I mean, it’s universal because not of those traits are unique to any country, they’re human traits.
Even if you subscribe to ACAB as a political stance, there are still competent people doing the job to the best of their ability. Being a tool of oppression isn’t an inherently disabling factor. Plenty of serious pieces of shit have been good at their jobs, even when that job literally genocide.
Now, US police have disadvantages because of hiring, training and operational guidelines that favor order takers with low initiative and a willingness to adhere to authority. But it isn’t the only country like that, nor is it the only country with a police force infiltrated by extremists waiting for a chance to take greater power, we’re just a really big country, so it’s easier to hide.
Couple that with a strong and effective police union that’s also infiltrated, and is formed of the same people hired, and trained to basically be thugs, and the worst ones are harder to get rid of, even when higher ups want to.
But, again, don’t think that the U.S. is the only place that has this trouble. Power corrupts, and the greater the power, the greater the corruption. Without vigilance and oversight, shit will creep in
Another issue is the lack of filtering out the bad ones. If a police member here did such a shit only once that American cops seem to get away easily, this one would be done for. Out. No place in any police force in this country, ever. And probably losing their pension, too.
In the US, a cop that managed to be so bad that they actually fire him or her seems to have no problems to get hired by another police force. Some areas seem even to prefer this kind of people for “being tough on crime” as they misinterpret it.
I mean, it’s universal because not of those traits are unique to any country, they’re human traits.
Even if you subscribe to ACAB as a political stance, there are still competent people doing the job to the best of their ability. Being a tool of oppression isn’t an inherently disabling factor. Plenty of serious pieces of shit have been good at their jobs, even when that job literally genocide.
Now, US police have disadvantages because of hiring, training and operational guidelines that favor order takers with low initiative and a willingness to adhere to authority. But it isn’t the only country like that, nor is it the only country with a police force infiltrated by extremists waiting for a chance to take greater power, we’re just a really big country, so it’s easier to hide.
Couple that with a strong and effective police union that’s also infiltrated, and is formed of the same people hired, and trained to basically be thugs, and the worst ones are harder to get rid of, even when higher ups want to.
But, again, don’t think that the U.S. is the only place that has this trouble. Power corrupts, and the greater the power, the greater the corruption. Without vigilance and oversight, shit will creep in
Another issue is the lack of filtering out the bad ones. If a police member here did such a shit only once that American cops seem to get away easily, this one would be done for. Out. No place in any police force in this country, ever. And probably losing their pension, too.
In the US, a cop that managed to be so bad that they actually fire him or her seems to have no problems to get hired by another police force. Some areas seem even to prefer this kind of people for “being tough on crime” as they misinterpret it.
Tell me you never been to Europe (or probably anywhere outside of the US) without telling me.