Are police systemically racist?

If you are working to get ahead of the curve on crime, you focus on where the crime occurs.
Criminals dont like this but thats exactly the point.
What HAS been shown to work is where the community insists that criminals are not welcome (by pointing them out), they go elsewhere.
When communities work WITH law enforcement instead of against it its effective.
 
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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Police academies may teach "protect and serve" stuff, but in real life cops adopt the "us versus them" mentality
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Having worked with Crime Stoppers I got to know police officers from all over. You are spot on, as many feel it is us versus them.
 
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