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DagwoodIII@piefed.social 21 hours agoWhat in that statement says that I’m ‘whitewashing’ the police?
The police were almost 100% male, except for a few prison matrons or undercover detectives. They also had restrictions on height because they wanted officers who could intimidate any suspect.
And you seem to have a wild idea about what the word ‘leader’ means.
TranscendentalEmpire@lemmy.today 17 hours ago
The part where you stated that they at one point in history attempted to restrict their hiring practices based on generally admired qualities.
DagwoodIII@piefed.social 15 hours ago
So you think that when towns and cities were hiring cops they wanted people who weren’t ‘generally admired?’
TranscendentalEmpire@lemmy.today 10 hours ago
Have you met a cop? They want violent power tripping assholes, they don’t care if anyone admires them. Like I said, the first modern police force was empowered by the state to catch runaway slaves. Most early police forces were used as strike breakers, they weren’t pillars of the community.