Go to Central America and see what you think about American cops then.
Mandatory training to become a police officer:
- US: 600-700 hours on average, much of which is gun and combat training and not policing
- Canada 2080 hours
- Spain 2880 hours
- Germany 4000 hours
With that little time spent training and heavy combat focus a US cop might get as little as 2-4 weeks of training on everything that a cop does that doesn’t involve guns. People get shot by US cops because they weren’t taught anything else. People don’t get help from US cops because they were never taught solving problems that don’t involve shooting a minority.
Cartman yelling
respect my authoritah!is not far off from what a rookie US cop knows about being a police officer.That’s quite a broad generalization even if just talking about US cops.
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
I mean, it’s universal
Tell me you never been to Europe (or probably anywhere outside of the US) without telling me.
It’s everywhere. It’s just a matter of more or less.
You have not been outside the US in your lifetime, it seems.
