Why Do So Many People Hate the Police?
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One of the reasons I don't trust the police is because they cost a childhood friend his place studying medicine at university.
Case of wrongful identity at an "unders" (thats <=18 years of age for people not familiar with it) gig saw him going to court on "sexual assault of a minor" because he was 18 and in the club on the same night. CCTV footage showing my friend entering the club more than an hour after the offence was commited, and the victim (after the arrest of course, bless her) confessed that she hadn't gotten a good look at the guy and was pretty sure it wasn't my friend.
However, current policy meant so many of these cases had to go to court and the date set happened to be my friend's Advance Higher Chemistry exam. Despite begging, pleading and all other forms of grovelling, the date was set in stone and he had to go. Case was dismissed almost immediately but he had to resit the exam. That resit cost him his place. Try explaining at the interview stage that you had to resit due to being in court. Goes down like a bloody lead balloon.
Now I can appreciate there was no maliciousness in this on the police's part, but it does blow a rather large whole in "The innocent have nothing to fear from the police".
I've had two run ins myself with the police, both on the road. In the first, the two police officers were a credit to their profession and they really helped me out. I'd skidded on surface water and had had quite a bad crash. They couldn't have been more decent about it. They helped me calm down, helped me sort out the car and even gave me a lift to where I was going.
The second was a bloody nightmare. I was pulled over because the arresting officer believed the car I was driving was stolen. I was questioned, insulted, cuffed and chucked in the back of the police car. After about half an hour of waiting for the recovery vehicle to come lift my "stolen car" the police finally gave in to my pleas and rechecked the report on my apparent car theft. Turns out it was a different car. The registration was similar (2 digits different to mine) but the colour and model were also different! I was uncuffed and let out of the vehicle, which then drove away while I was still standing on the side of the motorway. No apology was given and they didn't even wait for me to get back in my vehicle before driving off.
I do not hate the police as a result of this, but I sure as hell don't find them particularly comforting when you never know if your going to get the good ones or the bad ones. I feel sorry for good officers that have their reputations sullied by the misdemeanours of their fellows, but I have a lot more sympathy for the people that just get the s**t end of the stick when dealing with them.
This was all in Scotland in the UK (for reference).
Case of wrongful identity at an "unders" (thats <=18 years of age for people not familiar with it) gig saw him going to court on "sexual assault of a minor" because he was 18 and in the club on the same night. CCTV footage showing my friend entering the club more than an hour after the offence was commited, and the victim (after the arrest of course, bless her) confessed that she hadn't gotten a good look at the guy and was pretty sure it wasn't my friend.
However, current policy meant so many of these cases had to go to court and the date set happened to be my friend's Advance Higher Chemistry exam. Despite begging, pleading and all other forms of grovelling, the date was set in stone and he had to go. Case was dismissed almost immediately but he had to resit the exam. That resit cost him his place. Try explaining at the interview stage that you had to resit due to being in court. Goes down like a bloody lead balloon.
Now I can appreciate there was no maliciousness in this on the police's part, but it does blow a rather large whole in "The innocent have nothing to fear from the police".
I've had two run ins myself with the police, both on the road. In the first, the two police officers were a credit to their profession and they really helped me out. I'd skidded on surface water and had had quite a bad crash. They couldn't have been more decent about it. They helped me calm down, helped me sort out the car and even gave me a lift to where I was going.
The second was a bloody nightmare. I was pulled over because the arresting officer believed the car I was driving was stolen. I was questioned, insulted, cuffed and chucked in the back of the police car. After about half an hour of waiting for the recovery vehicle to come lift my "stolen car" the police finally gave in to my pleas and rechecked the report on my apparent car theft. Turns out it was a different car. The registration was similar (2 digits different to mine) but the colour and model were also different! I was uncuffed and let out of the vehicle, which then drove away while I was still standing on the side of the motorway. No apology was given and they didn't even wait for me to get back in my vehicle before driving off.
I do not hate the police as a result of this, but I sure as hell don't find them particularly comforting when you never know if your going to get the good ones or the bad ones. I feel sorry for good officers that have their reputations sullied by the misdemeanours of their fellows, but I have a lot more sympathy for the people that just get the s**t end of the stick when dealing with them.
