Are police systemically racist?

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Sen. John Cornyn (R-Tex.) asked this provocative question, clearly skeptical that you could answer this in the affirmative. But a number of those testifying said they did think there was structural racism in American policing, and American society writ large.

“I think every American institution has been kind of shaped by these forces,” said Gupta, the former Justice official. That prompted Cornyn to ask, “Do you do believe that basically all Americans are racist?”

Gupta answered, “I think we all have implicit bias and racial bias. Yes, I do.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/06/16/takeaways-senate-hearing-police-reform/
 
Are police systemically racist?
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Less than 4 % of the 18,000 police Departments, when it comes to DWB. And of course they are all run by progressive democrat mayors.
 
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No, I don't think that is true, but then I am a white person who has never been harassed or arrested by the cops so it's likely that my opinion doesn't count for much.

I see the problem with America's cop shops as this: They are almost all organized to parallel military hierarchy. Many LEOs are former military. Police academies may teach "protect and serve" stuff, but in real life cops adopt the "us versus them" mentality that armed service members are taught beginning in basic training. That's a good attitude for soldiers who defend our nation. It absolutely sucks for officers charged with protecting civilian citizens. When you walk out the doors of your cop shop and get into your patrol car, and are conditioned to see everyone as the enemy, how can you react in a less than lethal way to dangerous situations?

Let's re-do that.
 
When you enforce laws and policies that are designed specifically to target minorities and/or the poor then yes, it is systemic. That's what the word means, the system is designed to produce that result.
 
ThatOwlWoman said:
No, I don't think that is true, but then I am a white person who has never been harassed or arrested by the cops so it's likely that my opinion doesn't count for much.

I see the problem with America's cop shops as this: They are almost all organized to parallel military hierarchy. Many LEOs are former military. Police academies may teach "protect and serve" stuff, but in real life cops adopt the "us versus them" mentality that armed service members are taught beginning in basic training. That's a good attitude for soldiers who defend our nation. It absolutely sucks for officers charged with protecting civilian citizens. When you walk out the doors of your cop shop and get into your patrol car, and are conditioned to see everyone as the enemy, how can you react in a less than lethal way to dangerous situations?

Let's re-do that.
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Racism is not just a personal attitude but institutional. Many cops have a predatory attitude and pick on blacks.
 
I<3Big Anime Tiddies said:
When you enforce laws and policies that are designed specifically to target minorities and/or the poor then yes, it is systemic. That's what the word means, the system is designed to produce that result.
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Police target high crime zones. Is that a bad thing?
 
I<3Big Anime Tiddies said:
When you enforce laws and policies that are designed specifically to target minorities and/or the poor then yes, it is systemic. That's what the word means, the system is designed to produce that result.
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Recent case of cop killing a black guy in Atlanta proves that he kind of harassed the guy before trying to put on handcuffs.
 
Yeah, cops are racist as hell. Some enter the force with a desire to do good, but the constant racism and "us against them" mentality changes them. Are you one of them or one of us? If you are one of them, you are on your own. Nobody will come to your aid. You will not get promoted and will be frozen out.
 
Nordberg said:
Yeah, cops are racist as hell. Some enter the force with a desire to do good, but the constant racism and "us against them" mentality changes them. Are you one of them or one of us? If you are one of them, you are on your own. Nobody will come to your aid. You will not get promoted and will be frozen out.
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Agree with what you said.
 
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