason to fine us more than he should've done!
I know have much hatred for him. I know we were speeding and everything but that gives the bastard no reason to fine us more than he should've done!
I hate cops becuase cops hate me. I've had a bicycle cop point a gun at me, another attempt to arrest me and just about everyone things I'm up to something and bother me every goddamn I leave a store to see if I stole something. It's becuase I look like a hippie, a thief, a druggie and a murderer all wrapped into one, according to a few buddies of mine.
That being said, my friend's dad is a cop and he's a cool dude, seeing as he is the only one who isn't out to get me.
That being said, my friend's dad is a cop and he's a cool dude, seeing as he is the only one who isn't out to get me.
I think most people distrust the police for the fact it's an authority figure and that culture has always taught us retroactively that while authority is what keeps us together and prevent ourselves from falling into chaos with its upholding of law, it is also something we fear, being controlled that is.
This is an isolated example but I wanna explain my OWN personal reason for disliking the police.
My father got on one detective's bad side because the detective went completely the wrong direction and my father in his honest replies only made him look worse, so the detective planted drugs on my dad and had him in jail for six months. In that time my family was harassed, abused and assaulted, as well as illegally raided three times, with our vehicles sabotaged now and again as well as racially insulted. All courtesy of the Stonehaven Police Force.
Due to the trauma of all this I cannot remember anything that occurred in the years 1997 or 1998, and I now have a pathological distrust of all members of law enforcement.
This is just ONE example and please, nobody consider this as an ultimate example, but I wanted to explain my own personal reasons for hating the police. I know that most police out there are acting in the interests of justice, but I can't trust them ever again. I don't hate them though.
This is an isolated example but I wanna explain my OWN personal reason for disliking the police.
My father got on one detective's bad side because the detective went completely the wrong direction and my father in his honest replies only made him look worse, so the detective planted drugs on my dad and had him in jail for six months. In that time my family was harassed, abused and assaulted, as well as illegally raided three times, with our vehicles sabotaged now and again as well as racially insulted. All courtesy of the Stonehaven Police Force.
Due to the trauma of all this I cannot remember anything that occurred in the years 1997 or 1998, and I now have a pathological distrust of all members of law enforcement.
This is just ONE example and please, nobody consider this as an ultimate example, but I wanted to explain my own personal reasons for hating the police. I know that most police out there are acting in the interests of justice, but I can't trust them ever again. I don't hate them though.
The arrogance.
Their willingness to use their position of power to extort ridiculous salaries from the public.
Their power, that I do not have.
The fact that they have NEVER actually helped me, but rather found ways to avoid being involved until they had no choice.
Their willingness to use their position of power to extort ridiculous salaries from the public.
Their power, that I do not have.
The fact that they have NEVER actually helped me, but rather found ways to avoid being involved until they had no choice.
Cops wield power over people. Also they spend alot more time writing traffic tickets than directly "helping" people. Not to mention the one experience you have with a jerk will be the one you remember. The end result is that most of the interaction people have with cops is getting ticketed. Even if the guy is nice as hell.... he still wrote you a traffic ticket.
Folks that have been saved from hairy situations by the police probably feel very different. Its just that the latter case is overshadowed by the former.
Also keep in mind that people will talk more about being pissed off than being treated fairly. A guy who has a bad experience tells everyone. A guy that gets pulled over, politely told his headlight is out, then warned to be careful on the way home is probably not gonna bother to make mention to anyone.
So you have more angry folks, who tend to talk more. Makes it feel like very many dislike police, but I think its more of a vocal minority. (That's not to say their opinion is less valid. Some of them certainly have been wronged.)
Folks that have been saved from hairy situations by the police probably feel very different. Its just that the latter case is overshadowed by the former.
Also keep in mind that people will talk more about being pissed off than being treated fairly. A guy who has a bad experience tells everyone. A guy that gets pulled over, politely told his headlight is out, then warned to be careful on the way home is probably not gonna bother to make mention to anyone.
So you have more angry folks, who tend to talk more. Makes it feel like very many dislike police, but I think its more of a vocal minority. (That's not to say their opinion is less valid. Some of them certainly have been wronged.)
Because the bad outweighs the good in the eyes of the general public for some reason. Personally, I fucking love cops, they've saved my ass so many times it's not even funny.
Pretty much this. Generally, I respect the police. They have a tough job, and they don't need me or other people making it harder for them. A lot fewer people would get in trouble with the police if they didn't mess them about too.mikespoff said: