Some Cops Are Slow Learners

As slow as one might be, it not a "good sign" regarding the other cop?

if that cop goes on to publicly promote police/criminal justice reform, civilian review boards, or ending the drug war...then sure, thats a good sign and she is a good cop.

but for me personally, not killing or brutalizing a man isnt really a metric for being a good public servant. without political action and pushing for reform, she's just another pig like the rest of them, a power tripper who has decided to don the uniform that represents the drug war, brutality, and corruption - barely a human being

im very open to the concept of a "good cop" if they are taking some kind of tangible physical action against police brutality, against the drug war, or in favor of civilian review boards...absent that they are just a pig who happens to be a nice and understanding person when you talk to them face to face...but still just a worthless pig

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZrAYxWPN6c

Yea mon

burn hollywood burn

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DhQGH6CbKhw

ironic, or prescient?

im very open to the concept of a "good cop" if they are taking some kind of tangible physical action against police brutality<<<<

Did not the second cop do just that, by physically removing the knee of his partner from the neck of the detainee?

Why don’t the good cops just wear different uniforms, so people will know which ones to go to for help?

Seems easier than burning cities, but then again I know very little about police management.

Did not the second cop do just that, by physically removing the knee of his partner from the neck of the detainee?

i mean political action fighting for systemic change. its an objectively good thing that the cop in question did what she did, no doubt. if i could thank her for taking that action in person, i would...but what action is she taking on a broader scale? keeping your coworker from killing an innocent man is bottom of the barrel basic morality - im not willing to give someone a pass because on one single occasion they did the absolute bare minimum to not be a murderous beast. if you are part of an inherently violent and corrupt institution and do not take broad political action to change it, you are part of the problem regardless of the original intent behind joining the organization.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzivXrVcsk4&feature=share&fbclid=IwAR3rx...

Looks like the sign says 2nd and Pike, which I believe is the Target store

https://www.bing.com/maps?q=2nd+and+pike+seattle&FORM=HDRSC4

(edit, images don't quite match, curious) 

Did not the second cop do just that, by physically removing the knee of his partner from the neck of the detainee?

i mean political action fighting for systemic change. its an objectively good thing that the cop in question did what she did, no doubt. if i could thank her for taking that action in person, i would...but what action is she taking on a broader scale? keeping your coworker from killing an innocent man is bottom of the barrel basic morality - im not willing to give someone a pass because on one single occasion they did the absolute bare minimum to not be a murderous beast. if you are part of an inherently violent and corrupt institution and do not take broad political action to change it, you are part of the problem regardless of the original intent behind joining the organization. <<<<

While I would also like to see "greater involvement in political action fighting for systemic change", I think you might be underrating the significance of what happened in that clip.  Yes, it should be the bare minimum, but is the context not very heated whereby the cops are trained to stick together and watch each other's backs?  How was it not a big deal for cop #2 to break out of this dynamic and physically intervene with the actions of cop #1?  Of course it should be the bare minimum in theory, but how many times have you ever seen it played out in reality?  In a certain light, this real-time action was far more poignant than any "political action" could ever seek to be ... since it's walking the walk, instead of simply talking & perhaps just paying lip service.

https://twitter.com/AkramG03/status/1266876680142049282

https://mobile.twitter.com/KevinRKrause/status/1266898396339675137

https://twitter.com/xotrevonantonio/status/1266994330054479874

https://twitter.com/MatthewSantoro/status/1266916709304201216

https://twitter.com/tkerssen/status/1266921821653385225

https://twitter.com/danielvankirk/status/1266947767840063489

https://twitter.com/MichaelAdams317/status/1266945268567678976

https://mobile.twitter.com/mollyhf/status/1266911382613692422

https://twitter.com/JaredGoyette/status/1266961243476299778

https://twitter.com/MikeGeorgeCBS/status/1266916104951214080

https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1266910910137995264

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-minneapolis-police-protest-update/reu...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3qj4cfsd7g&feature=youtu.be

