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TranscendentalEmpire@lemmy.today 1 day agoWhat in that statement says that I’m ‘whitewashing’ the police?
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 1 day ago
So you think that when towns and cities were hiring cops they wanted people who weren’t ‘generally admired?’
TranscendentalEmpire@lemmy.today 22 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.