I have always thought that there is a certain personality type that goes for positions of control over others: The school patrol, some teachers, most of the school principles I've experienced over the years, some police, a very high percentage of politicians... There are a slew of reasons but it began with our specie evolving in conditi…
I have always thought that there is a certain personality type that goes for positions of control over others: The school patrol, some teachers, most of the school principles I've experienced over the years, some police, a very high percentage of politicians... There are a slew of reasons but it began with our specie evolving in conditions that increased the pursuit of power over others which led to increased access to resources.
We need better screening (and the will to use it) and better oversight and better accountability - all three. We will never achieve a perfect police force but we can certainly improve on what we currently have. Good examples abound. An obvious place to begin with accountability would be to have a national police registry so those bad apples cannot simply roll on into the next barrel.
you're absolutely right. my niece was married to an NYPD guy, who always had a scary look on his face. he's profoundly dyslexic and if you put any reading matter in front of him, he starts to sweat. now being dyslexic isn't his fault, but he has a deep resentment of anyone who indicates a "tendency" to read things. in his garage (I swear to whomever) he has a big Confederate flag (he's from Queens), as well as a pretty complete collection of metal band CDs from the '70s (again, I can't hate the guy for his taste, but it's definitely part of a pattern). he also was given to the physical and psychological abuse of my great-nephew (or is it grand-nephew?), who was diagnosed at about two with Asperger's Syndrome and is a VERY smart kid (easy to see why the abuse would happen). he was considered a "good cop (he worked in Far Rockaway, which is a recipe for disaster from the get-go, but he played the game well). I have no idea why my niece married him, except that she's given to wild enthusiasms, but he's very typical of many of the cops my brother-in-law would represent (the crybabies cited in an earlier post).
I have always thought that there is a certain personality type that goes for positions of control over others: The school patrol, some teachers, most of the school principles I've experienced over the years, some police, a very high percentage of politicians... There are a slew of reasons but it began with our specie evolving in conditions that increased the pursuit of power over others which led to increased access to resources.
We need better screening (and the will to use it) and better oversight and better accountability - all three. We will never achieve a perfect police force but we can certainly improve on what we currently have. Good examples abound. An obvious place to begin with accountability would be to have a national police registry so those bad apples cannot simply roll on into the next barrel.
you're absolutely right. my niece was married to an NYPD guy, who always had a scary look on his face. he's profoundly dyslexic and if you put any reading matter in front of him, he starts to sweat. now being dyslexic isn't his fault, but he has a deep resentment of anyone who indicates a "tendency" to read things. in his garage (I swear to whomever) he has a big Confederate flag (he's from Queens), as well as a pretty complete collection of metal band CDs from the '70s (again, I can't hate the guy for his taste, but it's definitely part of a pattern). he also was given to the physical and psychological abuse of my great-nephew (or is it grand-nephew?), who was diagnosed at about two with Asperger's Syndrome and is a VERY smart kid (easy to see why the abuse would happen). he was considered a "good cop (he worked in Far Rockaway, which is a recipe for disaster from the get-go, but he played the game well). I have no idea why my niece married him, except that she's given to wild enthusiasms, but he's very typical of many of the cops my brother-in-law would represent (the crybabies cited in an earlier post).
again, fuck him and fuck them.