Perhaps teaching children to never question authority was a bad idea

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[–] -1 points 3 weeks ago (8 children)

This isn't even a cop thing, though I have no doubt the rate would be higher if empirically tested; cops tend to be very Conventional Morality in the sense that If Legal -> Moral.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milgram_experiment

TL;DR: 65% of people would kill someone if given an order to do so (and some plausible deniability).

My money's on it being 70-80% for US cops, maybe higher. My only real metric on this is the one guy I knew who made an arrest he was ordered to that he (should have) known wasn't legal and shrugged his shoulders about retelling the incident, saying "I'm a soldier (he was an Army veteran); I follow orders."

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    Did you just not read the Wikipedia article or what?

    Maybe you're implying shooting people running away is common in US law enforcement?

    Don't be glib; state your point with some conviction.

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    Naw, the vast majority of cops never pull their trigger anywhere other than the shooting range.

    As for paid leave after a shooting, are you implying you'd rather a cop who just shot someone be back out on the street immediately with zero investigation first?

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  • [–] 1 point 3 weeks ago (2 children)
    1. They're not your protectors; you fell for an LAPD slogan.

    2. I kinda doubt you want the cops to kill 0 people ever; are you saying you're good with them waiting around for the killer to get bored at Uvalde?

    3. Once again as soon as you are hit with a point that contradicts your stance, you leap to the Red Herring. Presumably, this is because you don't actually care that much about the topic and are just toying with it.

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    1. I got that you were being sarcastic, but I figure(d) it's much more likely that you're angry because you think they're not fulfilling a promise, when in reality it's more of a catchy slogan that tricked you.

    2. Your first two sentences contradict each other so I don't even have to address this point.

    3. As long as we're all aware you're just concern trolling.

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