And now you’re making assumptions about the job of police officers in general. Tell me where it says in the rules of policing that blacks have to be subjugated. Police officers are supposed to “serve and protect” and that is what the job is about, not just for the majority, but for all people. Just because some people in the job are screwed up doesn’t mean that the job itself is bad. The job of a police officer covers such a massive set of responsibilities, some of them including simple things like directing traffic, responding to noise complaints, or crowd control at concerts. Or the responsibilities can be massive: When to shoot and when not to, when to take a life in order to save another. The police solve murder cases, respond to thefts and break-ins, and give speeding tickets to try and make roads safer.
A person who is a good person and joins the police DESPITE the bad rep they get for it is someone to be admired indeed. “Dory” deserves to be respected and admired for wanting to protect people as best she knows how, regardless of how people may look down on her. She’s NOT part of the problem, she is the best possible solution. To join the police and try to change it from the inside is infinitely more admirable than sitting behind a screen and passing hateful and harmful judgement.
Try being open to love, understanding, and kindness. Attempt to assume the best in people, not the worst, and if a situation arises where you must find someone guilty of evildoing, judge them as an individual, and spare those who may have slight things in common with them, such as a job, from your hateful words. Especially when you don’t know what backgrounds a person might have. Generalized statements about a job are just as falsely based in prejudice as generalized statements about groups of people are. Again, that’s over 500,000 people you’re making accusations about, and a system that covers massive responsibilities from lowest to highest jurisdictions you’re accusing of being built on abuse. I have taken Law Enforcement courses, so let me tell you that nowhere in the curriculum does it teach “institutionally abuse people”.
When you come up with a perfect method of policing, a perfect set of rules, apprehensive and accounting for all human error and intertwining responsibilities with other systems such as the courts, you let me know. I’d love to hear it. Don’t forget to calculate how much it’ll cost and all of that jazz! ;)
