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plaid_piper34 t1_j1662dv wrote

My mom’s a teacher and one of her student’s dad was a cop who was drinking and driving and hit and killed a friend of hers on the road.

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youtocin t1_j179rww wrote

My dad was a cop and worked with a guy who cracked beers on his drive home after every shift.

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[deleted] t1_j188w4r wrote

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The_Phaedron t1_j18c2wy wrote

I wonder if there's a handy acronym to describe this widespread problem.

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KeyanReid t1_j18fse7 wrote

Right? It’s like the job has coddled awful people for so long that awful people know they can do awful things and seek that position out now.

So we have police forces manned by awful people seeking to use their power to do awful things and they protect each other.

Remind me why our taxes fund these assholes and not healthcare again

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youtocin t1_j18vbj7 wrote

Dad wasn’t that kind of cop. He was on corrections, not enforcement.

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shadowgattler t1_j18fgl2 wrote

And so your dad arrested him, right? Your dad was a good cop, right? He upheld his duty in an unbiased manner, right?

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youtocin t1_j18veyo wrote

He was a jail guard, not on the enforcement side. He didn’t have powers of arrest.

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MalpaisMarauder t1_j18rxl3 wrote

If they aren't above the legal limit, that doesn't really matter.

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youtocin t1_j18visx wrote

My state has open container laws, it was very much illegal regardless of the BAC.

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Fiddlefaddle01 t1_j18etdr wrote

My uncle is a cop and member of their motorcycle "club." They get piss and puke drunk on his homemade moonshine and then all drive on their bikes. He just told me this anecdote as if it was funny how his buddies were pissing themselves on their bikes because of how good his moonshine was...

I was appalled. He hasn't been around the family since.

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baselganglia t1_j1798kw wrote

I bet he's still working in the force?

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Dyolf_Knip t1_j17qr8k wrote

Probably gave him a promotion for it. They like to reward casual homicide.

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