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Originally Posted by ThurgreedMarshall
I think it's a combination of power and an unwillingness to suffer any type of disrespect by people you think are lesser than you. Throw in the fact that you know every single police shooting will be found justified, and you get police violence.
I feel the disrespect and swollen sense of authority almost every time I have interacted with a police officer (when they've initiated). They expect their orders to be followed. Period. As soon as they sense that you are pissed off or haven't acted on an order quickly enough, they are about 3 or 4 words from initiating violence.
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Hasn't this been encouraged by a lot of police departments at a policy level? I understand that the broken windows approach in general involves establishing authority and insisting that perps - ah, citizens - be submissive. Officers are trained to be this way.
