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Originally Posted by CrazyCoffey
It's not stupid blind defense, it's what I'd call rational thought, I want to know facts before I say someone did something right or wrong.
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This is exactly the missing ingredient in alot of people's interactions with law enforcement, and to be fair just because somebody has interactions doesn't mean they are a criminal. I am a CASA worker, and I have seen some really messed up stuff by dangerous suspects that was handled absolutely perfectly by some police.
I have also seen just about as many, not 1:1, but not far off, really messed up actions by police officers who don't employ your rational thought. Children are more often mistreated by law enforcement than I would ever have dared to imagine prior to starting this work, both at the time of incidents, and in custody.
Too often, procedure has replaced reason on the law side, and emotional reaction has replaced it on the public side. I don't know where it goes from here, but it's only getting worse, both for good cops, and for law abiding citizens.