• TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com
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    2 months ago

    The police are legally allowed to lie about everything not under oath or not to another public servant. It is one reason to never bother with their polygraph. They lie about the results, and then act like their lie is proof.

    They lie to the press all the time about officers names, ages, and whereabouts. It is their reflex to just lie and worry about it later.

    Even breathalyzer are less reliable than the police would dare admit.

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      2 months ago

      I really wonder what a rebooted from scratch ethical police force would look like. A force with honor and integrity and all those words they print on the side of the cars. A respected, well-paid job.

      You know, something like what they show on every TV program airing on CBS, but real.

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        2 months ago

        It would be full of women, not men. The police have helped domestic abusers and rapists and murderers of women for decades. In fact, a lot of the police force is made of men who have done those exact crimes.

        Just like if the medical system were just, doctors would have disabilities. As it is, almost no person with a disability can really make it through med school and residency to become a doctor.

        This is the essence of why representation matters, and why one big powerful group shouldn’t have total power over another group.

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          2 months ago

          They still have to be good at their jobs to have an ethical and honorable police force. Plus an all woman police force would inevitably not be honorable or ethical.