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[QUOTE="zombiefruit"] Rape =/= taking pictures of a drunk girl. That's like saying because I punched my friend one day I'm going to kill him the next.my_mortal_coil
Ah...
Clearly you missed the humour in my exaggerated prediction... :lol:
It was designed to highlight the stupidity of police officers acting like little kids with erections in front of surveillance cameras.
However, I do enjoy a good debate. So if we were to take me seriously for spits and giggles...
Everything starts somewhere. Do you think that when somebody commits murder it's their first act of violence? Do you think heroin is the first drug somebody experiments with? Furthermore, while the severity of any act can rise if it isn't addressed effectively, the motivation is generally more worthy of examination than the act itself. The concern in this case is that people in positions of power and responsibility can be so easily reduced to imbecilic, hard-on wielding children when confronted with a young girl in a drunken state...
If they can behave this poorly in a police station in front of cameras, what are they capable of in dark alleys? Remember, we pay these people to 'protect' the public. This 'duty of care' includes protecting people in an intoxicated state from themselves where necessary...
Everyone should find footage like this legitimately concerning.
Police are men (and women), men are imperfect, therefore there is no such thing as a perfect police officer. Sometimes they have momentary lapses of reason. I work side by side with police officers everyday and a lot of them are good, smart stewards of the law; some are idiots. To paint with such a broad brush and level your condecension at them is of little consequence because most people feel the same way, yet police officers continue to protect people like you who have little respect for them.
Okay, I have a challenge for you...
I want you to do some primary research....
First ask 100 people whether they have been poorly treated by the police in some way.
Then, ask 100 people how often the police have saved them from anything.
A crusading defender of the police like yourself may be shocked at the results.
Police provide the 'illusion' of safety. Nothing more.
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