Fucking Cops

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I don't understand what goes through the heads of these cops.

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When you're keeping someone in a cage, you're fully responsible for their needs. they can't just go out and do this themselves. They need the cops to do it for them, and when someone dies in a cell it's going to be largely the officer's fault. If you don't think you can take care of someone while they're in custody, then don't put them in there.

They're supposed to be the good guys. I'm white, so I grew up believing the police should always be trusted. If I'm in a public place, and get separated form my parents, I'm taught to find a cop. When I have an issue, I call 911. These people know how they're supposed to act, because they act right with white people. They just choose not to, and people at large wonder why the black community is sometimes more chaotic than white neighborhoods. You would be too, if you can't trust the people patrolling the streets.

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It is hard to say what is going on inside someone's head, though one can make a pretty good guess based on the person's actions.  And obviously, different cops have different things going on in their heads, as is evidenced from the fact that they do not all behave identically.

In this sort of case, though, I suspect that very often the cops do not think of black people as being fully people.  More like animals, or evil demons, or something subhuman.  If they did not think such types of things, they would treat black people like people.

The one thing that needs to be explained then is why black cops are just as vicious towards minorities as white cops?  It is the police mentality that needs to be examined.  The simplistic solution of just hiring more minority cops is not the answer.  We need BETTER cops not just darker cops.