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tjeulink t1_j9pew19 wrote

Nobody was talking about the US, its completely irrelevant for how abusive the UK police force is.

Where are the independent rearches into other police organizations then if others dont cultivate the same problems? Oh wait they dont exist? Shocking. almost as if its a broader police problem, especially since this problem goes as far as special protection units at the top.

You really going to believe them on their blue eyes when all independant evidence points towards the opposite?

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RhysieB27 t1_j9pciqx wrote

The point being made is that the UK is far, far better at holding its officers to account than the US. There have indeed been institutional failings in the Met (an abbreviation for Metropolitan, not an acronym, by the way) but that's just one police force and those issues are now getting rectified.

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tjeulink t1_j9pcfe2 wrote

Feel free to provide statistics of your claim that 2.8% of teachers and doctors are also "pretty bad". I would also catagorize systemic rape and rapist protection systemically (again according to the MET themselves) is a bit worse than "pretty bad". If the army did it it wouldve been a warcrime.

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tjeulink t1_j9pbp5a wrote

The purge happened because people kept keeping their jobs after reports, and it only happened with the MET, only a few months ago. The MET themselves saying that there is a culture problem, meaning MET cops still aren't held accountable and that number is likely to increase more.

So yea my response is that, because its one of the few quantifyable datapoints we have about the corrupt police force.

Oink oink.

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DownvoteEvangelist t1_j9p8udm wrote

The bottom 2.8% percent of anything is usually pretty bad, including teachers and doctors...

Police work attracts many unsavory individuals who are drawn to the power, violence, and immunity from consequences that the job offers. Good police force tries to weed out these people, bad embraces them....

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Axetris t1_j9p8be6 wrote

My thoughts too. Dogs hanging their head out the window is actually dangerous especially with an impulsive dog who could jump without thinking. A harness attached to a dog seatbelt in the back seat is the way to go. Keeps the dogs stable and safe and there’s definitely no need for someone else to be sitting there watching it in that case. I’d be for the law if this is all it was. In Arizona where a lot of people still have the primitive “it’s just a dog” philosophy and leads to a lot of dead dogs on the side of the highway.

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