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNuzzVpDZTY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmpic2NU1RM&feature=youtu.be

https://twitter.com/tessrmalle/status/1266945413258653696

https://old.reddit.com/r/PublicFreakout/comments/gt69qe/police_start_sho...

https://twitter.com/SAColumbus/status/1266867613872857094

https://twitter.com/lalaitskelcey2/status/1266821476122058752

https://twitter.com/_doreenpt/status/1266994439039455232

https://twitter.com/j0ncampbell/status/1266514356071735296

https://twitter.com/theactivistTati/status/1266889419858075649

https://twitter.com/BTSsavedmylife9/status/1266754310161006594

https://twitter.com/DriveWendys/status/1266555286678048770

https://twitter.com/JasonLemon/status/1266529475757510656

https://i.redd.it/4qzvp2gd54251.jpg

https://old.reddit.com/r/Bad_Cop_No_Donut/comments/gtt3w8/i_caught_the_m...

https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/video-shows-milk-poured-over-face-of-c...

https://old.reddit.com/r/PublicFreakout/comments/gtksgq/cop_decides_to_s...

https://twitter.com/taesvangogh/status/1266907922308558848

https://twitter.com/BenjaminPDixon/status/1266577416950079494

I've already seen most of those, many of which I vividly recall.

I still vividly recall cop #2 doing a good thing.

Maybe the scoreboard is overwhelmingly tipped in the bad direction, but does it erase what cop #2 did?

If you believe so, think you're negating progress ... even if it's just a baby step

How was it not a big deal for cop #2 to break out of this dynamic and physically intervene with the actions of cop #1?

in the moment it was a big deal, but but big picture, its not unless further action is taken. will this officer file a complaint against her fellow officer? probably not

Of course it should be the bare minimum in theory, but how many times have you ever seen it played out in reality?

almost never...thats the problem. if you are going to be part of an institution which much of the time cant even muster the bare minimum, then simply doing the bare minimum in the moment and not working towards systemic change means you are part of the problem. help to fix it or take off the uniform, period. anything less is self serving, deluded garbage.

it does not erase what cop 2 did, what she did was a good thing, but im not going to celebrate the bare minimum when the standard is brutality and oppression

the time for baby steps was 50 years ago

it does not erase what cop 2 did, what she did was a good thing, but im not going to celebrate the bare minimum when the standard is brutality and oppression

the time for baby steps was 50 years ago<<<<

I'd say more like 150 years ago

If the link in the OP were just about any in the long list you subsequently provided, I wouldn't have even spoken up ... but to my eyes it's more like a Rorschach test in light of cop #2.  I prefer to see the glass as half full in so far as the potential we have vs. summary dismissal of it with entire focus upon the darkness that lurks within all of us.  Again, as bad as cop #1 was (possibly even with a seriously bad malicious intent),  had there been a different video clip been cited as an example (there are dozens if not hundreds), I'd say yeah ... all of those pictured are not very quick to learn.

“Instead of standing there and teaching a cop when there’s an unarmed person coming at ‘em with a knife or something, shoot 'em in the leg instead of in the heart,” Biden said in an address to black community leaders in Wilmington, Del.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-police-training-shoot-em-in-the-leg

>>>>>im very open to the concept of a "good cop" if they are taking some kind of tangible physical action against police brutality...............absent that they are just a pig who happens to be a nice and understanding person when you talk to them face to face...but still just a worthless pig

Been around the sun almost 70 times - encountered a bunch of cops over the years. In my experience, only about 10% of cops are evil and want to fuck with you or fuck you up.  Another 10% are out to do good and help people. The remainder just want to get through their shift in one piece. OC I'm white, so if you're not your mileage may vary.

We should hold cops to a higher standard of doing the right thing in the moment than the average citizen, because we arm them, but I don't think they can be held to a higher standard of citizenship

White perspectives on this issue are worthless. I'm sure we all have loads of cop stories, I sure do.

Are there any African American brothers or sisters onlist ? 

Please express