One of my new friends is/was a cop. Just found out about it. I genuinely believe ACAB, and this news has me conflicted because my new friend seems really cool and super nice. I don’t know him super well yet, though. He’s a big part of this new friend group and I don’t know how to process this and how to deal with the fact he’s a cop.
I don’t want to look past the fact he’s a cop, but I want to stay his friend and stay in this friend group.
Any advice for dealing with this shit?
I can’t talk to my therapist about it until Thursday.
Hey, you know the war on drugs? The one that overwhelmingly targeted black americans?
Also worth noting that the original Nazis were a political movement, so once Hitler rose to power, every german police officer had to align with the Nazi party. Their job was ALSO to protect people, and they used that as an excuse to target people they don’t like, making up reasons for why they’re dangerous.
But more specifically, the job of a cop is to uphold the law, whether it protects people or not. And it’s up to the cops to decide where they need to uphold the law most, and to judge who broke it.
As I said “I know law enforcement isn’t as great everywhere as it is here”. Wherever you live it sounds pretty bad. But we’re talking here on lemmy.world, not lemmy.usa.
And then still, it’s never good to presume everyone in a particular group is bad. Usually, most people are nice, even when the most vocal and/or visible ones are.
Hard disagree. Being a cop offers a lot of power and a defence of the status quo, which typically draws in a lot of bastards. If anyone tries to speak out about the bastards, they’re harrassed for not being a team player. So cops are either full bastards, enablers (which makes them bastards) or harrassed until they quit.
All cops are bastards. If you’re not a bastard, you either become a bastard or stop being a cop.
I’m sorry, it’s sad to see how different your experiences have been.