Eliminatus said:Quote:
Although I don't agree with it, that's where I believe the case law is on the side of inaction.
A cop watching blatant crime happen in front of him is disgusting to me, but there are bigger issues that drive this also...
- cops are mostly a reflection of the population, albeit generally speaking more of the center to right leaning populace. There are cowards and bad actors amongst the force. Some don't know they are cowards yet.
- the Pareto principle is also applicable to cops.
- IMO, most police management takes the view of "big cases, big problems, little cases, little problems and no cases, no problems." Their goal is to get to their retirement unscathed ie. no problems, and so they prefer officers that feel the same way.
-Many of these blue cities have a blue DA and a blue jury pool. One of the reasons I left DC is because if I got into a use of force incident, no way I was going to get a fair trial. And Lord help you if it's a national news issue.
The instructors at ALERRT, and I've met many of them over the years, represent many of the officers that will go in harms way. A better representative is the many cases where officers do acts of bravery and self sacrifice, but it doesn't make the national news.
I don't know if inaction is fixable though.
Agreed. We have over a million uniformed peace officers in America, not including feds. The overwhelming majority of them are good to great citizens who want to do their jobs and serve their communities in an honorable fashion. They are also the ones called upon to intercede with every single one of our society's breakdowns. We literally tell them to go to every worst case scenario and deal with it. And they do it to the best of their ability. But they are also human.
That being said, every job does have it's limits of course and this man should no longer work in LE. I am perfectly fine with him losing his career over this. That is the accountability the public should have for loss of confidence in his abilities moving forward. Anything past that is just a witch hunt for a man who was found wanting at the worst time in his life. Which I am positive so many also would have failed at. Which is why I don't hate him. I pity him instead, which might be worse maybe.
I hope people who think as logically as you do are on the jury.
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