nyc.general

On Feb 15, 3:56 pm, "Freedom Fighter" wrote:
> No, not all cops are jerks, assholes, or whatever you want to call them.
> Some are honestly trying to serve society, and some are true heroes.

Hey, at least one is even a Harvard Man.

Mainly, they're just city workers, government employees...the DMV for
white ethnics.

> Some
> however are bullies that find a badge gives them the ability to abuse others
> with impunity. And some are, as with many other people, just plain corrupt.

The vast majority are just collecting a paycheck. At least the
criminals have more initiative and gumption!

> What to do about bad cops?
>
> 1) Require extensive psychological testing to weed them out before they are
> hired.

Ideally, that would work -- except if it's something about the work
itself that corrupts (their excuse, anyway; the cops'), then it's not
clear how well psychological screening could ever be, ultimately.

> 2) Require extensive education in criminology, psychology, and practical
> sociology.

I know many cops, actually. Even grew up with quite a few. Regular
guys -- but I don't think they really give a damn about criminology,
psychology, and any kind of sociology. That's like a stripper who's
"working her way through college" majoring in "marketing"....

> 3) Above all, do away with unpopular, freedom-stealing "victimless crime"
> laws, such as laws of prohibition. This will eliminate much corruption,
> abuse of power, and restore public respect for law enforcement.

Certainly it'd help. Cruising around trying to bust people for slowly
riding a bicycling slowly on an sidewalk is a really cowardly way of
making your monthly activity quota. Can't believe the SGTs let them
get away with nuisance tickets.

Seriously, I wasn't just being cute in calling cops "dumb lawyers."
The way you have all these slimebags and their lawsuits, you have
these bovine/porcine gummint workers and their tickets.