Yeah cuffing pensioners is a real skill that must be honed over years of hard work & training
Comment on UK Cops 'Ashamed and Sick' of Enforcing Ban on Anti-Genocide Group Palestine Action
Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works 1 day agoThis isn’t like working in fast food, where you can just find another job right away. You’re talking about abandoning a career the officer has spent years building.
Networkcathode@piefed.social 1 day ago
Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
www.joiningthepolice.co.uk/…/training
18-22 weeks of classroom based training, then three months supervision on the job. Then they will be getting promoted as they get more experienced.
It’s a lot to just walk away from.
echodot@feddit.uk 1 day ago
Principles aren’t principles if you only follow them when they’re easy.
Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 50 minutes ago
It is a fine principle to uphold the law. In this particular case it is the law that’s an ass, not the enforcement.
crapwittyname@feddit.uk 1 hour ago
Principles can be in conflict though. The promise to provide stability for your family, for example, is often more urgent than more lofty political principles. In this situation, looking actively for another job whilst continuing to perform the tasks you disagree with at a level of bare minimum compliance might be an ethically acceptable compromise.
Rekorse@sh.itjust.works 1 hour ago
You dont have a line you wouldnt cross at work? Arresting someone carries a risk of harm, would you harm someone else daily whilst looking for new work?
Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 14 hours ago
Easy to say but my job is shit and what real choice do I have? Sure I can look for something else but there isn’t much out there.
echodot@feddit.uk 7 hours ago
Are you a cop? If so then you don’t need me to tell you about all of the private security gigs that are going because you 100% already knew about them.
Bronstein_Tardigrade@lemmygrad.ml 14 hours ago
Does your job involve destroying other people lives as a jackboot for capital?
Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Easy for us to say.
echodot@feddit.uk 1 day ago
I’m not claiming to be the moral arbiters of the nation though, am I. They are, that’s the job they chose to do, it’s not my fault they suddenly don’t like it. Same for the military in the US wandering aboud LA, and DC.
Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Demanding they quit because of this has definite “I live with my parents” vibes though. I doubt that person has a mortgage.