This was all in Scotland in the UK (for reference).
At least in Mexico because they have made as much violations of human rights as the drug dealers...
Because young adults think they are invincible and want to do anything they so well please to. This inevitably inquires the attention of the police because these young adults would begin to test the boundaries of what they can do. The police would enforce a notion that the young adults are not allowed to act in such a way and could result in punishment. As a reaction, the young adults begin to harbor feelings of loathing for the law enforcement officials because they are "hampering their fun" so to speak.
This hatred for law enforcement officials can easily be re-skinned into a rebellious child's dissertation between his or her parents when he or she becomes a teenager. The young adults were met with a disapproving hinderance that metaphorically "rubs them the wrong way".
This hatred for law enforcement officials can easily be re-skinned into a rebellious child's dissertation between his or her parents when he or she becomes a teenager. The young adults were met with a disapproving hinderance that metaphorically "rubs them the wrong way".
People generalize and cops are normal human beings like everyone else. That means that one bad cop makes you're average Joe (not very smart, even if intelligent)assume that all cops are hypocritical bastards.
Oh and they're the face of authority which again makes average Joe (still not smart even if clever) dislike their potential intrusion on Joe's freedom.
This goes for people who stay on the right side of the law and only gets worse the shadier you are.
Bottom line: You're average Joe is quite often a hypocritical and narrowminded prick, regardless of level of education and intellectual potenial.
Edit: That also goes for cops ofc.
Oh and they're the face of authority which again makes average Joe (still not smart even if clever) dislike their potential intrusion on Joe's freedom.
This goes for people who stay on the right side of the law and only gets worse the shadier you are.
Bottom line: You're average Joe is quite often a hypocritical and narrowminded prick, regardless of level of education and intellectual potenial.
Edit: That also goes for cops ofc.
In my town, which is an extreme case, the police regularly abuse their power and are generally unkind and fuckheads to our citizens. I can't tell you how many times we as a city have tried to get the police chief fired, and how many people have signed petitions against certain officers so they can be removed from the force.
The common depictions of police within media forms are that of police officers taking advantage of their authority. The cocky cop, the overzealous sheriff, and the legalistic state patrolman all come to mind. This is, in part, because these images are much more memorable than a family man, putting his life in danger to feed his kids.
I believe, therefore, that people distrust the police.
People dislike, inherently, that which they do not trust.
I believe, therefore, that people distrust the police.
People dislike, inherently, that which they do not trust.
I don't hate the police in general. I just genuinely dislike the police on the street. They are (exceptions excluded) mindless drones upholding rules that are situational at best. But these numbskulls can't think for themselves.
Example:
Good cop: Fining people for riding a bike on the boulevard when it's sunny and crowded (although still quite harsh).
Evil cop: Fining people for doing the same at 2 AM when there is nobody around.
Want another? Okay:
Good cop: Taking someones drivers license for a DUI.
Evil cop: Taking someones drivers license for a DUI on a bike (sounds strange but believe me, it happens)
Example:
Good cop: Fining people for riding a bike on the boulevard when it's sunny and crowded (although still quite harsh).
Evil cop: Fining people for doing the same at 2 AM when there is nobody around.
Want another? Okay:
Good cop: Taking someones drivers license for a DUI.
Evil cop: Taking someones drivers license for a DUI on a bike (sounds strange but believe me, it happens)
Oh yes, someone might have indeed bribed their way into road police, as they are especially infamous for their corruption levels.Guest_Star said:
Yes, sort of like that. "Musor" means "trash" in a direct translation. Not that i have too high of an opinion regarding our police, but i prefer to keep my cultural standards higher than using bandit slang.
Because a lot of cops abuse their power and are intrusive, full of themselves and rude. Of course not all are like that.
I reeeeaaaally hate to stereotype; but most of the posters on here who claim to be "wrongfully arrested" and/or "held at gunpoint" are most likely clad in hoodies and dwell upon street corners in small groups. When the police come to ask questions, they get defensive or spit out other cliches you often witness in film. Stick it to the man! *Yawn*
If you want to see law enforcement f**ked up, come over here to China. I dare you.
If you want to see law enforcement f**ked up, come over here to China. I dare you.
1 because prejudice is a tool of them, 2 because the law system is shit and has to be strict(police the person persicuting you is the easiest person to blame)
3 because if you know some one in the law system e.g an officer/a judge/somebody in charge of the people who give out tickets so they can get rid of fines for you,you can get away with more than others
3 because if you know some one in the law system e.g an officer/a judge/somebody in charge of the people who give out tickets so they can get rid of fines for you,you can get away with more than others
Having traveled a bit and seen how officious some law enforcement can be I returned home with new found respect for the police from my country, they speak and act for the most part in a courteous polite professional manner. And at times and and in certain areas it can a be a hard thankless task, hooray for Aussie Police, erm actually make that NSW and QLD police haven't really had to deal with any other state police .....yet.
Main thing I have noticed is that the older people around me get, appreciation for law enforcement and keeping the peace goes up. I remember when I was a youth about 90 % of my associates loathed law enforcement of any kind.
Main thing I have noticed is that the older people around me get, appreciation for law enforcement and keeping the peace goes up. I remember when I was a youth about 90 % of my associates loathed law enforcement of any kind.
The police here in the Soviet States of Amerika are less concerned with justice and more concerned with obtaining funding for their precincts, and their methods show it. Arresting and fining people for sleeping off alcohol in their cars, ticketing people giving drunks free rides home...DUIs are a money spinner, can't have stuff like that happening.
What's that, you've got a taillight out? That's a ticket. You were probably speeding, too. Meanwhile, hobos snort cocaine off the sidewalk and cops drive right by.
Don't like it? That's a tasing. Enjoy your fine and your 50,000 volts.
There are cops who don't do this stuff, and I applaud them. But most of the boys in blue are just criminals in uniform.
What's that, you've got a taillight out? That's a ticket. You were probably speeding, too. Meanwhile, hobos snort cocaine off the sidewalk and cops drive right by.
Don't like it? That's a tasing. Enjoy your fine and your 50,000 volts.
There are cops who don't do this stuff, and I applaud them. But most of the boys in blue are just criminals in uniform.
I loathe police. For the most part, at least here in VT, they are barely high school educated pricks, who have a chip on their shoulder, went to police academy because they couldn't do anything else (aside from joining the armed forces), and take our their frustrations with themselves on you.
I have not had one single 'good' interaction with a police officer, even though I do all of the things you're suppose to do (say sir/ma'am, don't do things until asked, etc... all the things my sister-in-law who's a cop says helps make their job easier). I had one prick give me a $250 dollar tick for apparently not making a full stop at a stop sign - he was able to make that call from 100 yards away at night at the bottom of a hill while I was at the top (it was brewers fest that weekend and so I am positive he was hoping he'd nab a DUI). I had another prick give me a $50 ticket for pulling into a handicap spot so my girlfriend could hop out of the car - mind you it would have taken no longer than 30s for her to give me a kiss and pop out. Instead he blocked me in and made it a 10min ordeal.
Not to mention the countless misuses power that happen all the farkin' time around the country that break my trust. So, that's why I hate the police. Sure they may be great people outside of work, but with that uniform on they're terrible people in my eyes.
I have not had one single 'good' interaction with a police officer, even though I do all of the things you're suppose to do (say sir/ma'am, don't do things until asked, etc... all the things my sister-in-law who's a cop says helps make their job easier). I had one prick give me a $250 dollar tick for apparently not making a full stop at a stop sign - he was able to make that call from 100 yards away at night at the bottom of a hill while I was at the top (it was brewers fest that weekend and so I am positive he was hoping he'd nab a DUI). I had another prick give me a $50 ticket for pulling into a handicap spot so my girlfriend could hop out of the car - mind you it would have taken no longer than 30s for her to give me a kiss and pop out. Instead he blocked me in and made it a 10min ordeal.
Not to mention the countless misuses power that happen all the farkin' time around the country that break my trust. So, that's why I hate the police. Sure they may be great people outside of work, but with that uniform on they're terrible people in my eyes.